Did Jesus really exist? Or is he merely the product of mythical elaboration and cultural selection?
Jesus did exist and does exist as far as the did there is historical proof that he did exist in the records that were kept by the ancient Roman empire they prided themselves on their record keeping, So the trial, punishment and execution of Jesus are recorded. Anyone who could have survived all that he went through had to have been extraordinary. Most would have bled to death from the scourging alone.The prophet Isaiah describes in great detail who the Messiah would be and Jesus fulfilled all of it even to the point of his death no other person in history has been able to do just that.
1. Admittedly, there are similarities in some pagan religions with Christianity, but that does not mean Christian writers borrowed from them any more than similarities between Communism and Democracy mean one is from another. Similarities abound in many religions. Hinduism has moral statements similar to Christianity as does Taoism. But they are unrelated to each other. The writers of the New Testament were Jews. As devout Jews they would have nothing to do with paganism in any form. They knew that Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies of a Messiah which is why they believed him and followed Him. Furthermore, similarities between Jesus and pagan gods and other mythological characters have been grossly exaggerated and for the few things they do have in common, there are dozens of differences between them and the differences far outweigh the similarities. DIONYSIUS was the God of religious ecstasy and wine, accompanied always by satyrs and nymphs. The force of life in all growing
