My thoughts? I prefer the thoughts of mythical Thor & Cthulu to mythical Jesus, but you be you.

There is a strong belief among historians, and I am not qualified to dispute it, but I pass it on. That Jesus was a real person, perhaps an itinerant rabbi, who did exist and was probably put to death. But many of those same historians also think, that he probably did not preach any of the things it is claimed in the bible that he preached. He was probably, a deep nationalist Jew, who preached in the existing prophetic tradition, against the falling away from fundamentalist standards, and against the monarchy, perhaps even making claims to being the heir to the throne of David himself.

There then seems have been a shadow figure, who wrote the first, now lost, gospel, which the writers of the biblical four, then plagiarized. And I am told that textural scholars are convinced that the biblical four, are copied from an earlier work, ( Though they also copy each other. ) and also that they can identify two figures, and lines of preaching, in the text. One the earlier, possibly the historical figure, who preached hard line nationalist and racist message, and the later liberal preachings, which have been the fictional inventions of the, now lost, original gospel. Who was perhaps, who knows, even a traveler to India.

I am aware of these interpretations because of an active bible study, and I have read that book cover to cover. I cannot tell you of the teachings of Jesus because he had no contemporaries that even mention his existence. Certainly the OT would know nothing of him but preachers and apologists beg to differ. It appears to me that Jesus said and did many things, some contradictory, in the NT and later Saul of Tarsus wrote a big majority of the NT. Believers have no problem with all of this as Saul did his writings as Paul the Apostle after Jesus was dead. He did not know if he was in or out of his body as he received his teachings. A great part of the Gospels indicate why Jesus was killed and crucified but it appears this was all to "explain his death." Many of that time wanted to be Messiah but Rome would take interest in any that proclaimed "my kingdom is not of this world." Rome would see a threat, and if there was a real flesh and blood Jesus you can see why he would have been executed without mention. Christianity took off long after Jesus' death by other actors who did not live in his time frame.