Jesus founded a Church, starting from the apostles as a testimony to him and we have the early church martyrs also as witnesses, I think after 2000 years of history if there was no truth to the matter, Christianity would be extinct by now, and the bible came out of the church, so I don't see an argument here.
I suggest that Paul should be given the most credit for the founding of the Church. He even made some changes in doctrine attributed to Jesus which has resulted in endless debates and arguments. The Bible was written by people with an agenda when there was only one church. Constantine can be credited for formalising the doctrine that is a basis for CC doctrine.
Lets just say the bible is a spiritual book, it has deeper meaning then just literal reading of the words, especially when you bounce it off human experience
The multitude of Biblical interpretations probably supports this view.
