My point was that the Church didn't steal these things, but rather they were foisted upon the Church as a result of the coincidence of dates and the residual paganism of the laity.
Some argue that the exact same
residual paganism exists today---in different forms.
The False Promise of the Prosperity Gospel
Jesus was never raised from the dead so that we could be prosperous.
Perhaps the next question is what He was raised for.
When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to meannothing more nor less.