Accorging to egyptian mythology, his father was murdered by seth who was his perpetual antagonist and. Jesus and the story of osiris and horus william lane. The anunnaki cannot be fully understood until you know this extraordinary information duration. Shp books attain to the highest standards of scholarship while being accessible to the public. Different forms of horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by egyptologists. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Now i understand why horus was the best of all, and why so many followed him into his. 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. 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. Alternatively, in terms given by bart ehrman paraphrasing earl doherty, the historical jesus did not exist. The horus jesus connection uses a massive amount of primary sources and the works of highly christ in egypt. Apr 07, 2012 was jesus a copy of horus, mithras, krishna, dionysis and other pagan gods. There are plenty of atheists who talk about how horus mithra, etc are so extremely similar to the story of jesus christ, and then i hear christians saying that that whole thing has.
I first heard the claim that jesus was a copycat of the egyptian god horus when i watched the socalled documentary religulous. Is jesus life parallel to the story of osiris and horus. 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. Murdock, drawing heavily from gerald massey, identifies anup the baptizer as the egyptian god anubis. Horus was born of a virgin called isis on 25 december in a cave. Jesus is taken to egypt to escape the wrath of herod and horus is taken to egypt to escape the wrath of typhon.
Did christianity copy its beliefs from other world religions. Horus is the son of the god osiris, born to a virgin mother. Seeking hard evidence for the similarity of the horus and. Horus heresy novels project gutenberg selfpublishing. Isis is a virgin mother horus is a sun god the three kings and star in the east the christmas hoax. Was jesus a copy of horus, mithras, krishna, dionysus and. He was baptized in a river by anup the baptizer who was later beheaded. The same motif was celebrated as applied to aion, horus and other virginborn solar deities around the globe for millennia.
Christians lets debunk the horus hoax and tell the world about jesus. Stellar house publishing was founded in 2005 by author acharya s aka d. Like jesus, horus was tempted while alone in the desert, healed the sick, the blind, cast out demons, and walked on water. When i searched only for horus i found plenty of sites on genuine egyptology that do not describe horus in any way that could be confused with the jesus myth. Murdoch, drawing heavily from gerald massey, identifies anup the baptizer as the egyptian god anubis. The author of the article has to say that the story of jesus was not stolen from and is similar to that of horus,because he have to uphold the greatest lie every told by the white man. Are there parallels between the lives of jesus and horus. Horus was considered a god in ancient egypt, a manifestation or aspect of their supreme god ra.
Bill mahers film religulous redeploys the claim, often made, that the biblical story of jesus is a rerun of the egyptian myth of horus. As i remember correctly bill is simply pointing out that the jesus story cannot be unique or original because it parallels with so many other stories like mithras. It is made up of looselytied leather and written in aramaic, the language of israel during the time of jesus. Jan 10, 2005 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. Like jesus, horus was tempted while alone in the desert. Horus never taught in any temple at twelve as did jesus. There are many films and books flooding the market supporting their claims.
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. 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. I hear the horus, mithra, jesus topicdebate was debunked, please explain. He says the apostle paul abandoned the teachings of jesus exemplified by the book of mathew, and replaced it with an esoteric interpretation of the occult idea of the sacrificed god dying for our sins. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. 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. Over three millennia, horus worship, and the stories and beliefs about him, changed and developed, so that he or gods very like him appear under different names. 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. M download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Debunking the jesus debunkers washington city paper. The parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of acharya s the egyptian god horus was the sky god and the son of isis and osiris. Parallels between the lives of jesus and horus, an.
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. Horus was an egyptian god first worshipped in upper egypt more than 3,000 years bce. While conspiracy theorists often point to anup the baptizer claiming he was later beheaded, there is no such person in horus story. While billions of people believe jesus of nazareth was one of the most important figures in world history, many others reject the idea that he even existed at all. Similarities and differences between the egyptian god. May 10, 2016 warnings of the last days from god christian short film the days of noah have come duration. How to quickly debunk the horusjesus myth come reasons. If there is one thing that the enemies of the bible agree on, it is that the resurrection of jesus is a hoax compare shermer, harrison, dawkins, et cetera. Horus supposedly walked on water, was born from a virgin, healed the sick, etc. One of the most prominent claims that the story of jesus is a fake is when he is compared to the ancient greek god dionysus.
