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Because Jesus or any other mythical figure is not required for anyone to have the same or similar values.
Your logic doesn't follow. Evidence for the existence of Jesus and god -- either the Yahweh or any of the other ones -- is scant (in the case of Jesus) or nonexistent (in the case of his dad). Sharing similar values to what Jesus allegedly had is not evidence for his existence, nor that of any gods. In this context, the "real" Jesus is as he is depicted in scripture. That doesn't necessarily mean he was a real person in reality, so don't get that part twisted. What the poster you're replying to is interpreting a character as he was written.
It's exactly the same thing as claiming, "Captain Picard would not do XYZ, because it is inconsistent with how he was written in every single episode." That may be so, and maybe we all know who Captain Picard is and what he does, but that still doesn't make Picard a real person. Having a taste for tea, Earl Grey, hot does not require that any person actually believe that Picard physically existed, nor that his published actions were anything more than the fancy of some scriptwriters.
That's true, but it helps having an example as a role model to look up to, because you're not going to go far without one.
Honestly, I could care less if it's Jesus, Luke Skywalker, or Jean-Luc Picard, as long as your atheism isn't an excuse for smoking weed and watching porn all day. All I'm saying is to be careful about throwing out the baby with the bathwater when you leave organized religion behind, because while the church you grew up in may very well have been a den of thieves and fully deserve your condemnation, not all of them are, and there's thieves outside of the church, too.