Today I stumbled onto a particularly coherent explanation of the the origin of the Christmas story. It's in the form of a 33 minute video. I have not seen Parts 2 & 3 of the same series, which appear to be polemics on "911 Truth", and on "History of the Federal Reserve", respectively. I think the Part 1 linked above can stand alone as a good piece of scholarship.
The piece feels a little too pat, simplistic, at wrapping up the origins of Chrisianity. My gut feel is that the brief survey of the historians like Josephus is more or less veridical; that the resonance of the attributes of Jesus with those of Horus and Mithra seems convincing; and that the broad basis in astrology, though surprisingly explanatory of many core Christian themes, might be overstated. But this stuff should be the starting point for any serious consideration of what Christianity is about.
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