He was copied largely from an Egyptian God called Horus.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm
Some things they have in common:
* Both are only children of a god with Joseph as a foster father, born under a star, and witnessed by shepherds.
* Neither has any details between the ages of 12 and 30.
* Both resist temptation on a high mountain.
* Both were crucified next to two thieves, died and buried in a tomb, descend into Hell but resurrect after three days.
* Both are foretold to come again and reign for 1000 years.
The Egyptian Horus God appeared in writings about 4 to 7 centuries before Christ. Does that bother any of you?
2007-10-07 10:35:41 · 13 answers · asked by Michael 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Like we haven't heard this a hundred times.
http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/osy.html
2007-10-07 10:41:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Horus is a stone object chiseled out by man, Jesus was a walking talking divine human being. Though the stories are similar the Egyptians got is from the Torah of the Jews which foretold the coming of Jesus. The Torah was around then. It dose not bother me. Egyptians stoled it from the Jews and applied it to their fake god.
2007-10-07 11:11:52 · answer #2 · answered by hexa 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Quite right - numerous similarities. But you haven’t mentioned dissimilarities - like the virgin birth of Horus is in considerable doubt - that Horus was a general catchall name for multiple deities...there were as many Horus gods as there were rulers of Egypt, if not more. He was considered to be the son of two major Egyptian deities - the God Osirus and and the Goddess Isis. In adulthood, he avenged his father's murder, and thereby became recognized as the God of civil order and justice. There is nothing in his story about 12 disciples but a vague reference to sixteen human followers.
2007-10-07 10:50:33 · answer #3 · answered by cheir 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
i know this is going to sound convoluted to you, and i'm sorry. for the sake of argument though, hear me out.
god reveals himself to a holy egyptian man, in much the same way that he revealed himself to moses or abraham or one of the many hebrew prophets. not only does he reveal his divinity as the one true god, but he shares with this man the promise of a savior to come, the messiah, much like he did with abraham. he even goes on to give details about the birth of this messiah and his eternal reign.
the holy man shares this revelation with his people and many come to believe in this God and his promise for salvation.
over the next few hundred years though, God is slowly assimilated into the pantheon of false gods, details are altered, and he becomes a somewhat distorted image of the original prophecy.
when the messiah (Jesus) is born a few hundred years later and his disciples begin to spread the word, many egyptians see the similarities between him and their god Horus, and come to believe in the one true God again as a result of the ancient prophecy and the accounts of the resurrection.
two-thousand years later, some are once again led astray by the distortion of a prophecy.
these kinds of historical "cooincidences" do not detract from christianity in any way. in fact, the hebrew people have over 300 "cooincidental" prophecies that heralded the coming of the messiah. you can read those prophecies in the old testament. they validate Jesus' divinity rather than subtract from it.
but hey, maybe not. maybe some roman historians just got creative and gave a new twist to an old egyptian myth and convinced a lot of people that it was reality.
2007-10-07 10:50:01 · answer #4 · answered by Yeager 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Saying Jesus was largely copied from another source misses the historical evidence of Jesus (consider Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny, all contemporary historians with ZERO Christian tendency or bias). It is more likely that Alexander the Great was copied from another source.
Maybe you should learn some history.........
2007-10-07 10:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by Cuchulain 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
No, it doesn't bother me. Just like how Lucifier wanted to be higher than God. I'm not really surprised by it. Jesus Christ is still King of Kings.
2007-10-07 10:41:51 · answer #6 · answered by mizzpretti 6 · 3⤊ 4⤋
what about Hercules,son of a god,born of man,savior of the people
all bible story's are rip offs of older story's
Gilgamesh=Adam and eve,except the bible turned the serpent evil
2007-10-07 10:41:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I'll stick with what I know and have experienced through Him.
I watch all that stuff on tv its interesting to watch but I know what God and Jesus is to me.
Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.
2007-10-07 10:43:37 · answer #8 · answered by Bobbie 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen04.html
The reincarnation of Jesus
2007-10-07 10:39:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That might be true but Jesus is the only one that can forgive sins nor did he sin
2007-10-07 10:43:29 · answer #10 · answered by M-S 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