RicOlie_2 said:
With most comparisons of Jesus and another person, the similarities are even more far-fetched. Sometimes he is compared with people who lived after him, or his story is compared with stories that have a later origin, and we are expected to think that this shows the lack of originality in the Jesus story. For instance, it looks like that list of other "Jesus Christs" includes Mohammad! He lived in the seventh century, and his story is based on Jesus' if anything--not the reverse! Not to mention how vague the description is which determines what goes in the list. Laying the foundation for the salvation of the world and then ascending into heaven is quite vague. Lets take a look at Mohammad, for example. He supposedly received a new religion that "corrected" the Jewish and Christian religions. Supposedly he ascended to heaven for some of his visions. Note that he did not ascend into heaven, like Jesus did, at the end of his life, but only in his visions. Also note that he was only a mouthpiece of God, according to Islam and himself, whereas Jesus claimed to be God himself and spoke authoritatively, not just as a prophet, which is all Mohammad claimed to be.
I can't recall ever hearing the story of Horus resurrecting after three days and ascending to the heavens. According to Wikipedia, he triumphed over Set, and wasn't killed at any point in the story (unless I missed something--I did read it fairly quickly). It isn't unknown for things like that to be wholly fabricated, or for the story to have its origin after Jesus, with the Jesus story seeming to copy it because the characters in the later story are older.
More such similarities:
1) Horus' father was a god...Jesus' father was a god
2) Horus' conception was miraculous...Jesus' conception was miraculous
3) An individual wished to slay the child...Herod wished to slay the infant Jesus
4) Horus was considered the Lion...Jesus was considered the Lion
Now to unmask such strange parallels:
1) Horus' father was a dead and dismembered corpse (hastily reassembled)...Jesus' father was a...disembodied spirit?
2) Horus' conception was magical due to the use of a golden phallus...Jesus' conception was miraculous due to...oh, seemingly this differs as well...
3) Horus' uncle, Set, wished to slay him before his birth...Herod equally wished to slay Jesus! Aha!...however it is unlikely that Herod might have equally been considered the god of the desert (as was Set) and that he and Jesus might have clashed in many battles (as did Horus and Set).
4) Horus was named the Lion due to his prowess both in the hunt and in waging war...Jesus' hunting skills seemingly largely revolved around fish--and cheating when he wished to catch them...and waging war?...not so much...
Of further note, whereas Horus may have been termed 'the god of the sky,' seemingly Jesus generally merely looked up at the sky fairly often while chatting with his father in Heaven.