Is Christianity based on older myths?

[Jenny A]

Mithras, Osiris and the rest are just myths and were understood as such by their adherents. Jesus Christ, on the other hand, was a real person and the early Christians knew that.

Mithras and Osiris were understood to be gods or godlike. Contrast Jesus in Mark (the oldest Gospel). There Jesus was just a man specially chosen by god. It's only in later Gospels that he is born of virgin, resurrected, god incarnate, etc. Kinda suggests maybe those older myths got grafted onto just one more Jewish rabbi huh? Additions by pagans with pagan traditions perhaps? Jesus wasn't the only real man during the time period who was given godly attributes by admirers after his death.

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You all make a logical fallacy by assuming that just because previous examples of something had X then all subsequent examples must also have X. Just because the previous religions were false doesn't mean that Christianity is also. The pattern is broken. The examples I gave, Mithras and Osiris, were both mystery cults whereas Christianity was/is not.

I agree all previous religions were false. The problem with Christianity is not that the previous religions were false, but that Christianity is so similar to earlier false religions in the same area and time period. That would suggest to any competent historian that Christianity is just one more permutation.