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The evidence for Ra's existence, and for Jeff Francoeur being a poached egg in search of a slice of toast, is such that 99.9999% of people would see that the question is a slam-dunk resolution.
Einstein saw the evidence for Christ's claims as worthy of investigation.  It's a different level of evidence.
But then again, I just explained all this.  You're being deliberately coy or obtuse.
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Einstein on Jesus, interviewed by Veireck, 1929:
 
"To what extent are you influenced by Christianity?"
"As a child, I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene."
"Have you read Emil Ludwig's book on Jesus?
"Emil Ludwig's Jesus," replied Einstein, "is shallow. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful. No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot."
"You accept the historical existence of Jesus?"
"Unquestionably. No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life. How different, for instance, is the impression which we receive from an account of legendary heroes of antiquity like Theseus. Theseus and other heroes of his type lack the authentic vitality of Jesus."
"Ludwig Lewisohn, in one of his recent books, claims that many of the sayings of Jesus paraphrase the sayings of other prophets."
"No man," Einstein replied, "can deny the fact that Jesus existed, nor that his sayings are beautiful. Even if some them have been said before, no one has expressed them so divinely as he."
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Einstein believed that Jesus was not God, but he respected those who did and considered the religion plausible.
When you compare Ra to Jesus, you're not making a good impression, LR.  The neutral observer here can differentiate between levels of evidence, and to that neutral observer you're coming off as either not very acute, or deliberately coy. 
Perhaps this line of attack is appreciated by to the 5-odd percent who think exactly as you do.  There's no value in preaching to a choir; our question is how to exchange ideas with those who have different light bulbs on than we do.

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