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Let's take it a step further. How interesting do you find this list? It's a lot but please take a moment to read this before commenting

1. Both were conceived of a virgin.

2. Both were the "only begotten son" of a god (either Osiris or Yahweh)

3. Horus's mother was Meri, Jesus's mother was Mary.

4. Horus's foster father was called Jo-Seph, and Jesus's foster father was Joseph.

5. Both foster fathers were of royal descent.

6. Both were born in a cave (although sometimes Jesus is said to have been born in a stable).

7. Both had their coming announced to their mother by an angel.

8. Horus; birth was heralded by the star Sirius (the morning star). Jesus had his birth heralded by a star in the East (the sun rises in the East).

9. Ancient Egyptians celebrated the birth of Horus on December 21 (the Winter Solstice). Modern Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25.

10. Both births were announced by angels (this si nto the same as number 7).

11. Both had shepherds witnessing the birth.

12. Horus was visited at birth by "three solar deities" and Jesus was visited by "three wise men".

13. After the birth of Horus, Herut tried to have Horus murdered. After the birth of Jesus, Herod tried to have Jesus murdered.

14. To hide from Herut, the god That tells Isis, "Come, thou goddess Isis, hide thyself with thy child." To hide from Herod, an angel tells Joseph to "arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt."

15. When Horus came of age, he had a special ritual where hsi eye was restored. When Jesus (and other Jews) come of age, they have a special ritual called a Bar Mitzvah.

16. Both Horus and Jesus were 12 at this coming-of-age ritual.

17. Neither have any official recorded life histories between the ages of 12 and 30.

18. Horus was baptized in the river Eridanus. Jesus was baptized in the river Jordan.

19. Both were baptized at age 30.

20. Horus was baptized by Anup the Baptizer. Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.

21. Both Anup and John were later beheaded.

22. Horus was taken from the desert of Amenta up a high mountain to be tempted by his arch-rival Set. Jesus was taken from the desert in Palestine up a high mountain to be tempted by his arch-rival Satan.

23. Both Horus and Jesus successfully resist this temptation.

24. Both have 12 disciples.

25. Both walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, and restored sight to the blind.

26. Horus "stilled the sea by his power." Jesus commanded the sea to be still by saying, "Peace, be still."

27. Horus raised his dead father (Osiris) from the grave. Jesus raised Lazarus from the grave. (Note the similarity in names when you say them out loud. Further, Osiris was also known as Asar, which is El-Asar in Hebrew, which is El-Asarus in Latin.)

28. Osiris was raised in the town of Anu. Lazarus was raised in Bethanu (literally, "house of Anu").

29. Both gods delivered a Sermon on the Mount.

30. Both were crucified.

31. Both were crucified next to two thieves.

32. Both were buried in a tomb.

33. Horus was sent to Hell and resurrected in 3 days. Jesus was sent to Hell and came back "three days" later (although Friday night to Sunday morning is hardly three days).

34. Both had their resurrection announced by women.

35. Both are supposed to return for a 1000-year reign.

36. Horus is known as KRST, the anointed one. Jesus was known as the Christ (which means "anointed one").

37. Both Jesus and Horus have been called the good shepherd, the lamb of God, the bread of life, the son of man, the Word, the fisher, and the winnower.

38. Both are associated with the zodiac sign of Pisces (the fish).

39. Both are associated with the symbols of the fish, the beetle, the vine, and the shepherd's crook.

40. Horus was born in Anu ("the place of bread") and Jesus was born in Bethlehem ("the house of bread").

41. "The infant Horus was carried out of Egypt to escape the wrath of Typhon. The infant Jesus was carried into Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod. Concerning the infant Jesus, the New Testament states the following prophecy: 'Out of Egypt have I called my son.'" (See Point 13)

42. Both were transfigured on the mount.

43. The catacombs of Rome have pictures of the infant Horus being held by his mother, not unlike the modern-day images of "Madonna and Child."

44. Noted English author C. W. King says that both Isis and Mary are called "Immaculate".

45. Horus says: "Osiris, I am your son, come to glorify your soul, and to give you even more power." And Jesus says: "Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once."

46. Horus was identified with the Tau (cross).



This is a list comparing Horus an Egyptian God to Jesus. Do you find this interesting? I don't think many of these are superficial.


edit---here's a link if anyone wants one.....http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm some sources at the bottom
edit 2 --- this has got to blow your mind.......
 
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Have a read here, maybe this will settle things. People go to amazing lengths to convince themselves there is no God. It seems odd to me, that we have so much attention paid to something which apparently doesn't exist nor can influence anything in the world or our lives. If that is really true, then should we not pay God as much attention as the theory of a cosmic pink teapot orbiting mars?

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Let's take it a step further. How interesting do you find this list? It's a lot but please take a moment to read this before commenting
And if people point out the issues with this one, will you dredge up another? :yawn:


I mean, to pick just one:
15. When Horus came of age, he had a special ritual where hsi eye was restored. When Jesus (and other Jews) come of age, they have a special ritual called a Bar Mitzvah.

16. Both Horus and Jesus were 12 at this coming-of-age ritual.
This is supposed to be evidence that the biblical stories are copied from the myth, right? The only problem being that none of the gospels say anything about Jesus having a coming of age ritual. So the gospel writers failed to copy two supposedly significant aspects, and this is supposed be two whole points in evidence that they copied it, simply because the guy compiling the comparison is capable of supposing that Jesus had such a ritual. Of course another stumbling block is that many of the similarities are ones that the gospel writers haven't "invented" at all, but have drawn straight from the prophets. So one would have to suppose that all those prophets of Israel copied odd bits from the Horus myth, and stuck them in writing that are completely different from the Horus myth, just so that the gospel writers could pull them all back together again. As ever, the whole thing is completely reliant on ignoring the Jewish writings that form the background for the gospels, and pretending the gospel writers were starting from scratch.

If you have two possible sources (Egyptian myth and the OT), and the gospel stories have very superficial similarities to the Egyptian myths, and very strong links to the OT passages, why on earth would you suppose that they had sourced from Egyptian myth? Do you suppose that they sat down with the Horus story and trawled through the OT for similar phrases and ideas they could use to make it look Jewish? Why on earth would they do that? And where on earth did they get the stuff that is radically different? Where did they get their resurrection ideas from if not Jewish thinking radically rethought because something majorly unexpected had happened?

The whole thing is a lot of bunk unless you think of the NT as completely divorced from the OT.
 
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At the end of the day, I have no issue helping someone with their faith, or their struggle with faith. But those who have absolutely no interest or desire to find God, and instead just whittle away the time on things which to be honest, any search on google can present them with an answer, I dunno, is that time well spent?

I mean seriously. First link when searching for "Horus and Jesus" is the one the OP posted, and the second link... *gasp* is the one I posted.

Are you not a Christian because you feel Jesus was an adopted Horus myth?

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At the end of the day, I have no issue helping someone with their faith, or their struggle with faith. But those who have absolutely no interest or desire to find God, and instead just whittle away the time on things which to be honest, any search on google can present them with an answer, I dunno, is that time well spent?

I mean seriously. First link when searching for "Horus and Jesus" is the one the OP posted, and the second link... *gasp* is the one I posted.

Are you not a Christian because you feel Jesus was an adopted Horus myth?

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I think these people think they are posting something radical, when (as you imply) its the same old regugitated stuff.

We live in an age that loves conspiracy theories and gnostism, regardless of whether either make any sense.
 
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