Horus performed miracles like healing the sick and walking on. Jan 02, 2020 finally, horus was supposedly born during the month of khoiak octnov, and not on december 25, a fact which does not help their claim of marrying the stories of horus and jesus, anyway, because the bible never assigns a birth date to christ. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Is the story of jesus christ really fake and copied from. A relatively comprehensive list of horuss popular titlesepithets are entirely different than titles of jesus. Masseys attempt to demonstrate that jesus is merely a rewrite of horus is tortured. Horus the real story behind jesus christ the christinsanity story of jesus is nothing more then european trickery. The egyptian god horus was the sky god and the son of isis and osiris. In the book of the dead, for example, horus introduces the newly departed ani to osirus, and asks osirus to accept and care for ani goe. One of the most popular deities for people to claim jesus is a copy of is. The christ myth theory also known as the jesus myth theory, jesus mythicism, or the jesus ahistoricity theory is the view that the story of jesus is a piece of mythology, possessing no substantial claims to historical fact.
The christinsanity story of jesus is nothing more than european trickerystolen and plagiarized by the catholic church from the old egyptian god horus. How to quickly debunk the horusjesus myth i remember the first time i heard the story of the las vegas vacationer who took a girl back to his hotel room but passed out, only to awake the next morning in a bathtub filled with ice and a kidney missingthe victim of organ harvesters. His book is a weird mix of historical speculation, philology, and theorizing about the precession of the zodiac, all presented as fact with minimal supporting evidence. On closer examination, horus isnt much like jesus after all. The stories of the bible are a collection of moral and ethical life guidelines told for centuries. Obviously, in some cases such a link is a reasonable assumption, in other cases like with jesus and supposed parallels with other figures like horus, attis, dionysus, mithras or whoever its quite dubious, even if there are significant parallels, that there has been borrowing going on. Dec 25, 2019 ah yes, that old meme about jesus being a copy of horus. Everyday there are thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands if not millions of people trying to disprove the bible and mystify the story of jesus to where they will try to connect him to some other god of another culture such as the egyptians. Maybe they were inspired by bestselling author dan browns claims in the da vinci code, nothing in christianity is original. There are an amazing number of identical or very similar life events, characteristics, and teachings shared by horus and yeshua of nazareth jesus christ.
Like jesus, horus was tempted while alone in the desert. Actually, you can find just as much in common with augustus, an emperor of rome, to jesus, as you can find with horus to jesus. Jesus christs existence is originally recorded through the gospels. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. These were originally written some 5080 years after his death. The claim that jesus was a myth or an exaggeration originated in the writings of liberal german theologians in the nineteenth century. Set is the god of the desert who battles horus, while. How to quickly debunk the horusjesus myth come reasons. The poster, unlike atheists and their fellow proponents of the christ myth theory, actually uses legitimate sources from educational sites and. We should always focus on a rigorous examination of claims and the evidence supporting them and why claims without sufficient evidence should be rejected. Screenshot from the movie religulous from near the end of the ridiculous horus montage, showing an actor portraying jesus with the words horus, the savior of. Jesus and horus jesus was not the first person to say i am the way, the truth, and the life.
The study of jesus in comparative mythology is the examination of the narratives of the life of jesus in the christian gospels, traditions and theology, as they. His father, osiris, had been king of all egypt, and had taken for his wife his sister isis. What follows is a standard sketch from perhaps the most standard source. Min louis farrakhan speaks on trump, nfl protest and jesus. Destined to be a classic enjoyed by both the professional scholar and the lay person, this comparative religion book contains a startling perspective of the. Always first among the superhuman primarchs, the newly dubbed warmaster horus turned his back upon the emperor and embraced the dark powers of chaos. Horus was baptized in a river at the age of 30, and his baptizer was later beheaded.
The authors claimed that the amulet was a depiction of the god dionysus on a cross, and thus, they concluded, christianity must have copied the crucifixion account from the greek god. On the first line of the post, it shows that jesus was born of the virgin mary, where the story is presumed that god himself placed the baby in her womb, so that jesus, the son of god, would. Horus is the name of a sky god in ancient egyptian mythology which designates primarily two deities. Christianity is based on egyptian myths jesus christ is.
A load of horus poo is jesus based on an egyptian god. The study of jesus in comparative mythology is the examination of the narratives of the life of jesus in the christian gospels, traditions and theology, as they relate to christianity and other religions. The horus jesus connection uses a massive amount of primary sources and the works of highly credentialed authorities in relevant fields to demonstrate that the popular gods horus and jesus possessed many characteristics and attributes in common. Initially he appeared as a local god, but over time the ancient egyptians came to believe the reigning pharaoh was a manifestation of horus cf. Michael white, the historical jesus in context a book which consists of a series of papers by various experts in the field, and maybe the oxford handbook of biblical studies. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The closest thing to it i can find is in horus official funerary role, in which he introduces the newly dead to osirus and his underworld kingdom. He parlayed that interest in egypt into several books and lectures in which he set forth the proposition that horus was in essence the first jesus, and jesus was a cheap imitation.
