"While there are no Roman records of anything prior to 60 CE there are the letters of Saul of Tarsus who seems to have been the primary creator of the Greek style mystery cult that became Christianity. I’ve long been interested in that person’s real intent. It would appear that he had access to oral traditions as well as living members of families that would have known the origins of the stories. The fact that Saul specifically blocked any detail on this allowing a fully mythical form as the basis of a an Hellenized Hebrew cult is historically disappointing but illustrative of the belief systems of that time."

Sorry to have to quote an entire paragraph, Mike, but what it says touches on my own doubts about Saul who became Paul. He founded the church and I think Jesus would never have approved of that or the evil that grew out of it. I think Jesus existed as a wandering sage among many like him but for some reason he was chosen as the one to follow. And I also think he'd refuse to have anything to do with "Christianity".