2007-07-23 08:52:24 · 32 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Check this out:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm
2007-07-23 08:53:21 · update #1
Just scroll down the page to the yellow life comparisons chart if the wordy bit in the link is too much reading.
2007-07-23 09:04:25 · update #2
Grendel:
Do you really think I might find a Christian web site that would be honest and non-biased enough to present this comparison of the stories of Horus and Jesus?
2007-07-23 10:55:07 · update #3
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2007-07-23 10:58:21 · update #4
Mr. M.S. (HTSAA): you may well be correct but I haven't gone that far back yet to confirm it for myself.
2007-07-24 22:06:40 · update #5
Most of them haven't studied the history of Christianity and therefore don't know that.
2007-07-23 08:57:21 · answer #1 · answered by gelfling 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Born of a virgin in a cave, birth attended by wise men, had 12 disciples, preached 3 years, was executed and rose from the dead. Sound familiar? Sure, but we are talking about the Persian Mithra, who predated Jesus by a couple hundred years. There are other, Horus is not the only one. The whole "dying/resurrected god/man" is a common archetype in the eastern "mystery religions". Paul, who was raised in Tarsus and knew these religions quite well, simply conflated that archetype and the Jewish Messiah concept to come up with the "crucified and risen" Christ that he preached. Check out "zeitgeist The Movie" on the web, also "Mithra, the pagan Jesus". Study Middle Eastern religions, you will find they "borrowed" liberally from each other. There is very little that is original in either the Old or the New Testaments. Blessings on your Journey!
2016-05-21 03:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, what I'm embarrassed about is that people keep making that claim, when Horus was NOT born of a virgin (Isis was not a virgin), his father was Osiris, and there is no evidence that he had twelve disciples. There is evidence that he had FOUR disciples, and perhaps may have been accompanied by SIXTEEN humans. This is according to Egyptian scholars.
Also, according to Egyptian mythology, his "death" and "resurrection" occur daily. And he was not buried in a tomb.
This is a long article, but I found it to be pretty informative:
http://www.christian-thinktank.com/copycatwho1.html
Edit: Ha ha, that's funny. I didn't read the other answers before I posted mine, so I didn't see that others had provided the same link. You would do well to look into it.
By the way, I've studied Egyptian mythology since I was in elementary school.
2007-07-23 09:35:48 · answer #3 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Were the Egyptians embarrassed to steal their stories from the Assyrians, Babylonians ,the Akkad's who in turn stole it from the Sumerians?
The Sumerians are the Apex, the first civilization, the first religion, and almost anything else you can think of. Even the Greeks and roman gods are a derivation of the Sumerian 12.
If you want to know the truth, examine the source.
2007-07-23 08:56:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
It goes farther back and stretches though many other cultures. Mythology hasn't been a serious study for most people for a very long time so I'd doubt many people, Christian or non, would realize the parallels.
As for the devil or Satan, a 14th or 15th century development that has snowballed in the last 500 years or so.
2007-07-23 09:04:15 · answer #5 · answered by Amber F 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This is not surprising considering that the entire Christian story was told and documented in various ways (including the stars) which the Egyptians were informed by. Remember that Christ's life and death and ressurection was also told by Jewish prophets who lived thousands of years before he did. Just as Christians speak of his return today. I would not be surprised in the least that this story were universal, especially Egypt being located a stone's throw from Isreal. Remember also that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were in Egypt for long periods of time. Their prophetic influences could have had great effect on the culture at the time. Joseph's prophecies saved the land of Egypt from famine, do you think his prophecy skills stopped there?
2007-07-23 09:04:56 · answer #6 · answered by osisdorsey 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I pity not only christians but also other believers of God... I am a human being after all...If they dig deeper they will find out that Horus was plagiarized from the subconscious of humankind.... HE he HA HA HAHAHAHA... Funny very funny...
No I am not drinking... I am just translating a technical manual nowadays...
No I am not a translator principally...
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2007-07-23 09:08:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Atheists are always claiming "the jesus story" - whatever that means - is supposedly plagiarised from this or that pagan faith,and they never provide any source but atheist websites. Why not get another hobby? Something you're good at?
2007-07-23 10:33:05 · answer #8 · answered by Galahad 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes! We are sooooooooooooo embarrassed, I just can't tell you.
And to think that we tricked that poor stooge, Jesus, into being born, living His life, and being murder to the fulfillment of more than 400 prophecies in the name of plagiarism. Boy do we feel like fools!
And ... your question will turn the tide and we fools will stop believing in all this malarky. THANK YOU!
2007-07-23 09:00:39 · answer #9 · answered by Just_One_Man's_Opinion 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Jesus story is actually one of the most historically documented stories of all the ancient stories. You are receiving false info. If you REALLY want to know the truth, I suggest the book The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel. It is heavily footnoted and well documented.
2007-07-23 09:23:57 · answer #10 · answered by BERT 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I've read a lot of books about Egyptian mythology and a lot of that info about Horus on that website is well stuff I haven't heard of before.
Horus had 12 disciples? It sounds like a new story to me, maybe one written to try and debunk Christianity maybe?
-B
2007-07-23 09:02:19 · answer #11 · answered by The Brian 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