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PostPosted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:37 pm 
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So, KD8 has proven my post before last prophetic and spot-on as expected. He has posted the same crap that has already been debunked repeatedly. He did his circular reasoning as well as his usual pulling only parts of my comments out of context because dealing with them in context proves him dishonest &/or wrong. I think any reasonable person who really understands what's going on here will agree.

Now that KD8 has gotten his last word in, what do you guys wanna do - lock the thread or what? We're obviously dealing with a delusional Christian apologist out to shore-up his faith and euphoria at all costs who has no intention of ever being objective or honest. This very thread has proven that KD8 will attempt argue over every tiny point in excruciating detail out of utter ignorance since he refuses to study the subject and KD8 will never pay-up, plus, his utter inability to concede even after he's been proven wrong. The last 23 pages proves these points. Dealing with him is like attempting to rock climb a mountain in a pair of big red Bozo clown shoes.

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It's up to you guys if you want to carry-on wasting your time with a JP Holding Christian apologist wannabe, "liar for the Lord," like KD8, but if you do, I would highly recommend going through one at a time and have KD8 respond to each one at a time with his nonsense. I would think hammering them out and coming to an agreement with KD8 (if humanly possible) one at a time would be best - then, at the end, post what all has been agreed to because dealing with all of them and KD8 all at once at the end would be a huge head-ache.

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Freethinkaluva22 wrote:
It's up to you guys if you want to carry-on wasting your time with a Christian apologist,"liar for the Lord," like KD8, but if you do, I would highly recommend going through one at a time and have KD8 respond to each one at a time with his nonsense. I would think hammering them out and coming to an agreement with KD8 (if humanly possible) one at a time would be best - then, at the end, post what all has been agreed to because dealing with all of them and KD8 all at once at the end would be a huge head-ache.


I'm fine with debating them one at a time, but I want to see Tat (or whoever wants to assist her) present the evidence for at least half of the list prior to our doing so. Mostly because I suspect you're going to want me to loosen the standards (which I'll do within reason - though no money), and don't want to have to do it after we've already been debating. And once again, I'll repeat my offer to let people at a general skeptic board (presumably neither Christians nor mythicists) be the ones to decide if the challenge is met.


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David, since you've had your last word I'm going to have one of my own thank you. And the thread will be locked temporarily until further notice because this BS will go around and around without end otherwise.

What I suggest people ought to do is simply read through your own debate against an actual learned atheist concerning the existence of God and consider what we're dealing with here:

KD8 wrote:
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http://www.kingdavid8.com/_full_article.php?id=d20c9221-6bb6-11e1-b1f8-842b2b162e97


Many years ago, when I was an atheist, I decided that I really wanted to know whether or not God existed. I was comfortable in my belief that He didn't exist, but wasn't comfortable with the idea that maybe He did exist and I just didn't know it. I wanted to know the truth, whichever it happened to be. And, well, to make a long story short, here I am.


That's odd, here you are professing to have been raised a "hard atheist," believing that God does not exist. That variety of atheist, in my view, isn't a credible atheist and really shouldn't be allowed to go around calling oneself an atheist regardless of what you find on a wiki entry. But there's no need to debate that any further. My suspicions were correct.

I advise everyone to read this debate between David and an atheist and consider one important factor - David doesn't seem to know how to speak the language of atheism in the first place. If you were from France and raised speaking French, but then moved to the US and took up English, you would still be able to speak French. You would know, understand, and comprehend French as your original language. What I find in this debate is that KD8 is speaking in the language of theism throughout with no indication whatsoever that he once knew, thought, and understood along the same lines as the atheist he is trying to debate. This is very telling indeed. David, you are presenting arguments in favor of the existence of God as if you never understood the counter arguments in the first place.

The atheistic arguments Ben presented you actually trump the theistic arguments you're presenting to Ben and you would have known that already if you were really raised atheist in any real and credible sense. And by atheist I don't mean the 1st variety type which "don't want to believe God exists" and are therefore "Hard Atheists" presenting a positive assertion. That is the type (hard atheist) that you are professing as your own position going immediately into your conversion phase of life. The quote is right there and you're claiming "hard atheism." That is the variety of sheer ignorance and a disgrace to the atheist name. And that is the variety that most theist's use when trying to promote the atheist to theist sales gimmick that FTL refers to.

