PARALLELOMANIA: What that Again? part 1

PARALLELOMANIA: What that Again? part 1
The attacks against Christianity and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ are nothing new (Celsus attacked in the 2nd century).  The church has always had Apologists (those who defend the truth against those outside the church who attack).  But today there is an anger often presented by the New Atheists, who ironically say nothing new in their well selling books.  Many wonder if their anger isn't a self- defense mechanism, thinking that if they're just louder or more profane, then their arguments will be better received. 
There is also much Mis-Information in an age of quick info on the web, and a lacking of simply asking... Yes, but is that True?  Theologian RC Sproul writes:

"We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization… We must have passion– indeed hearts on fire for the things of God.  But that passion must resist with intensity the anti-intellectual spirit of the world."

This has been greatly demonstrated through the idea of "Parallelomania."  What that again? "Parallelomania." 

PARALLELOMANIA: The supposed links and parallels between Christianity and Pagan Links.

This is nothing new, consider the following:

The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun –T. Paine

“Jesus was a pagan god… and Christianity was a heretical product of Paganism” -Timothy Freke

“Nothing in Christianity is original” – Dan Brown

“The reality is, Jesus was the Solar Deity of the Gnostic Christian sect, and like all other Pagan gods, he was a mythical figure... Christianity, along with all other theistic belief systems, is the fraud of the age.” -Zeitgeist: The Movie

Over the next couple of blogs I'll be addressing this, but let me finish with a CS Lewis quote and quote from the Apostle Peter.

“If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier.  But it is not.  We cannot compete, in simplicity, with people who are inventing religions.  How could we?  We are dealing with fact.  Of course, anyone can be simple if he has no facts to bother about.” CS Lewis (Mere Christianity p. 165)

We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain. 2 Peter 1:16-18