In spite of having been pronounced dead even by intelligent skeptics, the thesis that Judaism and Christianity consist merely of stolen pagan myths and ideas continues to be promulgated by the uncritical and accepted by the gullible. Acharya S and her Christ Conspiracy are simply the latest recycling of the general thesis, but now, even Robert Price has promulgated aspects of it in his Deconstructing Jesus.

This series of articles will serve as detail-supplements to Glenn Miller's general essay refuting the pagan-copycat thesis. We will make specific studies of religions or ideas that the critics claim are the source for some Jewish or Christian belief or concept. Items in bold are further study items that can be related to Lee Strobel's Chapter 4 of The Case for the Real Jesus.

• Some notes on alleged parallels between Christianity and pagan religions -- an introductory commentary by a classical scholar
• Pharaoh Game: Did Akhenaten Influence Jewish Monotheism?
• Accept No Imitations: Did the Stories of Apollonius of Tyana Influence the Gospels?
• Mighty Mithraic Madness: Did the Mithraic Mysteries Influence Christianity?
• Dealing Down Dionysus: Did the Greek God of Wine Influence Christianity?
• Phrygian Phreakazoid Phare: Did the Legends of Cybele and Attis Influence Christianity? -- also discusses the ritual of the "tauribolium"
• Zamloxis Shazam: Is the Story of Zalmoxis a Parallel for Christianity?
• Baal of Hay
• Is the Christian fish symbol derived from pagan symbols?
• Is Easter a pagan holiday? -- see here for the same question regarding Christmas
• What's the Buzz on Tammuz?: Did the Ancient Sumerian Shepherd-god Influence Christianity? -- plus see more on Inanna here
• Close But No Cigar: Did Zoroastrianism Influence Christianity?
• Was the creation account "stolen" from the Babylonian creation account?
• Give It Some Muscle: On Alcides of Thebes
• Is That the Chattanooga Chu Chu? On Chu Chulainn
• No Beddru, One Bath: On Beddru of Japan
• Do the Dazhdbog: On a Russian Copycat Savior
• Hesus Freaks: On Hesus of the Druids
• Another Copycat Con Job: On Alexander of Abonuteichos
• Fire and Ice: On Prometheus and Pratfalls
• Crites! Another Fabrication? On Crite of Chaldea
• Walk Like an Egyptian: Comparing Jesus, Osiris, and Horus
• Have No Fear -- Sargon is Here!
• Exodus Redux: Did the Story of Sinuhe Influence the Exodus Story?
• On Krishna and this also
• Balder Burgers with Freys
• East Indian Giver: Salivahana as Copycat Christ
• Don't Mourn for Adonis
• Zoar Losers
• Serapis Shazam
• Querying Quetzalcoatl
• Lining Up Against the Lotus -- on Buddha
• I Tawt I Taw a Deva Tat! -- on "Deva Tat"
• Raglan Reduced by "Justin Martyr"
• On Napoleon as Myth translated by "Justin Martyr"
• The More Things Change -- a humourous look at how we're just having to reiterate things over the centuries
• What did Justin Martyr Really Say?