Thanks for the response.  I really can understand why such a process might lead you to believe that your conclusion was objective.  Thing is, I think we always wear goggles of some kind, whether we realize it or not.  To take off theistic goggles just means another pair of goggles takes its place--in this case, atheism.  The supposition "God is not there" could very easily and naturally lead to the bias of thinking "Jesus was not there"--especially with a person coming from a Christian background or social context in which Jesus is considered to be God.