Well imo you are ignoring that Christ said He must be lifted up like a Snake on a Pole though. Iow a counterfeit is always installed, so that people may reveal their hearts. Churches did not just spontaneously arise with a false gospel, i don't think; they express the will of the people, even as they advertise expressing the will of God.
Churches that actually tell the truth would not get "tithes" as we define them today, and so the conflict of interest again reveals hearts. Stating that Jesus is mythical when you cannot prove it is just going to be counterproductive on at least a couple of levels imo.
I do not ignore anything. I take all things into consideration.
Consider the literal interpretation of Christ as a physical man being literally crucified on a wooden pole as if he was a snake which symbolizes the devil. That interpretation mixes literalism of Christ as a man with symbolism of the snake as the devil
VS..
A spiritual interpretation is where Christ symbolises or actually IS the SPIRIT of TRUTH not a physical man and the serpent on the pole symbolises or IS the devil or deception. Then the interpretation is about The Spirit of Truth being "crucified" due to being perceived as a lie, deception, devil, etc.
The messenger of Truth is also perceived as a liar or deceiver but rejecting a messenger is not as bad as rejecting Truth itself.
The messenger is irrelevant to the message. Any messenger can physically die, be falsely accused and be unjustly put to death or sacrifice his life for others... but Truth will never die in a physical sense. It can however be "crucified daily" in a spiritual sense, in the hearts of those who reject the Truth because they perceive it as a lie.
The spiritual interpretation is not about a physical man dying for sins or saving anyone from sins but rather about Truth itself "dying" because of the foolishness and blindness of mankind who cannot recognise the Truth when they see and hear it but prefer to reject it and cast it out of their hearts and lives.
The fact is that Truth can be perceived as a lie and vice versa. Therefore unless you know how to tell the difference between what is True and what only appears to be true, it is easy to be deceived.
Also no devil sends strong delusions to those who reject the Truth. God himself in the story admits to sending those delusions and causes people to believe lies.(2 Thess 2:11) That APPEARS to make God ( also known as the Spirit of TRUTH) the deceiver. Does it not?
That question can be answered with YES and also with NO depending on ones perception. Do you have a clear enough overall perception to be able to answer it both ways and understand why the opposite perceptions are what they are?