Hi Tec, didn't mean to strike a defensive cord, and your right, you DON'T have to read everything or anything that you presume to try to "discredit" your faith. In fact the authors of the book even said that the belief in Jesus or any of these others can be a very good first step to deeper "spirituality". But you don't find it even the least bit interesting the above quote about Augustus being so closely related to what is said about Jesus? I just found that fascinating. And I have to say, the "tone" that Christians like yourself take on actually add credit to the authors by the brutality of the founding of modern day Christianity. The mindset of "us verses them", the "win at all cost", the "stomp out the rest"...........just very interesting to me.
Maybe my comment about "Christians should know their history" was to drastic or harsh so I apologize. I for one am interested in where things began. I love that the universe tends to work in paradoxes and to me this article showed the paradox of the one religion/faith on earth who claims to have a sole connection with God, Christianity, may be the one's who are the farthest from true spirituality.