Ben, this is a really long way of saying that Christian apologists all but ignore the fact that Paul and the Catholic Fathers knowingly copied from other Pagan (Gentile) faiths, namely Mithraism, to create their new version of "Jesus".

But wow, you bullseye'd this topic dead center splitting my own arrow. Nicely done!

See: Christianity's Counterfeit Jesus, Part II

https://keith-michael.medium.com/christianitys-counterfeit-jesus-part-2-fbd2c3978187