The very fact that you are calling attention to Him validates His existence.
By that rationale, Mickey Mouse super-duper exists!
No, Mickey Mouse has not been around for 2000 years and still "followed" (if you can even say that he is followed today). The "validation" comes from the FACT that all of you keep trying to INVALIDATE the belief in Christ. If Christ was truly a non-entity as so many of you claim, then certainly after 2000 years, he would have come to be no longer "in style" and he would be only mentioned in passing in some ancient religions class. No, He is discussed daily throughout the world 2000 years after His death and resurrection. THIS is what validates His existence. Even the effort put in to trying to debunk Him does exactly the opposite. How many ancient beliefs can claim a 2000 year lifespan? I don't think the Egyptians or the Vulcans (not Spock) can claim to have a strong following after such time. Confucianism is not really a belief in God but rather a very useful discipline that carries over to many belief systems. Judaism is certainly able to make the claim to have such a long life, but then Christianity is related to it. The only other one that can claim some length is Islam but it only numbers in the hundreds of years, not thousands. And even with that, Muhammad is not discussed as frequently as Christ. Islam is certainly growing, but the question is will it be around in another 500 or so years? Who can say.
THE POINT IS - The very fact that we are having this debate 2000 years hence shows that SOMETHING happened and SOMEONE did exist at that time that changed history forever...
And each of you helps to continue the discussion.... Thank you...