Was Jesus born on Decemeber 25th? This debate challenges the claim that Jesus is just another recycled myth, no different from figures like Mithras or Horus. The student argues these pagan gods were born of virgins, crucified, and resurrected long before Jesus, raising the question of why Christianity should be trusted at all. Cliffe Knechtle starts with a key correction. The Bible never says Jesus was born on December 25th. That date is a later church tradition, not a biblical claim. From there, he addresses the larger historical issue. The Gospels were written in the first century by eyewitnesses or those closely connected to them and were quoted by early Christian leaders within decades, not centuries. Unlike pagan stories that describe symbolic or spiritual resurrections developed long after the fact, the Gospels make a clear historical claim. Jesus physically died and physically rose from the dead. The real question is not the holiday. It is the identity of Jesus. Connect with...