The poster, unlike atheists and their fellow proponents of the christ myth theory, actually uses legitimate sources from educational sites and. 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. 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. Started to preach at the age of 30 and had 12 diciples. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. Horus was considered a god in ancient egypt, a manifestation or aspect of their supreme god ra. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. One of the most popular deities for people to claim jesus is a copy of is. Stolen and plagiarized by the catholic church from the old egyptian sun god horus. 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. 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.
On closer examination, horus isnt much like jesus after all. 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. Horus resists temptation by the evil sut sut was to be the precursor for the hebrew satan on a high mountain. Horus the real story behind jesus christ the christinsanity story of jesus is nothing more then european trickery. Stellar house publishing was founded in 2005 by author acharya s aka d. 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. 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. What are the similarities between the egyptian god horus and.
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. 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. 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. First, unlike jesus, horus was never believed to have been born of a virgin. Dec 25, 2019 ah yes, that old meme about jesus being a copy of horus.
Jesus christs existence is originally recorded through the gospels. Every year, around this time, you start seeing memes claiming that jesus is a copy of some prechristian deity. His father, osiris, had been king of all egypt, and had taken for his wife his sister isis. 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. 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. 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. Like jesus, horus was tempted while alone in the desert. Christianity is based on egyptian myths jesus christ is. Jan 22, 2009 the parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of acharya s. There are an amazing number of identical or very similar life events, characteristics, and teachings shared by horus and yeshua of nazareth jesus christ.
What follows is a standard sketch from perhaps the most standard source. 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. 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. The parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of acharya s. Set is the god of the desert who battles horus, while. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. A load of horus poo is jesus based on an egyptian god. 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. Horus performed miracles like healing the sick and walking on. We should always focus on a rigorous examination of claims and the evidence supporting them and why claims without sufficient evidence should be rejected. Horus is the name of a sky god in ancient egyptian mythology which designates primarily two deities. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. The horusjesus connection and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle.
Min louis farrakhan speaks on trump, nfl protest and jesus. The first step in refuting such claims is to simply investigate the attributes carefully. 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. A stunning artefact book for fans of the horus heresy from the ashes of the great crusade, treachery was born. Jesus resists temptation by satan on a high mountain. The stories of the bible are a collection of moral and ethical life guidelines told for centuries. The primary basis for his writing is the egyptian book of the dead. 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. Debunking the jesus horus connection this article was published in the novdec 2012 issue of catholic answers magazine. Nov 06, 2017 on closer examination, horus isnt much like jesus after all. 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. Egyptian mythology was set out in the book of the dead, written in 1280 bce. The author acharya s wrote a book called the christ conspiracy. Essentially, this horus argument which has been repeated ad nauseum, is fake news.
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. How to quickly debunk the horusjesus myth come reasons. Like jesus, horus was tempted while alone in the desert, healed the sick, the blind, cast out demons, and walked on water. 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. Dec 19, 2010 egyptian mythology was set out in the book of the dead, written in 1280 bce. These were originally written some 5080 years after his death. Jesus is also compared to mithras by those claiming that jesus christ is a myth. Osiris was the oldest and so became king of egypt, and he married his sister isis. Take the contention that horus and jesus were both of virgin birth. Many of the tales of jesus christ may have been derived from the ancient egyptian god horus. Is the story of jesus christ really fake and copied from.
Both were born of a virgin on dec 25th and visited by 3 kings. Later horus, who was raised by his mother in the swamps of the nile delta, when he grew. Horus, according to egyptian myth, had a rocky conception. Set is the god of the desert who battles horus, while jesus is tempted in the desert by satan p. 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.
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. The claim that jesus was a myth or an exaggeration originated in the writings of liberal german theologians in the nineteenth century. 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. Horus rising by dan abnett, false gods by graham mcneill, the first heretic by aaron dembskibowden, fulgrim by graham mcnei. Horus was baptized in a river at the age of 30, and his baptizer was later beheaded.
Isis found the scattered pieces, put them together and had sex with him. A relatively comprehensive list of horuss popular titlesepithets are entirely different than titles of jesus. Why do you think the bible took this story for jesus. Seeking hard evidence for the similarity of the horus and jesus myths. Maybe they were inspired by bestselling author dan browns claims in the da vinci code, nothing in christianity is original. All the above descriptions of horus are applied to mithras e.
