Is the story of Jesus just a rippoff of an ancient Egyptian God called Horus?

Question

An answer to a previous question brought this to my attention.

He was born of a virgin, started preaching at 30, walked on water, got strung up on a tree between two robbers in atonement of sins, was ressurected, and there's many more similarities.

Just coincidence?

Have a look at this link for a comparision, along with other gods that seem to have a few things in common with Jesus.

http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/jesus_similar.html

Combining this with the lack of evidence for the existence of Jesus, why do so many christians fall for the story?

Or should christians switch their allegience to Horus?

mrglass08..........Pliny the younger only makes references to followers of christ, and the Josephus passages are generally considered to have been altered from the original which was a transcription of the same text that was used for a passage by Luke in his gospel. The passage was written in 92CE

Answer 1

The god-man dying for his people myth is prevalent throughout human history. Horus is just one of many man-gods who had 12 disciples, had a last supper, died for his people, resurrected and one had to ingest his body/blood to attain salvation.. it's nothing new.. if it weren't for the Roman empire embracing gnostic judaism and marrying it with paganism for the purpose of uniting the empire, that little cult would've died out before the end of the 4th century.

Answer 2

I think it's rather obvious that the Jesus character was created by renaming a very popular myth of the time, (which was shared by many more people than the Egyptians) and turning it into an actual "event" that the Romans could use to incite the pagans with against a common enemy... the Jews.

Having a good scapegoat was a great way to unite the pagan tribes and bring them under Roman rule. And the Catholic church was born...

(Mithra is another example of this exact same story)

Answer 3

Christianity didn't "borrow" or "steal" from ancient pagan religions . . . it IS an ancient pagan religion.

They just don't realize it anymore.

Not one NT account is "eyewitness" . . . they were all written long after the events they describe, sometimes a hundred years or more after, by men who DID believe in "Jesus the Christ." Believed in him as a pagan "godman," like the godmen of the other pagan mystery religions which abounded in ancient Rome and throughout early Mediterranean culture. In fact, if you read Paul's letters, which are *earlier* than the "gospels," without reference TO those gospels . . . you'll note he makes absolutely no reference to an earthly ministry of Jesus at all. Jesus to Paul was a *spiritual* messiah, a *spiritual* godman, whose sacrifice clearly took place in a *spiritual* realm . . . just like all the OTHER pagan godmen's had.

Answer 4

No, Horus was not born of a virgin named Isis-Meri. His conception was miraculous in that Osiris was dead when Isis conceived. And yes, it was Isis, not Isis-Meri.

Try reading the best answer chosen to this question:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aj3xPkURJX6NUGsW8PyRxebty6IX?qid=20070623042126AA2RNVL&show=7#profile-info-VYuLQ6GYaa

The answerer pretty well covered it.

As for the others, I've been to the site that you use in this question, and I found that they were false, too. Obviously, the person using those people has never read the actual mythology behind them.

Answer 5

There is also lack of evidence of Horus. I never deeply studied Egyptian anything, but there are a few flaws in your story. For starters the Egyptian God, at least from what I know of, were never psychical. Also, I have never heard of anyone in Egypt being strung to a tree. It is possible that the story was stolen, but its not probable from Egypt.

Answer 6

Google ZEITGEIST, The Movie and watch it then decide.

The first part of the movie is dedicated to that very topic very interesting. It is not only Horus but a whole succession of ancient Gods right up to Jesus' time.

Answer 7

You know "Missing Link" with this many lies you would make a good evolutionist. You are a good representative of the Father of Lies who is Satan.

Horus is just a product of Noah's grandson Nimrod, wife Semiramis and son Tammuz who spawned these evil gods and goddesses from submitting to fallen angels and demons instead of submitting to God.

For any who wish to know about Horus read these as submitted by Greg earlier.
Encyclopedia Mythica: Horus
Egyptian Mythology: Horus
The Eye of Horus
Horus: He Who is Above
Wikipedia: Horus
Tektonics: Horus, Isis, Osiris

In history, Isis became the new Semiramis and the more famous ones are Aphrodite, Venus, Jezebel and Diana. Read Jeremiah to learn of the old evil queen of heaven garbage. She has spawned evil in many names. Had temples named after her where every imaginable evil was undertaken. On the outside she was beautiful, but on the inside she was full of worms and dead men's bones.

Answer 8

Interesting. There certainly are a lot of similarities.

Thank you for posting this.

I used to think that Jesus' story had been twisted to fall in line with prophecies that existed before his birth...but I do wonder, how much twisting can be done before the legend bears no resemblance whatsoever to the man? And should anyone be surprised when people begin to question that man's very existence?

I'm starting to wonder if he really did exist. Time for a crash course in mythology.

Answer 9

Short answer: yes. Longer answer: many religions pick up ideas from other religions and claim them as their own. It's not unusual, or even particularly dishonest. They may in fact be giving two different spins on an essential truth. In this case, that death is not necessarily the same for humans as it appears to be for animals.

Answer 10

Note the resemblance of Isis with Horus on her knee and the Madonna with child.