Originally posted by LDHZenkai
So that guys argument that the story of jesus was true is all based on some guy said other guys told him it was? Yea....that's a pretty poor argument. Let's not go on the facts, but just take some random guys word for it. Fact: Either way, the story is still almost a direct copy from other religions which predate the story of jesus.
Can you provide some evidence?
As in actual primary or reliable secondary evidence?
It is basically this idea in new clothes:
http://missy.reimer.com/library/scale.html
Originally posted by Red Nemesis
It is basically this idea in new clothes:
http://missy.reimer.com/library/scale.html
No it is not, because he is saying it is a fact that Christ's life is based on the story of Horus...but it isn't.
Speaking of which, even ran Augustus through the list?
Originally posted by Grand-Moff-Gav
Can you provide some evidence?As in actual primary or reliable secondary evidence?
This one seems like an incredible stretch:
Translated into Hebrew, Asr is "El-Asar." The Romans added the prefix "us" to indicate a male name, producing "Elasarus." Over time, the "E" was dropped and "s" became "z," producing "Lazarus." 5 Jesus is said to have raised his friend Lazarus from the dead.
(reminds me of how the Liberty Bell is really a shrine to Ba'al based on a bunch of verbal juggling)
The others, however, are very cool. I'd like to see a list of differences between the two stories. You can do this process with any two random people (twins and historical figures work very well), if you list all the similarities between them people will be amazed.
I don't fault the author, nor do I dismiss the incredible number of things that are the same between them, but the presentation is inherently skewed by focusing on similarities between them and requires the reader to be very familiar with both Horus and Jesus to make educated use of the information, which I doubt most people are. Personally, I'd toss out the some of the features (angelic heralds, royal blood, resurrecting, exorcism) on the grounds that they're fairly common and don't show a specific connection to the story of Horus.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
This one seems like an incredible stretch:Translated into Hebrew, Asr is "El-Asar." The Romans added the prefix "us" to indicate a male name, producing "Elasarus." Over time, the "E" was dropped and "s" became "z," producing "Lazarus." 5 Jesus is said to have raised his friend Lazarus from the dead.
(reminds me of how the Liberty Bell is really a shrine to Ba'al based on a bunch of verbal juggling)
The others, however, are very cool. I'd like to see a list of differences between the two stories. You can do this process with any two random people (twins and historical figures work very well), if you list all the similarities between them people will be amazed.
I don't fault the author, nor do I dismiss the incredible number of things that are the same between them, but the presentation is inherently skewed by focusing on similarities between them and requires the reader to be very familiar with both Horus and Jesus to make educated use of the information, which I doubt most people are. Personally, I'd toss out the some of the features (angelic heralds, royal blood, resurrecting, exorcism) on the grounds that they're fairly common and don't show a specific connection to the story of Horus.