Jesus vs. Horus?

Question

http://www.adam.com.au/bstett/BJesusandHorus74.htm

What do you guys think of this? Do you think this denounces the biblical accounts of Jesus as faulty?

Answer 1

The fact that the accounts of Jesus were written decades after he died by people who never met him make them faulty. It is not surprising that they are similar to other stories of the time, because they were derived from them, including Egyptian stories.

Answer 2

While the stories are similar this website is not reliable. It is either Amun or Ra that created the universe in the ancient Egyptian creation story. (I can't remember if it's Amun or Ra because they're used interchangeably later on in ancient history)

Osiris is actually Horus's father so he would not be known as a father god. Osiris was resurrected by Anubis but he still ended up dead in the end and became the God of the underworld. (Jesus stayed resurrected) The all seeing ever present eye of Horus is both the sun and the moon but Horus is not the God of the Sun. Ra is. Horus was not the first God made, he was the ruler of the earth. I have read no where that Horus said anything much less claim that he is the way the truth and the life.

Horus wouldn't have referred to Ra as the father in heaven. Ra wasn't his father and he was in heaven too.

The divine scribe is the god of knowledge and scribes. Not a person who wrote things down. Like I said I have never read anywhere where a god of ancient Egypt said anything. Horus didn't create man either. Either Amun or Ra (let's just call him Amun-Ra since I can't remember which one it is)

Most gods had shepheards crooks not just Horus. All the Pharaohs did. Horus is not depicted as a lamb. He is a falcon. (That's why he's my fav)

Who exactly is Atum? Does it mean Aten?

I can't even understand some of this mumbo jumbo on this sight. They need to exlpain further.

Finally in the Exodus the Judeo Christian God (I Am who Am) proved to all that he was more powerful than all Egyptian gods through the plagues.

You know it's a shame. They might have been able to pull this off if they had just used Osiris instead and didn't quote Jesus.

Answer 3

Well, if one takes the time to read both sections, it is clear that it does not denounce the biblical accounts of Jesus. The comparisons are general and some are really reaching to make a comparison even remotely similar. There will always be those that wish to bring doubt to the Word of God, but it is proven over and over again that every word is true because it isn't just stories or commandments, but it carries the living Spirit of God in it's words and is still setting men free and showing the path to eternal life through Jesus Christ. No other "book" in history has been able to make that claim. Jesus is Lord.

Answer 4

There is no VS. Jesus is merely a recapitulation of Horus. But this is old news and has been known for centuries.

You can also find the flood and many other Biblical tales in much older literature. There is little new in the Bible.

That doesn't mean that I consider the Bible to be evil or bad, merely a newer telling of more ancient tales.

Answer 5

It depends on your viewpoint.

In most cultures that devour annother, the gods of the old become the devils of the new. The old religions are retooled to fit the desires of the new. It is no small concidence that Horus and Jesus have lots of similar traits...as Hours was the pattern for Jesus, as Isis is the pattern for Mary. The ancient religious are frequently portrays Isis suckling Horus, and there are many sculptures of Mary and Jesus that are eeriliy similar. Pagan Themes exist in MOST ancient Christian art, as in most cases the Artists are Pagan and slowly making the change that the Christain emergence force upon them at the time.

Answer 6

The whole religion of Christianity and Catholicism are adapted from the Romans beliefs, which is adapted from Greek beliefs, which is adapted from the ancient Egyptian belief, so Christians, Catholics, and Hebrews are all inadvertently worshipping Ra, the Egyptian sun god. Some saints also come from Egyptian gods, such as Jesus comes from Horus, St. Peter from Anubis, and ? (I forgot this one) comes from Isis (the Egyptian goddess of motherhood and fertility, not the terrorist organisation). Another thing is that the bible has been adapted and changed by the people in charge of the religion throughout the years to suit them and strengthen their rule by: making Jesus white (to fortify the belief that he was the son of god and a holy, divine being (which is kind of racist but the Romans didn't care at the time)), changing parts of the stories, and changing certain parts of the belief systems to make people donate to 'make god happy'. One last thing, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god king of the dead, and pharaohs were worshipped as and were believed to be the embodiments of Osiris, while princes were worshipped as the pharaohs' successor and Horus.

Answer 7

Apple vs. Oranges? The Jews (the keepers of biblical knowledge) lived in Egypt and more than likely tried to impose biblical principles on the Egyptians much like Christians converted pagan celebrations into things like Easter.

I like this one "Horus A man of 30 years." = "Jesus a man of 30 years at his baptism."

At his baptism? Wow just pick any event in Jesus life at age 30 and assume it applies to Horus? Talk about desperation. Atheist logic.. hmmm I guess Christianity is over now.

Answer 8

Not really there were many Christs. Horus was one of 12, but there is only one authenticated true Messiah. The old testament writers laid out a complicated authentication process that will show the true savior. If fact there are over 300 prophecies that were laid out by the Prophets. Yeshua completed all 300 prophecies, including the one laid out by David in Psalms 22. That is why he cried "My God, My God why have you forsaken me" He was fulfilling scriptures. He went down to Egypt after his birth to fulfill the prophecy "Out of Egypt I shall call my son:.

Answer 9

We are accustomed to viewing perceived relationships among religious texts based on a generalized assumption that all religions are essentially alike. This is an ideological prejudice that is sustained by the ideology of modernity. Read Rene Girard on the relationship of the world's mythologies to the Christian gospels. Particularly his works "The Scapegoat" and "I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning."

Answer 10

Also elements of Dionysus of Greece, Attis of Phrygia, Osiris (Horus' father) and the Green Man. Most Pagan religions have a goddess who was a mother figure like Mary and a god who died and rose again to save us all like Jesus. (Originally a fertility god who rises as harvest).