taken from: http://www.5thseal.com/reason--hip-hop/category/bible
Gerald Masse was born in England,(1828-1907) was a self-taught Egyptologist who published a massive work entitled Ancient Egypt, The Light of the World shortly before his death in 1907. The man was strange and unusual whose work has never been taken seriously by scholars. His book is a weird mix of historical speculation, philology (meaning the study language), and theory about the precession of the zodiac, all presented as fact with minimal supporting evidence. Gerald Massey argues that the Judeo-Christian tradition borrowed heavily from Egyptian mythology and that the “Jesus-legend” in particular was based on Horus. He lists parallels between the two figures, to make his case.
The Origins
of
the Horus
Jesus Myth
Claim:
"Horus was conceived by a virgin mother named Meri, and had a stepfather named Seb (Joseph)" |
Truth:
Horus was NOT conceived of a virgin. In fact, mural and textual evidence from Egypt indicates Isis (there is no evidence that “Meri” was ever part of her name) hovered over the erect penis (she created) of Osiris to conceive Horus. Through sorcery, Isis, assembled the body of Osiris and was impregnated with his phallus. Clearly this was a sexual union and not a virgin birth. She utilized Osiris’ penis to conceive. She later had another son with Osiris as well. Seb was actually the “earth god”; He was not Horus’ earthly father. Seb is not the equivalent of Joseph and, in most cases, Seb is described as Osiris’ father. Check the (Source and Source) |
Claim:
"Horus was born in a cave, his birth announced by an angel, heralded by a star and attended by shepherds. Three Wise Men Came to Adore the New Born Savior" |
Truth:
There is no reference to a cave or manger in the Egyptian birth story of Horus. In fact, none of these details are present in the ancient Egyptian stories of Horus. Horus was born in a swamp. His birth was not heralded by an angel. There was no star. Additionally, the Bible does not say “three wise men” came to see Jesus. It never tells us the number of wise men. And they did not come at Jesus’ birth in a manger. They came to his family home when he was a toddler. |
Claim:
"Horus was born on December 25th" |
Truth:
— According to Egyptian mythological history, Horus’s birthday is celebrated in the season of Khoiak, which runs in the months of October and November, not December 25th. Furthermore, the date of December 25th is never mentioned in the Bible as the date of Jesus’ birth and thus has no relevance to the account of Jesus’ life. So right away, the claims of “plagiarism” look completely baseless. |
Claim:
"Horus had 12 Disciples" |
Truth:
— Historian Glen Miller writes: “But again, my research in the academic literature does not surface this fact. I can find references to FOUR “disciples”–variously called the semi-divine HERU-SHEMSU (“Followers of Horus”) [GOE:1.491]. I can find references to SIXTEEN human followers. And I can find reference to an UNNUMBERED group of followers called mesniu/mesnitu (“blacksmiths”) who accompanied Horus in some of his battles [although these might be identified with the HERU-SHEMSU in GOE:1.84]. But I cannot find TWELVE anywhere…]” Additionally, some of have said the 12 signs of the zodiac are the “disciples” of Horus. Even if this were the case, they are just stars and not actual people who followed Horus, preached about him or recorded his life. This is another empty and false claim. |
Claim:
"Horus was crucified. Dead for three days. And Resurrected" |
Truth:
— There is no historical record in any credible Egyptian mythology of Horus being crucified. Additionally, crucifixion was a method of execution invented by the Roman Empire thousands of years after the time of the Horus myth. Whereas the accounts of Jesus’ crucifixion exist in thousands of manuscripts from the century after his death. Additionally, as detailed in a article “Did Jesus Really Exist? Proving Jesus without The Bible” there are many secular historical sources that record His crucifixion as described in the Bible. |
Claim:
"Horus was baptized in a river at the age of 30, and his baptizer was later beheaded. " |
Truth:
Horus was never baptized. While conspiracy theorists often point to “Anup the Baptizer” (claiming he was later beheaded), there is no such person in Horus’ story. |
Claim:
Horus was called “Way”, “the Truth the Light”, “Messiah”, “God’s Anointed Son”, “Son of Man”, “Good Shepherd”, “Lamb of God”, “Word made flesh”, “Word of Truth”, “the KRST” or “Anointed One”. |
Truth:
None of these titles are in Egyptian history, but Horus is called by several names you might expect for any god in mythology: “Great God”, “Chief of the Powers”, “Master of Heaven”, and “Avenger of His Father”. Horus was not called “the Krst”. This word in Egyptian means “burial” (it wasn’t a title at all). |
Claim:
"Horus came to fulfill the Law, and was supposed to reign one thousand years." |
Truth:
There was no Egyptian “law” for Horus to fulfill, and there is no mention of a thousand year reign in Egyptian mythology. |
If you are wondering how skeptics could make such wild claims, that have no real historical evidence, they benefit from the Skeptic’s Fallacy: in short, when it comes to attacking the credibility of the Bible it is assumed that the skeptic is completely credible. So the skeptic know's most people will not research their attacks and just take it as factual.
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