Reply #10: Since you asked [View All]

Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) and Mohammed were real individuals. Accounts of their lives were recorded during their lives and after their deaths. The forementioned never referred to themselves as gods or divine offspring. The founding dynasty of China was the Qin, who unified the warring states to form the China we know now. Google is your friend.

Did a Jesus exist? Yes, since Yeshua bin Yosef was a common name. Did the Biblical one exist and do everything attributed to him? That's a subject of research and debate. John Shelby Spong has quite a few books on the topic. One supposition was that the New Testament was reverse engineered to create a Messiah from the Old Testament prophets to galvanize the faithful.