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I'm about as atheist as they come, but it seems pretty settled history that the man existed and was politically impactful
The fact remains that there is no actual evidence for the existence of the guy so ultimately it's all speculative.
There's not much actual evidence for a lot of people of the period (e.g., Pontius Pilate) outside of historical writings. That's pretty ludicrous way to rationalize a petty belief.
The standard for judging a person as historical as opposed to mythical is that there multiple independent contemporary sources. Neither of which exist for Jesus so saying he definitely existed is rationalizing a petty belief.
We have physical evidence for him and the claim is small.