Zeitgeist claims Christianity recycles Egyptian mythology as astrological myth

Evidence

Part 1 is a scathing attack on religious authority that seeks to demonstrate that Judeo-Christian religion is merely a reworked version of ancient Egyptian religion and that the story of Jesus is nothing more than astronomical and astrological myth about a fi gure who never existed. The section concludes that religion in general and Christianity in particular are frauds, perpetrated for purposes of control. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 856

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Constantine linked the Christian God with the sun. — Stephen Kershaw, A Brief History of the Roman Empire, 1542

Broader Connections

• Constantine linked the Christian God with the sun. #responds-to (0.75) — Stephen Kershaw, A Brief History of the Roman Empire, 1542