Why are all the basic facts about Jesus plagiarized from history centuries before-hand in other religions?

Question

In Ancient Egypt (approx. 3000 BC) - The Sun God, Horus was:

Born on Dec. 25th.
Born of a Virgin.
Signalled by a star in the East.
Adorned by 3 Kings.
Had 12 Disciples.
Performed Miracles (including walking on water)
Was crucified.
Buried for 3 days, and then ressurected.

This is the same for Attis (Ancient Greece - 1200 BC).
This is the same for Krishna (India - 900 BC).
This is the same for Dionysus (Greece - 200 BC).
This is the same for Mithra (Persia - 1200 BC)

This is the same for literally dozens more characters through history, including Jesus.

Why are these fundamentals constant through entirely seperate religions and belief systems?

This framework for 'building a religious character' has been featured in many documentaries, recently on the BBC's show 'QI' and is explained through basic celestial patterns in astrology (which is how ancient civilisations came across such patterns).

I'm curious how a theist would explain it.

This framework for 'building a religious character' has been featured in many documentaries, recently on the BBC's show 'QI' and is explained through basic celestial patterns in astrology (which is how ancient civilisations came across such patterns).

I'm curious how a theist would explain it.

Answer 1

Plagarism has existed for as long as writing has existed, and religious fiction writers are not exempt from it. The christian fiction writers came relatively late, when all the good dates (like Dec 25th), the idea of a "virgin" mother, the star signal, and the same "ressurection" fable.....had already been used. It's really not the outright plagarism that is so bad, it's the lack of imagination that is shown by the christian story-tellers. With their main fictional character, "god", who is capable of anything and everything, you would think that they might have shown a spark of originally.

Answer 2

First, all things were created by Jesus. Adam and Eve knew about worship, and it was prophesied that the seed of the woman would bruise the serpents head. This was before the Egyptian culture existed. So it seems to me that the other religions "borrowed" from the Jewish faith.

Answer 3

Jesus wasn't born on 12/25. His b-day was moved by Pope Gregory. Besides, most of those similarities were read into the ancient religions by gnostics in the 2nd & 3rd centuries AD.... note, I said similarities, not commonalities.

Answer 4

You can post links, statistics, excerpts from sites and books, etc., but none of it will matter to those who are smug in their ignorance. They've been so indoctrinated from birth, that they don't have the intellectual capacity to employ critical thinking.

Answer 5

Kudos.

Answer 6

These things you mention are true. But they will say prove it

Answer 7

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