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For the gospel Jesus to be the result of euhemerization - ie. the result of anthropomorphization of a celestial figure - does not require that pre-euhemerized figure to have been called Jesus, or that figure to have been pre-Christian, either fully or partially (though that is possible) eta: ie. th...

This statement seems obviously false. Why do people say things like this? Do they not check whether it makes sense first? In what way does this seem false? Imagine, one holiday morning, you awaken to find a number of wrapped presents sitting beneath a tree. Someone tells you that the presents were ...