Are the deities mentioned in Hindus' holy books like Ramayan and Mahabharat unreal??Are they just stories??Is God of Christians Jesus Christ unreal??
Or they all are aliens who visited earth in the past??
The Ramayana is an oral story in 5 parts enacted also in theatre or dances and later made into 7 books. Most of it seems a made up metaphoric story. For example, The king of Lankra had 20 arms and 10 heads and can't be killed by any other God.
Other figures like Jesus or Muhammad seemed like they did exist however fact seems diluted with fiction in their lives. For example where Muhammed split the moon or flew to heaven on a winged beast with a woman face.
With Jesus the Bible claims he walked on water, calmed the wind and ascended into heaven from his disciples on the mount of olives.
Although we cannot prove this as fact or fiction, we can discern with reason what is true and what is ficticious.
At the end of the day it down to individual interpretation as to how they perceive each religion. But since reading so much on religions, I cannot personally follow any faithfully with no real proof. It is futile to go along with a religion on a basis of a what if it could be real scenario.
What we do know is the world was very different back then with a more primitive way of life under superstitious moral stories even in a secular sense written by ancient philosophers. In the modern world we have more education available that has revolutionised how we think which has moved people away from needing religion as a fundamental basis for living their life.