Supposed Link Between Christianity and Paganism?

I've been scouring the Internet for any news related to religion. I've been a watcher of movements of various religions. And I frankly say that any good news relating to the advancement of God's glory is not that many. Most of the time, I read on dismayed and sometimes angry that things in the religion scene are things that should not happen. Despite these disappointments, I still want to praise God. It is in His omniscience that these will happen, and it is in His permissive will also that these should happen. My heart is grieving, but I want to let His will be done, not mine.

Not that I intend to be grievously dark and moody, but I found this article in the Internet. CBC-TV, a radio-TV station station in Canada, will air a documentary on Thursday, December 6, 2007 9 PM their time, about the book The Pagan Christ authored by Tom Harpur. Now, I have a new name added to my hotlist of authors to watch. Harpur asserted in that book that Jesus Christ may had been a myth and was borne out of the Roman Empire's obsession with a Jewish cult. (Try to guess what that was.)

And so here I am trying to contemplate what the Scripture means that in the last days scoffers will do their thing – scoffing – as what the apostle Peter said, with the Holy Spirit in him, in the second epistle of Peter (2 Peter 3:3). First, there was the bandwagon of the Gospel of Judas, then the novel of The Da Vinci Code. Now, we have The Pagan Christ. And I'd like to quote Harpur for saying this: "I think it [The Pagan Christ] provides a real way of seeing your Muslim friend or your Hindu friend below the level of the exterior of their religion to the heart of the fact that we're all saying the same thing – we are the children of God." By the way, this news was taken from this web link: http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Entertainment/9004780.html.

You may accuse me of being intolerant, but exactly how do they really tie up? Does Mohammed died as a sacrifice for your sins? And did someone make a count as to how many exactly is the number of gods in Hinduism, then remember what God had spoken how many there should be and Who would that be?

Ok fine, go ahead and find some common ground in all religions. The more you do it, the more you fulfil what Christ said the last days will be. And maybe as you do that, why not try to contemplate uniting all religions into a conglomerate one where all beliefs will find shelter under its wings. You will do this without realizing that these have been foretold centuries ago that these will happen.