The christinsanity story of jesus is nothing more than european trickerystolen and plagiarized by the catholic church from the old egyptian god horus. Some books on egyptian mythology would be a good place to begin to. Look up horus and see all the striking resemblances to your savior. What are the similarities between the egyptian god horus and. Jul 07, 2007 jesus is baptized at age 30 by john the baptist at a river. Both walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, and restored sight to the blind.
Read is jesus simply a retelling of the horus mythology. Similarities and differences between the egyptian god. Nov 08, 2017 skeptics sometimes use ancient deities like horus, mithras or osiris as examples of dying and rising precursors to jesus. Parallels between osiris and jesus part i briefly, the egyptians believed that osiris was king and creator of the gods, and of heaven and earth, that he came down to earth to live as a man, that he was killed by his enemies, other gods headed by seth, that his body was mutilated and scattered, and that he rose to once again assume command in the heavens. The egyptian book of vivifying the soul forever written over 5,000 years ago contains the story of the egyptian horus has remarkable similarities to the story of jesus christ. Stellar house publishing was founded in 2005 by author acharya s aka d. The list is grouped by date, and sorted within each group except for the very earliest works alphabetically by name of author.
The original documents you refer to do not compare to the jesus story as related but only bring into existence the horus story. The historical veracity of jesus is determined from the evidence supporting the reliability of the eyewitness accounts. The horus jesus connection quotes hundreds of primary sources taken from the works of first rate authorities clearly demonstrating that the egyptian god horus and jesus have many characteristics in common. 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. Once born, jesus mother mary was told that she should take her son and flee to egypt, where horus and his mother hid after he was born. Every year, around this time, you start seeing memes claiming that jesus is a copy of some prechristian deity. To kick off the new adult ed program at our church im helping with a class i put together on the life, times, person and work, of jesus. Naturally, i was skeptical and tried doing some research but found only biased opinions that werent backed by much evidence. Horus, egyptian hor, har, her, or heru, in ancient egyptian religion, a god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun or morning star, representing power and quintessence, and whose left eye was the moon or evening star, representing healing. The parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of acharya s.
Destined to be a classic enjoyed by both the professional scholar an. Horus and jesus sacred scripture catholic answers forums. Horus was worshiped principally in two egyptian cultural centers bekhdet in the north and idfu in the south. It seems those who dont believe or who dont want to believe in jesus christ.
While horus worship is now a dead religion, christianity. Horus was baptized in a river at the age of 30, and his. Horus was born on december 25th horus was also born of a virgin. Parallels between the lives of jesus and horus, an. On facebook, i post things to make people question religion in order to make people think. Horus resists temptation by the evil sut sut was to be the precursor for the hebrew satan on a high mountain. Horus declares, in the egyptian book of coming forth by light incorrectly known. Furthermore, horus was the anthropomorphism of the sun. Christians also may have adapted the iconography of the egyptian goddess isis nursing her son horus and applied it to the virgin mary nursing her son jesus. Falcon cults, which were in evidence from late predynastic times, were widespread in egypt.
Osiris was the father of horus and the brotherhusband of isis. Horus had 12 disciples who he travelled about with healing the sick, and walking on water. Jesus is taken to egypt to escape the wrath of herod and horus is taken to egypt to escape the wrath of typhon. Dec 04, 2017 much of what i described about horus is simply a reflection of the effort of atheists to make horus look as much like jesus as possible. Christianity is based on egyptian myths jesus christ is horus. The horus jesus connection uses a massive amount of primary sources and the works of highly christ in egypt. Dec 19, 2010 egyptian mythology was set out in the book of the dead, written in 1280 bce. Is the story of jesus based on the egyptian god horus. Skeptical commentators claim that there are many parallels between the lives of horus and jesus. According to the historian jimmy dunn, horus is the most important of the avian deities who takes on so many forms and is depicted. He gathered disciples around him, but was eventually arrested and executed by the roman governor of.
