What if christianity never existed ?

[abaris]

I don't know what the gospel writers thought.  Obviously they were superstitious twits who thought dead men could come back to life and fly up into the sky.  What does that say about them?

But they didn't write in a void either. They are very well inside the tradition of their time and region. And certainly not the only writers of their time relying on mythology.

Personally I see no big difference between gods taking part in the war of Troy or Zeus screwing everything that moves and their tales.