The idea that Jesus is a copy of Adonis, a pagan god of fertility and resurrection, is a theory put forward by some critics of Christianity. However, there is no scholarly consensus on this idea, and many scholars reject it as a baseless and unsupported claim. The similarities between the stories of Jesus and Adonis are considered by many experts to be coincidental or the result of the influence of Jewish and Christian ideas on the mythology of the ancient world, rather than the other way around. Additionally, there is historical evidence, such as the writings of early Christian authors and contemporary non-Christian sources, that suggest that Jesus was a real historical figure who lived in the first century AD, and that the story of his life, death, and resurrection were not borrowed from pagan myths.