Many mormons when they start delving and unravelling events in our history also delve into what they can find out about possible origins to the bible or even if you want to say conspiracy theories. Horus was baptized in a river at the age of 30, and his baptizer was later beheaded. Stolen and plagiarized by the catholic church from the old egyptian sun god horus. The study of jesus in comparative mythology is the examination of the narratives of the life of. The 25th of december is the rebirth of the sun in the northern hemisphere after three days of lets say stagnation spring is coming days are getting longer. It is not found the egyptian mythology or in the book of the dead. Murdock, also known as acharya s, is the author of the bestselling books the christ conspiracy.
According to atwills version of mythicism, jesus is a fictional character that was invented by the roman emperors and the circle around them. Moving a little farther down their life paths, both jesus and horus were baptized at the age of 30. Horus supposedly walked on water, was born from a virgin, healed the sick, etc. Both horus and jesus successfully resist this temptation. Horus or her, heru, hor, har in ancient egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably god of kingship and the sky. The best books on jesus recommended by robert morgan. Monday, december 28, 2009 4 pagan christs no tags permalink.
There is no account of horus coming out of the grave with the body he went in with. 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. Inside the mastaba tomb were burial offerings for the dead pharaoh shepseskaf, in the form of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They claim the mythology of jesus was simply borrowed from preexisting examples such as these. In fact, horus was born to a goddess married to another god isis, married to osiris. The god that tells horus mother come, thou goddess isis, hide thyself with thy child. Any genre theology, novels, biblical studies, historical, biographies, religious or secular, positive or negative, fiction or nonfiction. In the bible we do have king herod trying to kill jesus from the moment his presence is made known, and he is taken to egypt to escape herod s wrath as seen in matthew 2. Horus performed miracles like healing the sick and walking on. 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 egyptian god thoth, greek god hermes, roman god mercury rc christian is tied in with these three ancient gods since one of his major attributes is that he passed down the hermetic tradition of ancient egypt and greece in what became known as the rosicrucian philosophy of the renaissance and enlightenment as. Horus was born of a virgin isis on 25 december in a cave. Horus the elder or horus the great, the last born of the first five original gods, and horus the younger, the son of osiris and isis. The horusjesus 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. Its said that horus, like jesus or jesus, like horus was born of a virgin, had twelve disciples, walked on water, delivered a sermon on the mount, performed mircles, was executed beside. How similar is horus to jesus upon close examination. Osiris, horus and isis were three egyptian gods that became increasingly popular in greece and rome. In the end, similarities between jesus and mythological precursors fail to invalidate the historicity of jesus. In the story of horus, he was born of the star in the east, and was adorned by three kings.
Well be exploring the similarities between horus and jesus on. Over three millennia, horus worship, and the stories and beliefs about him, changed and developed, so that he or gods. Not to be rude to you friend but you dont know nothing about the egyptian mythology. Are there parallels between the lives of jesus and horus. A book is also a considerate option when giving to an acquaintance such as a coworker. Jesus is more similar to osiris as osiris was the one who was killed by set and then raised from the dead by isis.
The myth that horus was born of a virgin is just that a myth. Claimed similarities between jesus christ and horus and. Horus came of age with a special ritual, when his eye was restored. The field is rife with claims, but as usual there is a great deal. Christian commentators tend to deny the existence of most or all of them, looking upon them as coincidences or more likely as. This myth needs to stop being part of atheist arguments. The christian myths were first related of horus or osiris, who was the embodiment of divine goodness, wisdom, truth and purity. Like jesus, horus was tempted while alone in the desert, healed the sick, the blind, cast out demons, and walked on water. Horus originates in prehistory, who can only be dated to egyptian times because there are no real records before that period of antiquity. 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. They are a onesizefitsall solution to the problem of what to buy for a loved one. Destined to be a classic enjoyed by both the professional scholar and the lay person, this comparative religion book contains a startling. Set is the god of the desert who battles horus, while jesus is tempted in the desert by satan p. This is thoroughly researched and completely convincing, composed of thousands of references drawn from ancient egyptian and other texts.
