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WAS THE STORY OF JESUS ACTUALLY LIFTED FROM THE EGYPTIAN HORUS MYTH?

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Dear Father Spitzer, the Jesus myth is almost entirely lifted from Horus, the Egyptian God of the sun.
Born of a virgin on Dec. 25, had 12 disciples, healed the blind, raised a man from the dead, crucified, rose again three days later, and was. . . savior. . . all thousands of years before the New Testament (and a larger part of the Old, as I recall) was written.
Although I have never doubted that a man named Jesus existed and taught, calling him the messiah seems extremely pretentious."
—Brad (as commented on the Magis Center Facebook page)
Dear Brad,

Thank you for your question.

I think you will eventually want to answer it in a much larger context taking into consideration some of the outstanding scholarly works of historical exegesis concerning Jesus Christ (see below).

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