> Christianity is unique to any other religion or philosophy, before or since, despite any similarities we might see, because of the person of Jesus Christ, who became man, but was the exact representation of God's being, one with the Father, and who allowed Himself to be sacrificed to pay the penalty for our sin, but conquered death through His bodily resurrection, and physical ascension into heaven.
Now, let's re-word that:
Mithraism is unique to any other religion or philosophy, before or since, despite any similarities we might see, because of the person of Mithras, who became man, but was the exact representation of Ahura Mazda's being, one with the Father, and who allowed Himself to be sacrificed to pay the penalty for our sin, but conquered death through His bodily resurrection, and physical ascension into heaven.
Christianity isn't as unique as many think. There were quite a number of other Messiah candidates at the time, reported to all have done more or less the same things for more or less the same reasons. Christianity is just the one that won.
Jesus is the only one who is alive today.