Jesus and Paganism

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I guess what I'm talking about here is the Christ-myth theory--the idea Jesus is based on other myths from pagan religions.

The word 'pagan"comes from the Latin 'paganus' meaning ' country dweller' or 'rustic' as we might say 'yokel' or 'redneck'. In my opinion, one may not use the term 'pagan religion as as definitive or descriptive term. "Pagans"' had the same gods as the rest of the broad population.

Christianity presented no new ideas, on any level. Beginning as a purely Jewish sect,it later borrowed ideas from several sources,but from not single source as far as I'm aware. The biggest single influence on the development of Christianity was (arguably) Saul/ Paul of Tarsus whose background was Judaism and Greek ideas.

I think care needs to be taken not to conflate correlation and causation. This has been done to the point of absurdity in that appalling piece of crackpottery, 'Zeitgeist'