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. 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. What are the similarities between the egyptian god horus. Some books on egyptian mythology would be a good place to begin to draw your parallelsbut why. The problem is that some people have done some very faulty research, and others have continued with it and built upon faulty research. Horus is the son of the god osiris, born to a virgin mother. Masseys attempt to demonstrate that jesus is merely a rewrite of horus is tortured. Is jesus simply a retelling of the horus mythology. Always first among the superhuman primarchs, the newly dubbed warmaster horus turned his back upon the emperor and embraced the dark powers of chaos. 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. I recommend the academic book christ in egypt the horusjesus connection by d. This well researched book is accessible both to the general reader and to the scholar interested in the origins of the christian belief system. One of the more controversial theories sometimes called the copycat thesis suggests that many of the miracles, other life events, and beliefs about horus an ancient egyptian god were recycled and incorporated into stories about jesus as recorded in gospels and other books in the christian scriptures new testament.
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. Or if he did, he had virtually nothing to do with the founding. Although the majority of new testament scholars and historians of the ancient near east agree that jesus existed as a historical figure, most. Jesus is baptized at age 30 by john the baptist at a river. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of. Seeking hard evidence for the similarity of the horus and. Black library, forge world, citadel, white dwarf, the horus heresy, the horus. 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. The egyptian god horus was the sky god and the son of isis and osiris. 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. Murdock, also known as acharya s, is an independent scholar of comparative religion and mythology, specializing in the ancient astrotheological origins of. Are there parallels between the lives of jesus and horus. The horusjesus connection uses a massive amount of primary sources and the works of highly credentialed.
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. 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. Aug 19, 2016 was jesus based on the egyptian god horus. 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. This is thoroughly researched and completely convincing, composed of thousands of references drawn from ancient egyptian and other texts. 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. The greatest story ever sold, claiming, among other things, that the jesus myth is just a repeat of the horus myth. Beyond this, we must also recognize the expectations. 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. This well researched book is accessible both to the general reader and to the scholar interested in.
The egyptian myth of creation from geb, the sky god, and nut, the earth goddess came four children. Its not unusual for the characteristics of ancient prechristian deities to be exaggerated in an effort to make them sound like jesus. The christ myth theory is the view that the story of jesus is a piece of mythology, possessing no substantial claims to historical fact. But it springs from the same questions that occur to anyone reading the foundation stories of the worlds great religions. 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. 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 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. Jesus and horus jesus was not the first person to say i am the way, the truth, and the life. Bill mahers film religulous redeploys the claim, often made, that the biblical story of jesus is a rerun of the egyptian myth of horus.
While conspiracy theorists often point to anup the baptizer claiming he was later beheaded, there is no such person in horus story. Jesus vs horus myththe true facts faith, grace, and torah. Sep 07, 2007 after doing some research it has come to my attention that jesus is almost exactly like the egyptian god horus. Alternatively, in terms given by bart ehrman paraphrasing earl doherty, the historical jesus did not exist. Ah yes, that old meme about jesus being a copy of horus. Is the story of jesus based on the egyptian god horus.
The greatest story ever sold, i could hardly wait to get my hands on this tremendous book. Many on the internet seem to think so, and this video addresses this claim. Refuting the atheist nonsense that jesus was a copy of mithra. 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. Shp books attain to the highest standards of scholarship while being accessible to the public. He was baptized in a river by anup the baptizer who was later beheaded. Was jesus a copy of horus, mithras, krishna, dionysus and. Although the vast majority of new testament scholars and historians of the ancient near east agree that jesus existed as a historical figure, most secular historians also agree that the. This article was published in the novdec 2012 issue of catholic answers magazine. Just like the stolen kidney story, the horusjesus connection myth has much of what makes an urban legend appealing.
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. Many atheists, neopagans, and other disbelievers of christianity claim the story of jesus christ was borrowed from earlier mythologies. The most popular version of the myth states that osiriss penis had been lost so isis had to fashion a new one. 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.
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