Jan 22, 2009 the parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of acharya s. Like jesus, horus was tempted while alone in the desert, healed the sick, the blind, cast out demons, and walked on water. The problem is that some people have done some very faulty research, and others have continued with it and built upon faulty research. Osiris was the oldest and so became king of egypt, and he married his sister isis. This well researched book is accessible both to the general reader and to the scholar interested in. Or if he did, he had virtually nothing to do with the founding.
Welcome to stellar house publishing shp, a company dedicated to bringing to the public lost and hidden information regarding the worlds religions, mythologies and spiritual traditions. Horus, according to egyptian myth, had a rocky conception. Finally, horus was supposedly born during the month of khoiak octnov, and not on december 25, a fact which does not help their claim of marrying the stories of horus and jesus, anyway, because the bible never assigns a birth date to christ. Both were born of a virgin on dec 25th and visited by 3 kings. Horus is the son of the god osiris, born to a virgin mother. Seeking hard evidence for the similarity of the horus and. Jesus resists temptation by satan on a high mountain. Take the contention that horus and jesus were both of virgin birth. Apr 07, 2012 one of the boldest claims of jesus being a copy of dionsyus was a book called the jesus mysteries which featured the amulet pictured below.
What are the similarities between the egyptian god horus and. What if i told you there was once an ancient religion whose god was conceived by a virgin named meri and had a stepfather named seb. Is jesus simply a retelling of the horus mythology. Isis found the scattered pieces, put them together and had sex with him. The parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of. The greatest story ever sold, claiming, among other things, that the jesus myth is just a repeat of the horus myth. Dec 19, 2010 egyptian mythology was set out in the book of the dead, written in 1280 bce. Jesus is also compared to mithras by those claiming that jesus christ is a myth. They essentially said that jesus was nothing more than a copy of popular dyingandrising fertility gods in various placestammuz in mesopotamia, adonis in syria, attis in asia minor, and horus in egypt. Just like the stolen kidney story, the horusjesus connection myth has much of what makes an urban legend appealing. Bill mahers film religulous redeploys the claim, often made, that the biblical story of jesus is a rerun of the egyptian myth of horus.
Horus was considered a god in ancient egypt, a manifestation or aspect of their supreme god ra. Why do you think the bible took this story for jesus. Black library, forge world, citadel, white dwarf, the horus heresy, the horus. I recommend the academic book christ in egypt the horusjesus connection by d. Was jesus a copy of horus, mithras, krishna, dionysus and. All the above descriptions of horus are applied to mithras e. This powerful book maintains that these groups drew upon a multitude of myths and rituals that already existed long before the christian era and reworked them. The first step in refuting such claims is to simply investigate the attributes carefully. May 01, 2009 bill mahers film religulous redeploys the claim, often made, that the biblical story of jesus is a rerun of the egyptian myth of horus. When compared side by side, jesus and horus bear little, if any, resemblance to one another.
Stolen and plagiarized by the catholic church from the old egyptian sun god horus. What are the similarities between the egyptian god horus. Beyond this, we must also recognize the expectations. Started to preach at the age of 30 and had 12 diciples. Jesus vs horus myththe true facts faith, grace, and torah. Its not unusual for the characteristics of ancient prechristian deities to be exaggerated in an effort to make them sound like jesus. Dec 25, 2015 the christinsanity story of jesus is nothing more than european trickerystolen and plagiarized by the catholic church from the old egyptian god horus. Stellar house publishing was founded in 2005 by author acharya s aka d. Faith, grace, and torah everyday there are thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands if not millions of people trying to disprove the bible and mystify the story of jesus to where they will try to connect him to some other god of another culture such as the egyptians. First and foremost, the post states how jesus was roughly 2,000 years ago, right when bc ended, and horus was roughly 5,000 years ago, so about 3000 bc. The ancient egyptian god horus said this many centuries earlier, in the book of vivifying the soul forever, chapter of the book of the dead, an egyptian writing from about 3000 b. The greatest story ever sold, i could hardly wait to get my hands on this tremendous book. Egyptian mythology was set out in the book of the dead, written in 1280 bce.
