Real Gods Don’t Need a Resurrection Myth

Since the advent of time, it is conservatively estimated that 18,000 different gods, goddesses, and related deities have been invented for veneration and worship. The cults arising around the deities range from single-deity monotheistic religions to thousands of deities in polytheistic and pantheistic religions to 330 million in the Hindu pantheon. In practice, the Hindu number is symbolic, reflecting the concept that one ultimate reality, Brahman, can appear in innumerable forms, each a distinct god or deity. It is as confusing to me as the improbable holy trinity created by Christianity to elevate a murdered, itinerant preacher to divine status via a mythical resurrection from physical death. Ironically...