Debunking the jesushorus connection reasons for jesus. The linked comment is furthermore very naive, since it depends on wordplay with the english language, like sunson, horus hour etc. The stories may have a few similarities, but such conclusions could be drawn between most gods, even ones completely unrelated. In the final analysis, the questions come down to these. 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. As i debunked earlier in the jesus section of this page, i showed that horus and jesus had very little in common.
Warner wallace author, coldcase christianity 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 joseph. The horus jesus connection stellar house publishing, 2009, author d. Aug 19, 2016 the anunnaki cannot be fully understood until you know this extraordinary information duration. Jesus is also compared to mithras by those claiming that jesus christ is a myth. And even with all of this, there are still varying beliefs as to when jesus was born. Modern day conspiracy theorists have been linking jesus to the ancient egyptian god, horus.
Yet, all you need to do is to think a bit and the paperthin claims of jesus s stolen resurrection will quickly melt away. No, the horus jesus connection is a recurring conspiracy theory on reddit, but it is mostly bunk. Jesus vs horus myththe true facts faith, grace, and torah. The christian myths were first related of horus or osiris, who was the embodiment of divine goodness, wisdom, truth and purity. Most of the claims are simply made up etymology, like horizon should mean horus. Claimed similarities between jesus christ and horus and. His areas of expertise include philosophy of mind, philosophy of technology, and environmental ethics. Debunking the jesushorus connection many atheists, neopagans, and other disbelievers of christianity claim the story of jesus christ was borrowed from earlier mythologies. As a store named after the egyptian god horus, or at least, his eye, we felt compelled to create a new infographic to set the record straight. Naturally, i was skeptical and tried doing some research but found only biased opinions that werent backed by much evidence. 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. Parallels between jesus and horus, an egyptian god quotations.
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. Is jesus a copy of other gods, mythologies, and legends. I hear the horus, mithra, jesus topicdebate was debunked. My buddy jon sorensen is out visiting this weekend, so hes not around to stop me from posting the beginning of his awesome article on how jesus is not a knockoff of the egyptian god horus. Murdock then attempts to illustrate parallels between anubis and john the baptist.
I also debunked the ideas of horus s life revolving around virgin birth, crucifixion, and resurrection. April 2014 this image, claiming that the story of jesus was plagiarised from the egyptian god horus, recently appeared on a widely popular social media site that is visited by young people around the globe. By looking through the internet, watching zeitgeist and chatting with a couple of people who believe it, these are the things that the story of jesus copies from the story of horus. Zeitgeist, the movie debunked part one skeptic project. Christians lets debunk the horus hoax and tell the world. 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 primary basis for his writing is the egyptian book of the dead.
He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric egypt until the ptolemaic kingdom and roman egypt. Spiritualray historically investigates the similarities and differences between the ancient egyptian god, horus and jesus. There are plenty of atheists who talk about how horus mithra, etc are so extremely similar to the story of jesus christ, and then i hear christians saying that that whole thing has been debunked or proven wrong somehow. The story of jesus was copied from prior religions to control the people the story of jesus christ is a hoax that was an almost carbon copy of. Of all the pagan copycat candidates, osiris and horus are two that look if any to be a major threat. The movie doesnt say where it got these claims, but they may have come from the pagan christ 2005 by tom harpur, an anglican priest and a longtime religion writer for the toronto star. I recommend the academic book christ in egypt the horusjesus connection by d.
