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Jesus is still a work of fiction. You were specifically asking about a work of fiction.
Could habe easily used Jesus as an example but ya went much further.
Leave religion to the idiots that believe in it. This isn't the place
The consensus among modern historians is that Jesus did indeed exist.
The piece of fiction has enormous historical relevance, and depends on the greater historic context of the time. You could easily ask similar questions from a historical perspective about Don Quixote or Jane Eyre.
Absolutely, unequivocally incorrect. There is corroborating evidence in Josephus. Jesus was one of many troublemaking itinerant messianic claimants at the time. This doesn’t mean anything supernatural, but no mainstream historian doubts the existence of a historical Jesus.
Disbelieving in the religion does not mean that you get to throw the entire thing out. Muhammad similarly was a real figure - this does not mean we have to be Muslims. Disbelieving in mainstream academic consensus solely because of your ideology does not make you any different from a creationist.
Your first 3 words says it all. They're both works of fiction.
You can believe what you want but, but The Life of Brian is less of a work of fiction than all forms of religious texts.