Well I have read most of the start of this thread, and would be here all bloody day if I read all of it, so hopefully What I say now has not been already said. First off, I would like to say that I believe in some form of great being, be that a God or what ever.I have yet to read the bible which i have a copy off(king james v version) but I do know that the bible has parts you have to take with a pinch of salt. Yes there was a Jesus during that time, in fact there was two
the jesus we know of was known as Jesus the messiah. messiah means king of the jews, or king to be,king in waiting
now this is the good bit. Barrabbas was released instead of jesus. the word Barabbus was not his name but a title which means son of god, his full name is given in early manuscripts (matthew verse 27:16) as Jesus Barabbus. so you had
Jesus ,king of the Jews
Jesus ,son of God