I have encountered different people while doing street ministry who claim Christianity is copied from earlier myth religions. This claim is as ridiculous as claiming the movie Home Alone was copied from Christianity. I came across this funny point on a Facebook Page: Reclaiming Christianity: Destroying the Myth of Plagiarism From Egypt:
Is the story of Jesus told in Luke 2:42-52 stolen from the ancient myth of Kevin McAlister as told in Home Alone?
Also note these "amazing" parallels mentioned in the comments of the post:
1. Kevin on a "cruciform" shape, between two thieves:
2. The head of the enemy being bruised while Kevin hangs. Surely the gospels must be plagiarized from this movie:
3. Kevin defeating his enemy with flames. The enemy came to steal, kill and destroy:
4. Depiction of a nail being driven through a foot:
The author writes:
THIS is how ridiculous people sound when they make the parallel/plagiarism argument to try to prove Christianity came from Egypt or that the Bible's origin is rooted in these things. This isn't proof or truth, it's imagination and fallacy.
I 100% agree. It's absolutely ridiculous. There's no one, there's no one like Jesus! The best, short article I've ever read on this is: Was Christianity Copied from Pagan Myths?
And a very informative, but funny video is here from Lutheran Satire.
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