There are many films and books flooding the market supporting their claims. While conspiracy theorists often point to anup the baptizer claiming he was later beheaded, there is no such person in horus story. 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 pharaoh isesi of the 5th dynasty once raided the nations of punt for myrrh and nubia for gold. Like jesus, horus was tempted while alone in the desert. 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. 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. Horus and jesus egyptian deities and myths compared to the bible. According to the press release, atwill is planning to explain his theory that jesus christ never lived.
The egyptian god thoth, greek god hermes, roman god mercury. Parallels between jesus and horus, an egyptian god quotations. Tal estudo tambem pode envolver comparacoes entre crencas cristas sobre jesus e sobre outros deuses ou personagens mitologicos. This was the greatest hero that ever lived in the mind of man not in the. Was horus really like jesus in all the ways skeptics often describe him. Christian commentators tend to deny the existence of most or all of them, looking upon them as coincidences or more likely as simple fabrications about the life of horus. The best books on jesus five books expert recommendations. Geburt durch eine jungfrau, kreuzigung, auferstehung nach 3 tagen usw. Spiritualray historically investigates the similarities and differences between the ancient egyptian god.
Horus the real story behind jesus christ doggiediamondstv. The movie website, watch online, wikipedia entry states in part i the greatest story ever sold that major points of the story about jesus christs birth, life, death and resurrection are not original but are shared with multiple other gods or deities of older religions the film first at around 16min. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric egypt until the ptolemaic kingdom and roman egypt. Murdock, acharya s, 0979963117, 9780979963117, stellar house publishing, 2008. I recommend the academic book christ in egypt the horusjesus. What are the similarities between the egyptian god horus. The horusjesus connection myth has much of what makes an urban legend appealing. I was really enjoying your post until i came to this one of horus and jesus. 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. I found quite some well done and reasonablesounding claims of this, but when i tried to search for real evidence i didnt get far. Horus was a teacher at 12 years old and was baptized when he was 30, to begin his ministry. Debunking the jesushorus connection reasons for jesus.
Jesus was a 1st century jew from galilee who had a ministry of teaching and healing. Modern day conspiracy theorists have been linking jesus to the ancient egyptian god, horus. Horus was an egyptian god first worshipped in upper egypt more than 3,000 years bce. Ah yes, that old meme about jesus being a copy of horus. Horus attended a special rite of passage at the age of twelve and there is no data on the child from the age of 12 to 30. Zeitgeist that mentioned an egyptian god named horus. The books are collections of ancient egyptian spells that were believed. If you call yourself a christian, then you ought to know who it is you are worshipping. Horus is the son of the god osiris, born to a virgin mother.
Horus mother was indeed isis but there are no egyptologists who claim she was a virgin. Conspiracy theories are abound with the similarities between the lives of horus and jesus given below are the hypothesized claims. Yet, all you need to do is to think a bit and the paperthin claims of jesuss stolen resurrection will quickly melt away. Just like paul plagiarized plato and aristotle, the story of jesus comes from a satanic origin.
The parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of. Lets see what horus, jesus, attis, krishna, dionysus, mithra and many other sons of gods had in common. 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, according to egyptian myth, had a rocky conception. Jesus is also compared to mithras by those claiming that jesus christ is a myth. The above ancient egyptian verses were echoed later in jesus words i am.
For centuries now, it has been regarded by many to be the one true word of god. The confusion is the story of horus is almost exactly the same story we are told about jesus. Why is a list of best historical jesus books dominated by books by amateurs and hobbyists, largely selfpublished, which claim there was no historical jesus. Seeking hard evidence for the similarity of the horus and jesus myths. The horus jesus connection myth has much of what makes an urban legend appealing. What jesus, horus and many other gods had in common youtube. One of my posts had to do with the horusjesus comparative.
Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into egypt. Parallels between the lives of jesus and horus, an egyptian god. Yet, all you need to do is to think a bit and the paperthin claims of jesus s stolen resurrection will quickly melt away. I recommend the academic book christ in egypt the horusjesus connection by d. Horus s foster father was joseph, and jesus s earthly father was joseph. I first heard the claim that jesus was a copycat of the egyptian god horus when i watched the socalled documentary religulous. I had seen comparisons like this before, and egyptian mythology is kind of a hobby of mine. His father, osiris, had been king of all egypt, and had taken for his wife his sister isis. In addition to those you mention, horus supposedly had 12 disciples and was crucified, then resurrected three days later. When compared side by side, jesus and horus bear little, if any, resemblance to one another. Many on the internet seem to think so, and this video addresses this claim. Horus raised his dead father osiris from the grave. Atwill is a mythicista person who claims that jesus is a myth, not a historical figure. Jesus was not the first person to say i am the way, the truth, and the life.
Is jesus simply a retelling of the horus mythology. Some accounts have horusosiris being brought back to life by isis and then becoming the lord of the underworld. Egypt after all is not far from palestine, and jews did live in egypt. They are items that provide hours of enjoyment for the recipient. He was baptized in a river by anup the baptizer who was later beheaded. One of the most popular deities for people to claim jesus is a copy of is. It was a modernized horus story that was actually modernized by the romans to take on the characteristics of what. Jesus resists temptation by satan on a high mountain. Horus was their child and some people say that isis was a virgin but the similarities between jesus and horus as opposed to any other god are extremely tenuous. It only means that jesus is a creation adapted from an egyptian creation, horus. Different forms of horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by egyptologists. Both had 12 disciples that followed them and spread their wordhelped with their work.
Seeking hard evidence for the similarity of the horus and. Horus is the name of a sky god in ancient egyptian mythology which designates primarily two deities. Later horus, who was raised by his mother in the swamps. The second link actually rips apart any comparison between horus and jesus. Books about jesus more books have been written about jesus christ than anyone else in history. Although the majority of new testament scholars and historians of the ancient near east agree that jesus existed as a historical figure, most.
Any connections made between the stories of horus and jesus are entirely tenuous, and there is little or no supporting information for any of these connections. Horus the real story behind jesus christ the christinsanity story of jesus is nothing more then european trickery. How to quickly debunk the horusjesus myth come reasons. Religulous 2008, an antireligious diatribe that takes on islam and judaism in addition to christianity, presents a list of parallels between jesus and horus, the falconheaded egyptian deity identified with the sky and the rule of the pharaohs. This is a bibliography of works with information or interpretations of the life and teachings of 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 extraordinary history of the egyptian religion and its profound influence upon the later christian faith. It is also important to be aware that there are many different versions of the story of horus, and none of them can be taken as a serious precursor of the story of jesus. This post will get into those socalled parallel points between the life of jesus and horus as we look at the details from the life of horus, isis and osiris. Shp books attain to the highest standards of scholarship while being accessible to the public. There is no continuous effort in the horus mythology to account for all these years, so there are no real gaps in the chronology. 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.
Jesus vs horus myththe true facts faith, grace, and torah. Recently i saw religulous here and he touched on horus here and a few of the parallels between the story of horus and jesus. The egyptian god horus was the sky god and the son of isis and osiris. Jesus commanded the sea to be still by saying, peace, be still. The horusjesus connection uses a massive amount of primary sources and the works of highly. What the twelve tribes of israel and tabernacle really symbolize. Dec 25, 2019 ah yes, that old meme about jesus being a copy of horus. Jesus na mitologia comparada wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Horus never taught in any temple at twelve as did jesus. As a store named after the egyptian god horus, or at least, his eye, we felt compelled to create. If, of course, this is true then it would be fair to say that jesus was a copycat of horus. Of all the pagan copycat candidates, osiris and horus are two that look if any to be a major threat.
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