Is the story of Christ a myth? Certainly it is, the most powerful myth ever. Why? Because it is true. Christ is the Son of God. All other truth, all other myth, crashes upon the shore of Christ as Savior of the world.
Your statement and that of C.S. Lewis’ in the video I linked to, shows you two are of like mind, kindred spirits. That should be considered a great compliment.
As for me, I am not sure if the term ‘myth’ fits with the life of Christ. To me, Christ is real and His fleshly life in scripture is real, not a myth.
His resurrection may be considered by some as a ‘myth’, but to me it is true because if it were not, then all scripture fails and is false. So it must be true or we are all lost.
But then, I haven’t studied the nuances in meaning of the word ‘myth’.
Well said. The clincher for me is his apostles. At His death, they abandoned and denied Him. Afterwards, in the face of murderous persecution that resulted in all but one of their deaths as martyrs, they proclaimed Him and carried His gospel to the world. The only thing that could effect such a transformation is an empty tomb.