Do Dying and Rising gods Prove Jesus is a Myth?

An argument a lot of non-Christians use is that Jesus' death and resurrection are strikingly similar to a lot of pagan stories of pagan gods. This can be challenged, but let us pretend they are right. Would this mean Jesus' death and resurrection are better understood as a myth? No!

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[carolynjohnson]

You really have been given a great talent...and you're definitely not burying it! I learn so much from your videos and they have helped me regain my faith in the truth of Jesus and the gospel.

There was a short period of time where I believed the skeptics and my faith was shaken. I'm very grateful I found your channel. You're rebuttals to what skeptics say are clear, logical. I've lost count of the times where I've shaken my head wondering how in the world I ever believed the arguments of skeptics and atheists.

[assassin]

It's the same myth Busters that wanna still say Jesus was mythical character. But he wasn't, the son of God was killed by the high priests of Judaism back then, as well as the Romans. His rising from the dead actually happened, for his resurrection could not be made up, as well as his crucifixion. He died for our sins, and he will soon return to restore peace back to God's world.

[kevinh]

Funny how Jesus is supposedly ripped off from every god. Even the ones who were never worshipped until centuries after Christ walked the earth.

[NCVideo]

Very clearly and logically thought-out and presented! Thank you!

[leonardobarbieri]

Atheists: Jesus is a dying and rising *GOD*
Also atheists: Jesus' divinity is a late invention.

[holdingpattern]

I think the oddest quality of the Jesus myth belief is that it functions almost exactly like a conspiracy theory. Various similarities to other myths are framed to suggest a connection, and the lack of further evidence is framed to suggest a cover-up. It's no wonder that advocates of the belief moved towards falsely portraying other deities like Tammuz and Horus to further reinforce their belief, when their truth standards were so lacking from the start.

[DarrenGedye]

Wow, this is a phenomenal video. I have never heard of The Wreck of the Titan! What a persuasive argument.

[Hreodrich]

I don’t get why this particular argument has so many people bound up.

The rising and dying gods trope never made sense as a point against Jesus to me even before I became a Christian. Then I would have said, so what? Their entire point is that Christ actually did in history what those other figures only did in myth.

No after coming back to the faith, it only makes even more sense. All of these peoples by dint of their existing in creation had an innate sense of the structure of existence such that they intuited the necessity of a messiah even if they had no exposure to the Torah. The Logos is the structure of reality. The world was singing of the messiah before it even knew that it could know the messiah.

[Jim-Mc]

I specialized in Classical religion in grad school. Similarities are greatly exaggerated by NT guys like Ehrman. And some similarities are definitely just intentional. Mirroring the prophets, the NT writers are consciously saying Christ exceeded Baal and other deities.

[alvarengasoso]

My man, I thought your Archaeologist investigations were cool… Now this is just sweet! Your breaking down of fallacies over fallacies that these 'skeptics' compounds with usury is prime stuff. And your editing skills, whaat? Amazing, professor. The scholarship is as top-notch as ever. I almost can't believe this is a one-guy channel.

[sethcaro]

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[thecollierreport]

Those arguments never made sense to me

[ramadadiver]

See what's so great about this is . Usually the atheists who spend most of their time in the field of philosophy to counter the existance of God ( cosmic skeptic rationality rules ) etc are horrible at history and the atheists who delve into history are horrible with logical and philosophy ( myth vision atheologica Paulogia etc )

So when someone like I.P who has delved into multiple fields of scholarship ..there's very few atheist YouTubers that can match him.

And this is what I love so much about this channel. It's multiple disciplines

Don't be a jack of all trades master of none ..be a jack of all trades master if 1

[Mere_Christian]

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[joaosolreis]

Guess who I'm talking about: a man who was not native to the country he would later come to rule. He wanted to dominate and unify Europe, but narrowly failed. His main enemy was England. He had a complicated love life. He persecuted Jews, confiscated their properties, and forced them to wear distinctive badges to identify themselves as Jews. His enemies were placed in prisoner camps and forced to work. The cold of Siberia brought an end to his expansionist ambitions.

You thought it was Hitler, didn't you? Well, you're mistaken. I was actually referring to Napoleon Bonaparte. It just goes to show how easy it is to create parallels if you want to.

Following the logic of atheists, I should then conclude that Hitler did not exist.

[hollyburton]

After reading the book of Adam and Eve I realized that Satan knew Gods plan so created the stories of dying and rising gods in mythology to degrade the story of the One True God coming to earth to die for our sins.

[oolooo]

"We lie in the most obscene, obssesive and repeated fashion, that disproves Christianity"

[sennajohn]

This is a really sharp analysis, you've done a great job.

[iandewilde]

This is the best counter argument I've ever heard on this subject!! Its awesome and well done!

[Jim-Mc]

Patterns are sometimes meaningless and exist by coincidence? I'd love to hear your thoughts on Jonathan Pageau.