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Mythicism is the general position that Jesus was not a historical person, rather a legend and/or the gospels were written as a work of fiction. Much the same as William Tell, Paul Bunyan, Robin Hood, or King Arthur are generally considered non-historical, mythicists argue that Jesus should added to the list. The reasons for mythicism is typically an argument from silence and often parallels to other myths.



  • There is no contemporary evidence such that Jesus existed.
    • One should not believe in a historical Jesus.

There is contemporary evidence for Jesus

  • The Gospels
  • The writings of Paul
  • Christian apocrypha
  • Josephus
  • Tacitus

The story of Jesus resembles other myths

  • Those stories are invented by the devil.
  • A lot parallels are stretches.

The burden is on those who argue there is a historical Jesus

  • It is generally accepted that there is a historical Jesus.
  • The places in the Gospels exist.


  • Mythicism is a fringe position.


In the weak form: 'we shouldn't believe in a historical Jesus or actively disbelieve the proposition' it is hard to argue that a character should be accepted as due to the lack of good evidence of historicity. Keeping this in mind, it becomes progressively harder to accept a divine one if there doesn't exist the grounds for a historical one.

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