Which discredited atheist edgelord talking point is dumber?

[Kingpoleon]

I always thought that the point of the Horus thing was not some moral indictment of Christianity for intellectual property violations, but rather an argument against its truthfulness (regardless of the veracity of the Horus link) - essentially drawing on comparative mythology to point out that Christianity’s claim to be the one true faith is rather tenuous considering that it contains tropes common in the folklore of many societies that significantly predated it.

I think that Lewis and Tolkien sort of pummeled this argument into the ground.

[Kingpoleon]

I always found the "Mary is actually Isis" talking point funnier than "Jesus is actually Horus", as someone who actually worships Isis. "Sorry Christoids, but the Egyptians have a monopoly on the veneration of maternal figures, and to do it yourselves is literally stealing and you should give it back!"

I always had an inkling of a suspicion that noting common tropes in religions across the world was a point in religion's favor, not against it.

Myth Became Fact:
“The old myth of the Dying God, without ceasing to be myth, comes down from the heaven of legend and imagination to the earth of history.  It happens—at a particular date, in a particular place, followed by definable historical consequences. We pass from a Balder or an Osiris, dying nobody knows when or where, to a historical Person crucified (it is all in order) under Pontius Pilate.  By becoming fact it does not cease to be myth: that is the miracle. …God is more than a god, not less: Christ is more than Balder, not less. We must not be ashamed of the mythical radiance resting on our theology. We must not be nervous about ‘parallels’ and ‘Pagan Christs’: they ought to be there—it would be a stumbling block if they weren’t.”

That is, for the record, among the most important essays in 20th century theology, alongside the writings of Bonhoeffer and Weil.