The horus heresy series 103 primary works 294 total works led by the emperors superhuman progeny, the primarchs, the vast armies of earth have conquered the galaxy in the great crusade. Although the majority of new testament scholars and historians of the ancient near east agree that jesus existed as a historical figure, most. First, unlike jesus, horus was never believed to have been born of a virgin. Horus resists temptation by the evil sut sut was to be the precursor for the hebrew satan on a high mountain. The near eastern roots of jesus and david, thompson argues that the biblical accounts of both king david and jesus of nazareth are not historical accounts, but are mythical in nature and based on mesopotamian, egyptian, babylonian and greek and roman literature. Later horus, who was raised by his mother in the swamps of the nile delta, when he grew. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Fitzgerald, who as his book title indicates takes the mythical jesus position, is an atheist speaker and writer, popular with secular students and community groups. Horus was a real egyptian deity, the book of the dead is a real thing that exists, and horus is mentioned in the book of the dead, but pretty much everything else here is wrong. The notion that jesus was copied from horus is a stretch, of interest chiefly to people with an axe to grind such as the writer and star of religulous, bill maher. Many on the internet seem to think so, and this video addresses this claim. Horus rising by dan abnett, false gods by graham mcneill, the first heretic by aaron dembskibowden, fulgrim by graham mcnei. He was baptized in a river by anup the baptizer who was later beheaded. Nov 06, 2017 on closer examination, horus isnt much like jesus after all.
Essentially, this horus argument which has been repeated ad nauseum, is fake news. Aug 19, 2016 was jesus based on the egyptian god horus. I dont think proving a connection from horus to jesus does anything for us, except help explain some of the origins of christian mythology if it were true, which it probably isnt. The egyptian myth of creation from geb, the sky god, and nut, the earth goddess came four children. This article was published in the novdec 2012 issue of catholic answers magazine.
The horusjesus connection uses a massive amount of primary sources and the works of highly credentialed. The christ myth theory is the view that the story of jesus is a piece of mythology, possessing no substantial claims to historical fact. A stunning artefact book for fans of the horus heresy from the ashes of the great crusade, treachery was born. The parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of acharya s. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Many of the tales of jesus christ may have been derived from the ancient egyptian god horus. This is thoroughly researched and completely convincing, composed of thousands of references drawn from ancient egyptian and other texts. The primary basis for his writing is the egyptian book of the dead.
Alternatively, in terms given by bart ehrman paraphrasing earl doherty, the historical jesus did not exist. Sep 07, 2007 after doing some research it has come to my attention that jesus is almost exactly like the egyptian god horus. The horus jesus controversy was largely extrapolated or invented by folks who didnt bother to do any research in order to become an internet sensation with a youtube video. The horusjesus connection and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Many atheists, neopagans, and other disbelievers of christianity claim the story of jesus christ was borrowed from earlier mythologies. I was involved in a discussion on a message board about this claim, and thought it would be interesting to get a response from the author. Ah yes, that old meme about jesus being a copy of horus.
According to harpur, in the second or third centuries the early church created the fictional impression of a literal and historic jesus and then used forgery and violence to cover up the evidence. Refuting the atheist nonsense that jesus was a copy of mithra. While conspiracy theorists often point to anup the baptizer claiming he was later beheaded, there is no such person in horus story. The author acharya s wrote a book called the christ conspiracy. This well researched book is accessible both to the general reader and to the scholar interested in the origins of the christian belief system. Is the story of jesus based on the egyptian god horus. The companion guide to the film zeitgeist outlines the basis for this claim by explaining, as does satan with jesus, set aka seth attempts to kill horus. Debunking the jesus horus connection this article was published in the novdec 2012 issue of catholic answers magazine. Set is the god of the desert who battles horus, while jesus is tempted in the desert by satan p. Destined to be a classic enjoyed by both the professional scholar and the lay person, this comparative religion book contains a startling perspective of the extraordinary history of the egyptian religion and its profound influence upon the later christian faith. Murdock, also known as acharya s, is an independent scholar of comparative religion and mythology, specializing in the ancient astrotheological origins of. Some books on egyptian mythology would be a good place to begin to draw your parallelsbut why. Building on kuhns work, author and ordained priest tom harpur in his 2004 book the pagan christ listed similarities among the stories of jesus, horus, mithras, buddha and others. Are there parallels between the lives of jesus and horus.
The most popular version of the myth states that osiriss penis had been lost so isis had to fashion a new one. But it springs from the same questions that occur to anyone reading the foundation stories of the worlds great religions. Controversial and explosive, the christ conspiracy marshals an enormous amount of startling evidence that the religion of christianity and jesus christ were created by members of various secret societies, mystery schools and religions in order to unify the roman empire under one state religion. Jesus is baptized at age 30 by john the baptist at a river. Accorging to egyptian mythology, his father was murdered by seth who was his perpetual antagonist and was cut into 14 pieces which were scattered all over egypt. Horus the real story behind jesus christ doggiediamondstv.
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