The one element that is immediately clear is that those who claim that all religions are rooted in a universal myth is that they are making intellectuals claims that are neither sensitive to the historical nature of Judaism and Christianity nor personally familiar with real faith in Yahweh and the Father revealed by Jesus who is the Christ through the personal work of the Holy Spirit.
The common thought today is that there is a universal myth that is born witness to by different religious traditions. But Judeo-Christian understanding is rooted in the reality of the One God who is not creation but the Creator as believed in the Shama: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one." (Deuteronomy 6:4, NIV) and reflected in the baptismal words commanded by Jesus Christ himself:
"Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”" (Matthew 28:18-20, NIV)
C. S. Lewis was thoroughly Christian in his writting when he suggested that there is some correspondence between Christianity and other religions. This is to be expected. But Christians believe that the problem with humanity is that we would rather worship a projection of our own making than the real and Living God. Jesus came to reveal the face of God to us in his human-divine nature. Jesus is the same Word that God spoke to create the universe. He came among us in human flesh but we killed him. This is not a myth this is a historical reality.
To believe less is to buy into the religion of Jezebel and the spirituality of Babylon which the bible teaches us is the anti-christ.
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