Forget the fairy story. Many currents fed the Jesus myth, like streams and tributaries joining to form a major river. As Christianity cut its way through the centuries it became a very murky and dangerous torrent, sweeping away civilizations and all who stood in its way.

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From Apollo to Jesus Christ! – How the Godman is Made and Remade

Surely not Jesus...? Yes, through the centuries, the Christian godman has been made and remade. The image of history's greatest superhero has morphed from Greek god to Roman politician, from youthful shepherd to Renaissance prince.

An imaginary paragon can always be in step with fashion.

Horus becomes a Christ on horseback..

Egyptian Roots – Relics, demonology, miracles

It was the Patriarchs of Alexandria who wrote much of Catholic theology and the religion of the Pharaohs was recast into Christian form. From Egypt, Catholicism copied its rituals and ceremonies, including relics, demonology, and monasticism. Regurgitated fables, reused symbols, recycled sacred space – That's show business!

Alexandria – the light of science, the cauldron of superstition.

Witness to Jesus? Philo of Alexandria finds the 'Logos'

Right time, right place – yet Philo says not a word about Jesus, Christianity nor any of the events described in the New Testament. Yet it was in Alexandria that Hellenised Judaism fashioned and influenced the early Christians.

Seneca – epiphets of wisdom.

Seneca and the Stoics – Witness to Jesus or an inspiration?

The ancient world was not on hold, waiting for a Christian godman to teach it ethics and morality. The much vaunted selflessness, compassion and humanity of Christianity was an inheritance from Stoicism. The Church Fathers even tried to claim Seneca as their own!

Buddha shares homespun wisdom with his disciples.

Silk and Spice – The Buddhist Influence in Christian Origins

It was in Alexandria that a Buddhist influence impressed itself upon the faith. Opportunity, motive, method and scripture itself provide evidence of a profound and detailed Buddhist influence in Christianity's origins.

An encouraging thought: retribution for enemies of the faith.

The Angry Jew – Revealing Truth Behind 'Revelation'

In Judaea itself, hatred for the Roman conquerors bred a genre of apocalyptic curses, anticipating an End of the World. It infused the early faith with the intolerance of divine certainty.

Mithaic saviour sheds blood.

Mithraism – Dress Rehearsal for Christianity

From Persia, too, came a Saviour God and notions of rebirth, a Mithraic dress rehearsal for Christianity. The first ‘universal religion’ of the Greco-Roman world anticipated Christianity in almost all major respects, but whilst triumphant in Rome it was fatally weakened by an exclusion of women.

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