Wrong on all counts, Megagame. There are a number of texts referencing Jesus, including a Jewish historian (Josephus) that would've (given his religious stance) preferred to write absolutely nothing about Jesus whatsoever. Yet, he referenced Jesus anyways, since accurate history was his main objective. Additionally, there are the events of the first century. The mass persecution and murder of any followers of Christ. Given how much they were being killed, they would have HAD to have known that Jesus was a real figure. Given that their belief stated that he lived during their very lifetimes, they would have easily been able to know whether he was real or not. Considering that they continued with their beliefs, it's pretty safe to say that they most definitely knew that Jesus did indeed exist. Additionally, there are no texts referencing the group of crazy people that believed in this man that didn't exist even though they were being killed over it. Why are there no texts? Probably because Jesus did exist.
The committee that put together the Bible weren't deciding which books were right and wrong. The group that worked on it were concerned because there were countless gnostic gospels and other false works that were constantly being written and circulated. What the committee was doing was confirming what everybody had believed was true and holy, and making it official which books were God-inspired, and which were not. When that council was held, they didn't decide which books were going to be part of the Bible. They deciphered which books had always been viewed as part of the Bible from the get-go, and made it officially known that those had always been the true works.
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