The various books in the bible aren't even consistent, and we know that many people were running around claiming to be God or affiliated with God. If he existed

The various books in the bible aren't even consistent, and we know that many people were running around claiming to be God or affiliated with God. If he existed, he was just one of many such people. Meanwhile, bible scholars acknowledge that the books weren't written by people who had personally met Jesus, and don't even know precisely who the authors were—they are in fact anonymous—the names Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are just traditional. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel#Canonical_gospels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel#Canonical_gospels