I believe that all of that history is rooted in some degree of fact...that whole leap to God’s son is where I’m having some continuity issues.
What about the creation of the universe—an event during which the laws of physics as we know them were nonexistent.
This seems just as strange or unusual as the history of God’s Son.
Not to mention that the whole story is very reminiscent of the Gods of Olympus and the 'child' of a God and a Human Female being on Earth.
That's not to say that Jesus didn't exist, or that in some miracle beyond our understanding that God took his son up in a beam of light.
I just find it interesting how closely the two parallel each other.