Jesus is most likely derived from other mythologies

As there are no questions regarding definitions, I shall assume they are all accepted. Firstly, I wish to mention there are no known non-biblical references to a historical Jesus by any writer of the time during and after Jesus's purported existence. In the words of Barbara Walker: "No literate person of his own time mentioned him in any known writing." Jewish philosopher Judaeus of Alexandria, alive at the proposed time of Jesus, the wealthiest and best connected citizens of the Empire, says nothing of Christ in his voluminous writings. Nor do any of the many historians and writers who flourished during the first one to two centuries of the era, and even then, nothing comes up until the time of Iraenius. Secondly, in the words of Justin Martyr: And when we say also that the Word, who is the first-birth of God, was produced without sexual union, and that He, Jesus Christ, our Teacher, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regarding those whom you esteem sons of Jupiter. This shows again something that one needs to look at. The Biblical idea of Jesus Christ comes up in most people mind at the date 0 AD (the inexistence of the date is irrelevant). However, the canon source of the Bible is what is of importance. The Bible, written in 325 AD by the First Council of Nicaea[1]. The Greeks The first place to start will be the greeks. They are an old group (older than Christianity at least) and hold many stories which closely link to that of Christianity. Also, due to the geographic proximity, it is highly likely that these two groups had a lot of contact with each other. In fact, it is almost certain: both places being part of the Roman Empire before the first council of Nicaea, after all, made their link almost definite. Homer's work has also been found in the area, as well as references to Aeschylus, so the correlation is very likely to have existed. The character I wish to recognise first is Prometheus. Prometheus is is a Titan, a champion of mankind, known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. (or mankind had fire, Zeus took it away, then Prometheus gave it back). Zeus then crucified him, but forgave the sins of man. Firstly, Prometheus descended from heaven as a deitious being in order to give mankind fire and was punished for doing so by Zeus. Jesus descended from heaven as a deitious being in order to give mankind New Rules and was punished for doing so by the community. The community then crucified him, but forgave the sins of man. The main clashes here are obvious: Jesus/Prometheus' descendence from heaven, descended as a deitious being, the fire/new rules and the giver of the punishment. The first requires my opponent to prove that there is a difference[2]. This is also true of the second[2]. The third and the fourth require more allegorical interpretation - that is not to say more forced interpretetation, but simply not taking the phrase "fire" as meaning a literal burning stick of wood. Fire was allegorical, as were many things in the play, but the fire was one that was an "obvious and transparent symbol"[3]. The fire, according to sparknotes, represents the gift of artistic and technological advancement, however the limiting scope to these two things is undesirable: Vellacott and many other literary scholars[4] put forth that it is complete growth in all aspects, a spiritual and philosophical growth as well as all others, and that limitting it to just science is ungrounded. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that the fire was a growth done to increase humanity and human understanding.Now, the comparison to Jesus in this way is very clear. Jesus being the light to illuminate us all[5] is clear, and Jesus being known as the truth is obvious as well[6].Regarding the crucifixion, the chaining to the 'stone' is well known as being similar:Dr. Martin Hengel remarks: When describing how his hero is fastened to two rocks in the Caucasus, Lucian uses all the technical terms of a crucifixion: Prometheus is to be nailed to two rocks above a ravine in the sight of all, in such a way as to produce the effect of "a most serviceable cross" Simone Weil uses the word "crucifies" to describe specifically the event that happened with both Prometheus and Jesus.[7]There are many people who see this correlation, and it is not one that is rare. There is a massive correlation between these two ideas. I shall present other correlations in my future post, and await a rebuttal.Remember, the debate is whether it is most likely that the ideas of Jesus came from other mythologies, not that they definitely did. 1 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea 2- Hamilton, Edith Mythology 3 - http://www.sparknotes.com... 4 - Philip Vellacott, Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: The Suppliants; Seven Against Thebes; The Persians 5 - http://www.jesusisthelight.net...6 - http://bible.cc...7 - Intimations of Christianity among the Greek philosophers