Neo Deist
Th.D. & D.Div. h.c.
The list:
1. Born from a virgin who conceived via a god.
2. Mother was a mortal.
3. Comes from a royal bloodline.
4. Birth announced by angels.
5. A star heralded his birth.
6. There was an attempt to kill the newborn child.
7. Coming of age ritual at age 12.
8. No data from the age of 12 to 30.
9. Baptized at age 30.
10. His baptizer was later beheaded.
If you believe these events are true and factual, then congratulations! You believe in the Egyptian god Horus who lived some 3,000 years prior to Jesus of Nazareth.
I know, I know, it has all been said before. The parallels between the two have been beaten into the ground repeatedly. Some affirm them, others deny them. Others still insist that Satan dropped the Horus stories centuries before Jesus in an effort to undermine his coming.
What do I believe about the Horus-Jesus connection? TBH, I am not sure as I have not really looked into it. As a deist it does not really matter one way or another. If there is any validity to the connection, then Christianity is simply a copycat religion, and would not be the first. If there is not any validity, then obviously people are trying to debunk Christianity.
Hmmm...now I have to brush up on my Egyptology and try to find reputable, non-biased sources. Christian sources are going to deny the parallels while anti-Christian sources are going to try and promote them as truth.
1. Born from a virgin who conceived via a god.
2. Mother was a mortal.
3. Comes from a royal bloodline.
4. Birth announced by angels.
5. A star heralded his birth.
6. There was an attempt to kill the newborn child.
7. Coming of age ritual at age 12.
8. No data from the age of 12 to 30.
9. Baptized at age 30.
10. His baptizer was later beheaded.
If you believe these events are true and factual, then congratulations! You believe in the Egyptian god Horus who lived some 3,000 years prior to Jesus of Nazareth.
I know, I know, it has all been said before. The parallels between the two have been beaten into the ground repeatedly. Some affirm them, others deny them. Others still insist that Satan dropped the Horus stories centuries before Jesus in an effort to undermine his coming.
What do I believe about the Horus-Jesus connection? TBH, I am not sure as I have not really looked into it. As a deist it does not really matter one way or another. If there is any validity to the connection, then Christianity is simply a copycat religion, and would not be the first. If there is not any validity, then obviously people are trying to debunk Christianity.
Hmmm...now I have to brush up on my Egyptology and try to find reputable, non-biased sources. Christian sources are going to deny the parallels while anti-Christian sources are going to try and promote them as truth.