So by that rationale, cat in the hat exists? I also do not have a dog in the fight. Isn’t faith what one is left with when we abandon the search for evidence? Christians more than any other religious folk’s I’ve met tend to take the most liberties with what something “means” or the intentions of characters in the story. To be clear, I hope I am projecting that Jesus didn’t exist, because outside of the bible there is no historical record. Now when you read genesis and Old Testament, there is complete genealogy, and plenty of known historians for that period and region… none corroborate any existence. Zero, so totally happy to suppose this. If it hasn’t been considered by some that the existence is fiction and borrowed from characters in other stories which predate Christianity, it should be considered and please provide receipts. 

 That can really be said of any and all religions and creation myths though. 

 Great point. This actually sends one down the, before the written word, part of human history where information needed to be remembered to be passed down. Stories are a great vehicle. Fundamentalists take the stories literally, and others take liberties with the meaning of those stories. Science started out as an excellent vehicle for testing ideas, but somehow its been turned into a religion.