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It would seem the difference here is compelling evidence. While indeed you could have fabricated George Washington, there is evidence available that would be very difficult to forge and the timeframe is significantly shorter since his death (thus less time for embelishment). We are also dealing with historians with a much smaller agenda as the translators of documentation. The likelyhood of accurate information surviving to this day, after the incredible amount of translation and manipulation of these texts, considering the existing evidence of changes made by those in control of the church (pick one) are slim at best.
Likely Jesus DID exist....but we will never know who he really was. Primarily due to those who made him what he is seen as today.
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