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2007-03-30 09:45:40 · 12 answers · asked by Justin 3 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

Thanks Apostate, that will give me something to think about

2007-03-30 09:52:38 · update #1

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Isis was the Egyptian Goddess whom the catholic faith decided to "copy" and turn into Mary, it has been described that they did this because they wanted to attract more converts by creating a female figure that their followers could look up to.

Horus, who was the Son of Isis, was turned into Jesus as he was the son of Amun-Ra who was basically the "Zeus" of the Egyptian religion.

If you look at a sculpture of Isis holding a baby Horus(which the Catholics felt was "too vulgar"), it bears a striking resemblance to one of the first paintings of Mary holding Jesus.

"Some scholars believe that Isis worship in late Roman times was the influence behind Catholic development of the cult of the Virgin Mary. Evidence suggests that this allowed the Catholic Church to absorb a huge number of converts who had formerly believed in Isis, and would not have converted unless Catholicism offered them an "Isis-like" female focus for their faith. Iconographically the similarities between the seated Isis holding or suckling the child Horus (Harpocrates) and the seated Mary and the baby Jesus, is apparent."
-Excerpt from http://www.wikipedia.org

Link to Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MaryAndHorus.JPG

2007-03-30 09:58:47 · answer #1 · answered by Fluffington Cuddlebutts 6 · 2 0

Just as Christianity assimilated beliefs from plenty of other cultures, plenty of the christian tennets were introduced when Constantine (I think it was Constantine) took over Egypt with the Roman empire. Horus was the child - embodiment of Osiris, the Egyptian god controlling life, death, and rebirth. Osiris assumed a triumvarate of forms - living, Horus, and death (Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost).

He was born to Isis and then hunted after the death of Osiris, where he hid in the marshes with his mother for a time (aparently, there is a Jesus story with the same plot.)

Countless other Egyptian rituals were introduced into Christian society at the same time. All of this was done to bring the conquered Egyptian nation solidly behind and in support of the Roman Empire. Read up on the arbitrary reforms introduced in Christianity by Constantine at the time. try: http://www.amazon.com/Egyptian-Origin-Christianity-Lisa-Bargeman/dp/1577331524

2007-03-30 17:16:24 · answer #2 · answered by peachfuzz 3 · 0 0

Have any of you checked out the real science of the Bible and the New Testament? Thats what I though. If Jesus was just a myth, then there would be no evidence of his life and death or of any of the prophets who wrote what they witnessed in both the Bible and the New Testament. Where is the scientific evidence of Isis the Egyptian Goddess? In December we celebrate Jesus's birth but that is not the month in which he was born. Just as we do not celebrate Martin Luther King on his death or birth date but celebrate his life in January. Get some scientific facts behind what you are telling. This is false doctrine that you tell of.

2013-09-29 01:00:22 · answer #3 · answered by Kay 1 · 0 0

Honestly, I don't think it was Jesus who copied Horus. It was the religion which was formed after his name that made it because their captive audience like Greeks, Romans and Egyptians strongly believe in mythical origins. When Rome took over and declared Christianity as the Empire's Official religion, slowly those mythical and msytical phenomena started to be injected into the faith. That was the reason why the Judeo-Christian relationship started to fall out. The Jews were ostracized by Constantine in 325 CE turning them into pauper as well as outcast. Rome was freely making changes in their doctrines of Singular God putting three personalities in one God so it would not look so obvious that they are changing God's claim of His singularity as God. Virgin birth as far as the Jewish belief is concern was just a birth of an unmarried or young woman. not cervically virgin. God's coming down to earth and taking human form as the son of God is not Jewish and that is definitely a mythological insert on the Jesus religion. If there is such a thing as the devils' deception, Christianity can be taken as one of them.

2007-03-30 17:06:24 · answer #4 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 1 0

Check out the other books listed including "The Christ Conspiracy, the Greatest Story Ever Sold" by Acharya S... there's more info in there as well as the Freke book... "God Against the Gods" by Jonathan Kirsch may have something on it too... it's been a long time since I read the latter.

