There have been many "Christ-like" figures in history and stories before the birth of Jesus. Horus, being the first from Ancient Egypt.
There are many comparisons in the tales and in illustrations of the Christ-like men. 
The man we see and know most as the face of Jesus is actually a man named Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI. 
Again, I'm not trying to bash your religious beliefs just raising awareness and enlightenment.
“Jewish sects in Palestine at the time, who were waiting for a prophesied warrior Messiah, were a constant source of violent insurrection during the first century,” [Atwill] explains. “When the Romans had exhausted conventional means of quashing rebellion, they switched to psychological warfare. They surmised that the way to stop the spread of zealous Jewish missionary activity was to create a competing belief system. That’s when the ‘peaceful’ Messiah story was invented. Instead of inspiring warfare, this Messiah urged turn-the-other-cheek pacifism and encouraged Jews to ‘give onto Caesar’ and pay their taxes to Rome.”
Hopefully, you found this interesting <3 feel free to leave comments and opinions. & I'm especially open to more ideas, facts, links, books, etc. on this subject.
