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happydolphin on 30 July 2012
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richardhutnik said:
Andrespetmonkey said:

 

How do you explain all the similarities Jesus shares with Gods/prophets from religions that pre-date christianity? (the implication being that his character is largely a compilation of characteristics of various Gods from various religions).

An example is Horus: "Born of a virgin, Isis. Only begotten son of the God Osiris. Birth heralded by the star Sirius, the morning star. Ancient Egyptians paraded a manger and child representing Horus through the streets at the time of the winter solstice (about DEC-21). In reality, he had no birth date; he was not a human. Death threat during infancy: Herut tried to have Horus murdered. Handling the threat: The God That tells Horus’ mother “Come, thou goddess Isis, hide thyself with thy child.” An angel tells Jesus’ father to: “Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt.” Break in life history: No data between ages of 12 & 30. Age at baptism: 30. Subsequent fate of the baptiser: Beheaded. Walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind. Was crucifed, descended into Hell; resurrected after three days."

Not really looking for debate, just wondering what the christian apologetic's answer is, it's one I've never heard.

edit: :S Just saw "verse" in the title, sorry.

 

You hadn't found any Christian apologetic response to this?  Have you even bothered to try to use Google to look up any, or did you expect it to just show up in your email box?  I happened to Google and found a number of responses:

http://www.pleaseconvinceme.com/index/Is_Jesus_Simply_a_Retelling_of_the_Horus_Myth

http://stupidevilbastard.com/2005/01/ending_the_myth_of_horus/

http://conspiracies.skepticproject.com/articles/zeitgeist/part-one/#horus

 

Lol!!

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 also not called “the Krst” because this word in Egyptian means "burial" (it wasn't a title at all).

Well, of course he was not named the Krst, because it's probably the only name Satan can't use in replacement of Jesus. Bahaha.