Asked and Answered! Bill Maher Claims Jesus Is Based on Pagan Myths! | Ep 38

By now everyone has heard some version of "Jesus is based on [enter ancient deity here]." But these claims were debunked for nearly a century before being resurrected recently. And now, because overwhelming evidence debunked the older claims, new proponents have suggested different deities as the template for Jesus. Are these new claims any more successful than the older ones? Find out in this new, packed episode of All Rise! Abdu interacts with several videos in this episode. They are: "Jesus, the Pagan Sun God" on the CAESAR'S MESSIAH channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG7Ls1ZySp8 "Osiris: The Risen God & Prototype of Christ" on the Atheologica channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xqqjMoXRqc "Are Jesus and Osiris the SAME?" on The Eleusinian Society channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tT-ZveXRf0 Two videos from Todd Gates, "Why I'm no longer so sure about Zoroastrianism's influence on Christianity" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkSBb9S-248 and "Why Zoroastrianism might *not* be one of the religions that influenced the Bible's authors" at https://youtu.be/-_HCu2_dbt0 Abdu references an earlier episode of All Rise entitled "The burden of proof," which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9aPyUmmcSU Some of the works consulted for this video include Ronald Nash's The Gospel and the Greeks (P&R, 2003); Stanley Porter and Stephen Bedard's Unmasking the Pagan Christ (Clements, 2006); Edwin Yamauchi's Persia and the Bible (Baker Academic, 1997); the multi-authored Come Let Us Reason (B&H Academic, 2012); and Lee Strobel's The Case for the Real Jesus (Zondervan, 2009). Have questions or critiques? Comment below or email us at mail@embracethetruth.org and your question may be answered on our live show, Deliberations! You may also submit questions during the live show in the chat. We typically answer questions about a specific episode about a week after the original air date, but we are always happy to answer any question at any time. Subscribe to our channel to be notified when we are going live. All Rise is a listener and donor-supported presentation from Embrace the Truth. If you would like to see more content like this, prayerfully consider supporting us by visiting https://embracethetruth.org/ and clicking on the "Donate" button.