Jesus is not the only or even first savior of the world who had godly powers and died and ascended to heaven. There are at least 20. Pick your favorite.

• Adad of Assyria

• Adonis, son of the virgin Io of Greece

• Alcides of Thebes

• Atys of Phrygia

• Baal and Taut, "the only Begotten of God," of Phoenicia

• Bali of Afghanistan

• Beddru of Japan

• Buddha Sakia of India

• Cadmus of Greece

• Crite of Chaldea

• Deva Tat, and Sammonocadam of Siam

• Divine Teacher of Plato

• Fohi and Tien of China

• Gentaut and Quexalcote of Mexico

• Hesus of Eros, and Bremrillah, of the Druids

• Hil and Feta of the Mandaites

• Ischy of the Island of Formosa

• Ixion and Quirnus of Rome

• Holy One of Xaca

• Indra of Tibet

• Jao of Nepal

• Krishna of Hindostan

• Mikado of the Sintoos

• Mohammed, or Mahomet, of Arabia

• Odin of the Scandinavians

• Prometheus of Caucasus

• Salivahana of Bermuda

• Thammuz of Syria

• Thor, son of Odin, of the Gauls

• Universal Monarch of the Sibyls

• Wittoba of the Bilingonese

• Xamolxis of Thrace

• Zoar of the Bonzes

• Zoroaster and Mithra of Persia

• Zulis, or Zhule, also Osiris and Orus, of Egypt