Possessed said:
Post Praetorian said:
Possessed said:
What do you think of this article, more specifically the subject matter of it than the article itself? Not trying to be challenging or mocking, I'm just really curious as to how you would explain it? This isn't very detailed, but it was the best article I could find quickly enough. It didn't mention that Horus was also resurrected and ascended to the heavens after three days of being dead, but I have seen other places that indicated this. Not saying the story of Jesus was plagiarized from an egyptian tale that predates it by thousands of years, because I don't have to.
On a similar note, the story of Noah and the ark (even down to the detail of a dove signifying dry land) also appears thousands of years before Judaism, and the story of Moses, with the same basic idea of the same story with different names (although the story of moses the earlier versions had somewhat similar names)If a being of supernatural, yet eternal, intentions might exist, is it not possible that his message may be consistent in its elements, yet stressed somewhat differently to disparate peoples?
To clarify, is it not possible that God might merely enjoy recounting the same tales?
Actually, that's exactly what I believe. I personally don't believe that the story of Jesus is untrue, I just believe it's a retelling of a different story with changed names, and with details altered to fit the desired culture or audience. I was not saying that this makes the story of Jesus untrue, I think it's true, it just may not have been "Jesus of Nazareth".
However, I find Ric's points about finding similarities between two things very weak.
Sure you can find similarities in anything, but let's look at these similarities:
*Both born of a virgin
I wouldn't mind having a link to the story that has this detail, because in all the Horus stories I've seen (which admittedly are all summaries of the story, and not many at that), this was not mentioned.
*Both had stars signifying their birth
Pretty normal for that time. The heavens were thought to reflect important celestial and earthly events.
*Both teachers at age 12. SPECIFICALLY age 12.
The number twelve is considered a symbolic number by many cultures. Maybe Jesus wasn't actually twelve.
*Both "baptized" at age 30, specifically.
What exactly was Horus' "baptism"?
*Both tempted by the evil force, on a mountain.
Only one gospel mentions a mountain, and that was only one of three temptations.
* Both crucified, then ascended to heaven.
I need to see the story to counter this one.
Those are pretty damn specific, and I don't think you can find those similarities between two random people.
I think you're giving too much weight to those similarities. There's a well-known list of comparisons between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. Some things were made up, but much of it is true. When one starts to break it down, a lot of the parallels lose their significance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Kennedy_coincidences_urban_legend