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2007-03-30 17:02:09 · answer #5 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2 0

Christianity is a Jewish form of Paganism.

Therefore, the dying/resurrected god (like Dionysus, Osiris, etc.) was "reincarnated" as Jesus. He was just another version of a common god who shows up in a bunch of Pagan traditions.

Read The Jesus Mysteries, by Freke and Gandy. For real, it'll tell you what you need to know.

Fascinating.

2007-03-30 16:55:03 · answer #6 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 3 2

Well, its not Plagiarism, since that law was not enacted until the 19th Century :-) .... Thats the Ellen G White Example :-)...

More Famous.... Didn't Horus get a Role in the film THE MUMMY ??? :-)

2007-03-30 16:51:19 · answer #7 · answered by Mictlan_KISS 6 · 2 2

who's more famous JESUS OR HORUS

you give me the answer!!

by the way who's horus???????????????????????

2007-03-30 16:51:07 · answer #8 · answered by Not Of This World 3 · 1 2

I think it's spelled whores. He probably dug 'em. God knows I do.

2007-03-30 16:52:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 4

Jesus is the savior of mankind, God made man, the Son of God equal with the Father; so is Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus is born of a mortal virgin who after her death ascends to heaven and is honored as a divine being; so is Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus is born in a cave on 25 December or 6 January, as is Osiris-Dionysus.

- The birth of Jesus is prophesied by a star; so is the birth of Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus is born in Bethlehem, which was shaded by a grove sacred to Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus is visited by the Magi, who are followers of Osiris-Dionysus.

- The Magi bring Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, which a sixth-century BCE Pagan tells us is the way to worship God.

- Jesus is baptized, a ritual practiced for centuries in the Mysteries.

- The holy man who baptizes Jesus with water has the same name as a Pagan god of water and is born on the summer solstice celebrated as a Pagan water festival.

- Jesus offers his followers elemental baptisms of water, air and fire, as did the Pagan Mysteries.

- Jesus is portrayed as a quiet man with long hair and a beard; so is Osiris-Bionysus.

- Jesus turns water into wine at a marriage on the same day that Osiris-Dionysus was previously believed to have turned water into wine at a marriage.

- Jesus heals the sick, exorcises demons, provides miraculous meals, helps fishermen make miraculous catches of fish and calms the water for his disciples; all of these marvels had previously been performed by Pagan sages.

- Like the sages of the Mysteries, Jesus is a wandering wonder-worker who is not honored in his home town.

- Jesus is accused of licentious behavior, as were the followers of Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus is not at first recognized as a divinity by his disciples, but then is transfigured before them in his glory; the same is true of Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus is surrounded by 12 disciples; so is Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus rides triumphantly into town on a donkey while crowds wave branches, as does Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus is a just man unjustly accused of heresy and bringing a new religion, as is Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus attacks hypocrites, stands up to tyranny and willingly goes to his death predicting he will rise again in three days, as do Pagan sages.

- Jesus is betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, a motif found in the story of Socrates.

- Jesus is equated with bread and wine, as is Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus' disciples symbolically eat bread and drink wine to commune with him, as do the followers of Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus is hung on a tree or crucified, as is Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus dies as a sacrifice to redeem the sins of the world; so does Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus' corpse is wrapped in linen and anointed with myrrh, as is the corpse of Osiris-Dionysus.

- After his death Jesus descends to hell, then on the third day resurrects before his disciples and ascends into heaven, where he is enthroned by God and waits to reappear at the end of time as a divine judge, as does Osiris-Dionysus.

- Jesus was said to have died and resurrected on exactly the same dates that the death and resurrection of Osiris-Dionysus were celebrated.

- Jesus' empty tomb is visited by three women followers; Osiris-Dionysus also has three women followers who visit an empty cave.

- Through sharing in his passion Jesus offers his disciples the chance to be born again, as does Osiris-Dionysus

2007-03-30 16:51:26 · answer #10 · answered by Furibundus 6 · 2 5

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