As you said, biblical scholars HAVE to come to that conclusion or else the whole thing falls apart.

So they're never coming to the subject without preconcieved biases.

Frend is dead and lived in the UK, so you don't know him.

Matthew and Mark were NOT disciples of Jesus. They were followers of Peter and Paul.

Jesus did not claim to be a deity. The gospels were written a generation after his execution and were based on rumor and speculation.