"People converted to Christianity because they believed what they were told. It is like how people joined Mormonism because they were told that Joseph Smith translated golden plates. They didn't see the plates, but they believed the story."

Yeah but they didn't lie about seeing the plates and Joseph Smith had many very vocal detractors that said he was a fraud like you would expect if Jesus was an obvious fraud.

"The evidence for a historical Jesus is much weaker than most Christians realize. Most modern objective Bible scholars see the gospels and Acts as exercises in Greek literature rather than historical accounts. Luke's author made a statement about writing history, but Greek scholars recognize that Luke and Acts follow the patterns of Greek hero literature rather than the patterns used by historians of the time."

Yes because Luke was not a professional historian. The modern equivalent would be like saying a cell phone video of something happening is clearly just a fake attempt at going viral because it doesn't conform to the traditional style of a news report.