Mythology 101

[Mudhammam]

I agree that there are profound dissimilarities between any two given myths. That's not really the point. The point is that they all propagated the same basic notions about the gods and man's relation to them. Jesus is just run-of-the-mill stuff, Christians regurgitating the themes and language of the ancient myths embedded in Judaism and the surrounding cultures, but with their own innovations to adapt Jewish history to Hellenistic philosophy, like Philo before them.

Like what?

Like the ideas that they are a chosen people by a god that reigns supreme over all others, that the gods copulate and have sons and daughters, that dreams are visions, that mankind upset the gods and so brought upon themselves their judgment, that the gods judge the dead in the underworld according to their deeds, that the gods desire sacrifices, are jealous, listen to prayers; the list goes on and on about all of the things already in place prior to Christians developing their own version of a passion narrative, like Marduk before Jesus, and a gospel message to coincide, but one that stood out for its emphasis on the plight of the poor.