Originally posted by debbiejo
Here is a great site on Horus.http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm
HAHAHAHA!! They site Massey as the main source, no wonder you believe this crap. Massey has been proven wrong time and again.
First thing first, Horus is not even supposed to be born of a virgin. A relief of his conception shows Isis in falcon form hovering over the penis of old dead Osiris and no legend ever states that is was a virgin birth.
Father? Sorry, but Osiris had other sons from my understanding.
Royal descent? Wow, he must be the ultimate parallel 👇 I'm descended from royalty too, maybe I'm the second coming 👇
Mother: Meri, actually no (this is stretching considering Isis is the mother and Meri means beloved as in Osiris's beloved), but that is inconsequential considering that they do not transliterate as such and Mary was such a common name that this is negligible.
Cave/Stable: Ummm no, Horus came from an egg, the rest is fabrication.
Annunciation: sorry but this is simply a lie because Horus's birth wasn't annunciated by anyone in Egyptian mythology. Even better is that there is no such thing as angels in Egyptian mythology.
Birth heralded by: Jesus wasn't heralded by a star = fail.
Birthdate: Jesus wasn't born on December 25 and nobody claims otherwise, so this is an automatic fail.
Birth announcement: straight lie, Horus's birth wasn't announced in Egyptian mythology.
Birth witnesses: Horus's birth wasn't witness in Egyptian mythology.
Later witnesses: once again, a lie, besides that, there isn't a specified number of wise men in the Bible so this goes to crap anyways.
Death threat during infancy: Alright, we now have two similar, although this a false change in names because it was Seth that went after Horus and Herut is made up to sound like Herod.
Handling in threat: Not sure about this one, all give it three though.
Rite of passage: these aren't even similar, besides that Horus was an adult at this point and it wasn't a rite of passage.
Age of Ritual: not cited for Horus because it isn't given.
No data between 12&30: invalid see above and two below.
Baptism location: Horus wasn't baptized, closest you'll get in Egyptian mythology is him getting thrown into some water... not nearly the same thing. Eridanus is the modern name of a constellation called "the river." It's Latin.
Age of Baptism: no age given because he wasn't baptized... someone should burn Massey's work because this is getting ridiculous.
Baptized by: wasn't baptized and Anup the Baptizer isn't a name that appears anywhere in Egyptian mythology... hehe Massey made it up that devilish little prankster...
Fate of baptizer: ...there wasn't one
Temptation/Result of temptation: another pure fabrication. There is a good story about Horus being tempted though which I will post for Kali... Horus succumbed to the temptation of his uncle, Seth (in a homosexual affair.) Horus later gets back at him by seducing him (another homosexual affair) and getting Seth pregnant.
Close followers: Horus had 16 close followers and they weren't anything like the disciples = fail.
Activities: actually no, there is absolutely no record of this... it's another of Massey's fabrications.
Horus raised Osiris from the grave: No Isis did = fail.
Location: there is no resurrection rites for Horus because he never died. And the words don't transliterate like that = fail.
Origin of name Lazarus: can you say stretch? Better yet, can you say "they do not transliterate like that".
Transfigured: Horus was not transfigured = fail.
Sermon of the Mount: Horus never did = fail.
Method of death: this is sad and laughable considering crucifixion was a Roman thing. Now what came first? Rome of Egypt? Even better is the fact that in Egyptian mythology Horus doesn't die.
Accompanied by: He never died, besides that, there might have been four thieves on Calvary with Jesus.
Burial: Horus never died = fail.
Fate after death: see above.
Resurrection announced by: see above
Future: No, Horus was the embodiment of the reigning Pharoah, and he has no prescribed future plans anything like this = fail.
And then I found this at the bottom of the page anyways...
"Ward Gasque, a volunteer book reviewer for Amazon.com surveyed twenty contemporary Egyptologists. He asked them about the origins of Jesus' name, the relationship between Horus and Jesus, whether both experienced a virgin birth, and whether the Egyptian religion considered Hourus to be an incarnation of God.
Ten responded, They agreed:
- Jesus' name is a Greek form of a very common Semitic name Jeshu'a, which is normally translated into English as Joshua.
- There is no evidence that Horus was born of a virgin, that he had twelve disciples, or that he was considered incarnation of God."
Now please, never bring something as amateur and retarded as this to my attention again. Also, give up on the idea that they are even remotely similar. The summary of their similarities is that they were both descended of royalty and had death threats against them. This simply isn't even an argument. See Kali? These are the sort of things that piss me off, this sort of absolute retardation.