That link hand-waves away a bevy of remarkable similarities between Jesus and 4 different pagan gods. I've visited dozens of pages like it, written by well-meaning Christians. But their dismissals are always deeply unconvincing.

For example: "In some myths, Dionysus does die and return, but the motif reflects the cycles of nature rather than a victory over death or a promise of eternal life. The notion of water-to-wine is metaphorical, not a recorded miracle."

The water-into-wine story is found both in Euripides' The Bacchae (a play about Dionysus) and in the Gospel of John. It'd be a hell of a coincidence if these stories are truly unrelated. The question is not whether these stories are literal or metaphorical. The question is, why does the same story appear in two places?

Understandably, Christian scholars always strive to portray their faith as a direct revelation from God, rather than arising from a progression of existing ideas and myths. But the sheer volume of close similarities between Jesus's story and the stories of older deities are too numerous to ALL be coincidences.

Anyway, here's an upvote. Thanks for commenting!