My studies of the similarity in certain concepts of all religions have taken me to the comparison of Egyptian religion and the later Christian Biblical Old and New Testament.
I thought this may be of interest to some of you.
Some of the information is on the INTERNET if you want to see some comparisons.

Egyptology's Sir E.A.Wallis(1800's) wrote- "The new religion (Christianity) which was preached by St.Mark and his immediate followers, was in all essentials so closely resembles that which was the outcome of the worship of Osiris, Isis, and Horus, that popular opposition was entirely disarmed."
http://www.egypt-tehuti.org/articles/egypt-bible-similarities.html

Similarities between the 10 Commandments and 5 of the quotations from the Egyptian Book of the Dead http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_10cl.htm



I have seen no evidence yet that there was not a central source for certain basic elements of all religions. The problem is that the search thru so many ancient historical documents is very difficult.

Christian Bible-
Thus Spake the Lord thy God:"Every male among you shall be circumcised. You shall circumcise the flesh of the foreskin, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between you and me."

Yet, Egyptian Mummies and carvings show that the practice appeared in Eqypt thousands of years before the time of Moses.
Osiris(Ra) was the first god to demand it.

Apparently Moses and the Israelites were introduced to many of the practices of Egypt, later claiming them as their own origination.

Some info at: http://www.ccsu.edu/Afstudy/upd8-3.htm Scroll down to Male and Female Circumcision in Africa:Pharonic Eqyptian and Religious Origins.

Some interesting comparison reading also at:
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/ongods.htm

Especially the Proximity-
Osiris-God of the heavens
Set (satan?) Lord of the underworld.
Isis (Mary?) Holy mother,
whose son is Horus (Jesus?).

Hmm...looks like the egyptians were more thourough then the christians:

"I have not murdered or given such an order."

There are certain things necessary to have a society. Not murdering, stealing or lying are pretty central to any society and would be required of most any religion.

There are certain things necessary to have a society. Not murdering, stealing or lying are pretty central to any society and would be required of most any religion.
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Yes, but there always seems to be an unwritten (or sometimes written): EXCEPT under certain circumstances, clause.

Some interesting comparison reading also at:
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/ongods.htm

Especially the Proximity-
Osiris-God of the heavens
Set (satan?) Lord of the underworld.
Isis (Mary?) Holy mother,
whose son is Horus (Jesus?).

Life events of Horus :

Conception: By a virgin.

Father: Only begotten son of the God Osiris.

Mother: Meri.

Foster father: Seb, (Jo-Seph).

Foster father's ancestry: Of royal descent.

Birth location: In a cave.

Annunciation: By an angel to Isis, his mother.

Birth heralded by: The star Sirius, the morning star.

Birth date: Ancient Egyptians paraded a manger and child representing Horus through the streets at the time of the winter solstice (typically DEC-21).

Birth announcement: By angels.

Birth witnesses: Shepherds.

Later witnesses to birth: Three solar deities.

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."

Rite of passage ritual: Horus came of age with a special ritual, when his eye was restored.

Age at the ritual: 12

Break in life history: No data between ages of 12 & 30.

Baptism location: In the river Eridanus.

Age at baptism: 30.

Baptized by: Anup the Baptiser.

Subsequent fate of the baptiser: Beheaded.

Temptation: Taken from the desert of Amenta up a high mountain by his arch-rival Sut. Sut (a.k.a. Set) was a precursor for the Hebrew Satan.

Result of temptation: Horus resists temptation.

Activities: Walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind. He "stilled the sea by his power." Walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind. He ordered the sea with a "Peace, be still" command.

Raising of the dead: Horus raised Osirus, his dead father, from the grave.

Location where the resurrection miracle occurred: Anu, an Egyptian city where the rites of the death, burial and resurrection of Horus were enacted annually.

Transfigured: On a mountain.

Key address: Sermon on the Plain.

Method of death By crucifixion.

Accompanied by: Two thieves.

Burial; In a tomb.

Fate after death: Descended into Hell; resurrected after three days.

Resurrection announced by: Women.

Future: Reign for 1,000 years in the Millennium.

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Comparison of life events of Jesus:

Conception: By a virgin.

Father: Only begotten son of Yehovah (in the form of the Holy Spirit).

Mother: Miriam (a.k.a. Mary).

Foster father: Joseph.

Foster father's ancestry: Of royal descent.

Birth location: In a cave or stable.

Annunciation: By an angel to Miriam, his mother.

Birth heralded by: An unidentified "star in the East."

Birth date: Celebrated on DEC-25. The date was chosen to occur on the same date as the birth of Mithra, Dionysus and the Sol Invictus (unconquerable Sun), etc.

Birth announcement: By angels.

Birth witnesses: Shepherds.

Later witnesses to birth: Three wise men.

Death threat during infancy: Herod tried to have Jesus murdered.

Handling the threat: An angel tells Jesus' father to: "Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt."

Rite of passage ritual: Taken by parents to the temple for what is today called a bar mitzvah ritual.

Age at the ritual: 12

Break in life history: No data between ages of 12 & 30.

Baptism location: IIn the river Jordan.

Age at baptism: 30.

Baptized by: John the Baptist.

Subsequent fate of the baptiser: Beheaded.

Temptation: Taken from the desert in Palestine up a high mountain by his arch-rival Satan.

Result of temptation: Jesus resists temptation.

Activities: Walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind. He ordered the sea with a "Peace, be still" command.

Raising of the dead: Jesus raised Lazarus from the grave.

Location where the resurrection miracle occurred: Hebrews added their prefix for house ('beth") to "Anu" to produce "Beth-Anu" or the "House of Anu." Since "u" and "y" were interchangeable in antiquity, "Bethanu" became "Bethany," the location mentioned in John 11.

Transfigured: On a high mountain.

Key address: Sermon on the Mount; Sermon on the Plain.

Method of death By crucifixion.

Accompanied by: Two thieves.

Burial: In a tomb.

Fate after death: Descended into Hell; resurrected after about 30 to 38 hours (Friday PM to presumably some time in Sunday AM) covering parts of three days.

Resurrection announced by: Women.

Future: Reign for 1,000 years in the Millennium.



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Yeah.......all those little details were no doubt mere coincidences. Persish the thought that Jesus was copied directly from Horus.

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Freethinker, where is it that I can find the story of Horus that has all those details. I've looked around the net a bit and couldn't find the story with that detail. Most of what I found were sites that listed the similarities between Christ and Horus, or maybe a quick overview, but nothing that gives the story translated from any of the Egyptian books of religion. I, however did notice that the claims made about Horus birth are a little slanted to match Christ’s. Like Horus being born from a virgin, yet an Egyptian relief of the conceptions of Horus shows his mother, Isis, in the form of a falcon hovering over a dead Osiris. Apparently he died ready to perform. As for the Birth of Horus being Dec...well the Bible doesn’t teach when Jesus was born, it could have been September.
If you would provide the link to the research on Horus I’d love to check it out myself.