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Dear Father Spitzer, the Jesus myth is almost entirely lifted from Horus, the Egyptian God of the sun.
Born of a virgin on Dec. 25, had 12 disciples, healed the blind, raised a man from the dead, crucified, rose again three days later, and was. . . savior. . . all thousands of years before the New Testament (and a larger part of the Old, as I recall) was written.
Although I have never doubted that a man named Jesus existed and taught, calling him the messiah seems extremely pretentious."
Dear Brad,—Brad (as commented on the Magis Center Facebook page)
Thank you for your question.
I think you will eventually want to answer it in a much larger context taking into consideration some of the outstanding scholarly works of historical exegesis concerning Jesus Christ (see below).
Continued below.

Was the Story of Jesus Actually Lifted From the Egyptian Horus Myth?
Father Spitzer shows that the gospel accounts of Jesus' life are definitely not a retelling of the Egyptian myth of Horus, the god of the sun.