Horus rising by dan abnett, false gods by graham mcneill, the first heretic by aaron dembskibowden, fulgrim by graham mcnei. There are an amazing number of identical or very similar life events, characteristics, and teachings shared by horus and yeshua of nazareth jesus christ. According to, dionysus was a descendant of zeus and. 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. Jesus is not the reason for the season rebuttal to chris forbes virgin mother goddesses of antiquity. The egyptian god horus was the sky god and the son of isis and osiris. The characters are detailed, and the story is altogether excellenty written. Some accounts have horus osiris being brought back to life by isis and then becoming the lord of the underworld. Were the various important mythical motifs explored in christ in egypt part of egyptian religion, and, despite their apparent status as mysteries, were they known to those who created christianity. 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. 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. Destined to be a classic enjoyed by both the professional scholar and the lay person, this comparative religion book contains a startling perspective. 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.
We have already seen abundantly throughout this work that. 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. The horus jesus connection myth has much of what makes an urban legend appealing. Several sources, like barbara watterson in her book gods of ancient egypt, mentions horus had four followers but there are none that claim 12. The horusjesus connection kindle edition by s, acharya, murdock, d. Debunking the jesus debunkers cecil adams may 25, 2012 12 am. Comparison of some additional life events of horus and jesus, as asserted by believers in a jesus myth that jesus life events were copied from horus. There is said to be one and only one mention of the timeframe in which horus was born, and it is during the egyptian month of khoiak. In addition, the egyptian mythical horus, god of light and goodness has many parallels to jesus. 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. Just like the stolen kidney story, the horusjesus connection myth has much of what makes an urban legend appealing. Horus served the way, the truth, the life by name and in person horus baptized with water by anup jesus baptized with water by john horus.
This is not the first time this idea has circulated there have been numerous versions of it before. What are the similarities between the egyptian god horus and. In recent years, a claim has been making the rounds that jesus is based on the egyptian god, horus. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading christ in egypt. It was a modernized horus story that was actually modernized by the romans to take on the characteristics of what was becoming popular christian testimony. Jan 22, 2009 the parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of acharya s. 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. Set is the god of the desert who battles horus, while jesus is tempted in the desert by satan p. Horus was meant to also have a load of metal workers, so maybe this is where they are getting this from. 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. The disciples would have declared that jesus was a hoax, who did not accomplish what god promised. According to them, there is no evidence that the crucified jesus ever rose from the dead.
He had an earthly father named seb, which translates to joseph. 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. He is not saying that jesus is a copy and paste from horus. This was the greatest hero that ever lived in the mind of man not in the. Horus or her, heru, hor in ancient egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably god of kingship and the sky. He has authored or edited 10 books, including, most recently, the jesus hoax creative fire press, the metaphysics of technology routledge, and panpsychism in the west revised ed. Murdoch then attempts to illustrate parallels between anubis and john the baptist. Penned by several authors, the series takes place during the horus heresy, a fictional galaxyspanning civil war occurring 10,000 years prior to the far future of warhammer 40,000. This is thoroughly researched and completely convincing, composed of thousands of references drawn from ancient egyptian and other texts. The gospel of good news is that jesus was resurrected and he ascended to go and prepare a place for us in gods kingdom. This question is often asked especially in light of the viral film zeitgeist a megapopular documentary about the new world order and illuminati.
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. Dec 19, 2010 the original documents you refer to do not compare to the jesus story as related but only bring into existence the horus story. The horus heresy is an ongoing series of science fantasy set in the fictional warhammer 40,000 setting of tabletop miniatures wargame company games workshop. Jan 02, 2020 is there any validity to the zeitgeist movie. The parallels between jesus and horus a refutation of.
Horus and the father as one horus, the father seen in the son horus, light of the world, represented by the symbolical eye, the sign of salvation. Egypt after all is not far from palestine, and jews did live in egypt. Horus was baptized in a river at the age of 30, and his baptizer was later beheaded. 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. If jesus died and remained dead like any other person, then the hope he gave people died with him. This table is a continuation from a previous essay. When speaking of horus, there is absolutely no record of him being born on or around december 25 th, not in the egyptian book of the dead, not in any egyptian texts, nor in the book egyptian gods and goddesses. The horusjesus connection and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. A 1,500 year old gold lettered book alleged to be the gospel of barnabas has surfaced in turkey. Jesus is a sun god, son of the sun, like many of the kings king of kings and pharaohs trembling, after prior to his creation.
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