I strongly suggest that everyone read this debate very carefully keeping in mind that KD8 is presenting commonly known theistic arguments the whole time which have all been refuted as credible over and over again throughout the years. They don't "prove" anything, not on a group level nor an individual level and any learned or wise person would already know that going into it. How were you raised atheist, knowing the merits of atheism, and yet managed to completely forget about all of these arguments and where they all lead in the end? No, you sir appear to be spinning a tall tale about your upbringing which is easily seen through by simply going to your own website and reading through your own thoughts on the matter. You'd have us believe that you came from France but can't speak French and don't understand the most basic aspects of the French language.

Your opponent pointed something out about the varieties of soft and hard atheists:
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Normally, I would stop at this last paragraph because I like the sound of the ending of it. But there is another very serious thing I want to say. There are (at least) two causes of atheism. Firstly, the one you mention. Some atheists don't want to believe in God. To me, this seems ridiculous. Why wouldn't you want to live forever? Why wouldn't you want to be rewarded for what you do that is good? Well, there's the catch. You're punished for what you do wrong. This is probably the reason many atheists don't believe in God. It's a subconscious attempt to escape eternal damnation. This group of atheists I find just as irrational as theists - if not more - than the theists. Ironically, eventually some of these atheists will get morals and this causes them to convert to some sort of theism.

The other type of atheists is a group you don't think exists - the atheists that analyze the scientific evidence and rationally realize that it does not point to any sort of God. Of these atheists, I have seen no converts to theism. To claim that all atheists just don't want to believe in God is a lie. I hope some sort of God exists, and I get to live forever, but hey, chances and reason tell me that's just not the case. I can accept that. The theist can not, thus the desire to believe is very similar to the desire not to believe, but neither has any merit when compared to the desire of truth.


Several good points here. You have put yourself into the positive assertion group already David. And just as expected you switched over to theism like so many others before you who have taken the same positive position out of sheer ignorance. This is a classic case of an "I used to be atheist" sales pitch. And you arguing to include positive assertion proponents into atheism over their mutual "lack of belief in God(s)" hardly does anything to justify your case. That was a major back peddle move and it's obvious. You came to this forum unprepared and unknowledgeable about where this debate on atheism would lead.

Judging by your own admissions on your website, I'd say that it's more than obvious that you were a confused kid who didn't know much of anything about either atheism or theism while growing up, but saw yourself as an atheist nevertheless because of your positive belief that God(s) do not exist. And because you took on a positive position out of ignorance, you were subject to considering the flip side of your positive assertion which is that maybe God(s) do exist after all. From there it would appear that you read up on the standard theistic arguments available in favor of the existence of God(s) and decided that they make a good point, because, after all, you didn't know the first thing about the counter arguments from the side of atheism in the first place - which is blatantly clear in the above debate. and your opponent Ben detected the very same thing:
Ben wrote:
But you know, I'm interested in learning how you started believing in God. Did someone give you that 'you have the choice to listen to God or ignore him' nonsense? Or did you really just not know enough about current science and instead of trying to explain it the correct way, you used the cop-out of 'God'? I just find it amazing that anyone well educated would go from a scientific background to a belief as irrational as God. Then again, I don't know how educated you are. You do cling to that first cause argument pretty tightly despite rational explanations of why it is invalid. So you're going to have to do better than this if you want to show that God exists. And you're also going to have to show what God is.

As for the whole something from nothing issue, David, you've displayed an utter lack of sound knowledge and understanding on your part as if you never knew or understand the first thing about the atheist notion of origins and it's mysteries:

You know what, go ahead and call yourself a former atheist, I don't really care David. But you are doing a dishonest thing at your website one way or the other and you refuse to admit it. The topic of this thread is KingDavid8.com Exposed. And you sir, have indeed been exposed, and I encourage everyone to do some thorough reading @ your website in order to verify for themselves what I've just asserted.

Has KD8 shown anything in the way of sound logic, reason, or credibility?

It doesn't look that way to me. And no wonder he's had so many problems with mythicism and trying to comprehend it. He's turned the same blind eye to mythicism that he's turned to science. And no wonder, the mythicist angle is one of trying to give a 'scientific analysis' of the Christ myth and Christian origins. It would seem that KD8 is no more interested in studying the case for mythicism then for trying to properly understand Quantum Mechanics, Big Bang Theory, or the basic results of Philosophy. Judging by the content of the debate I've just posted it's clear to me that KD8 is squarely concerned with one thing and one thing alone - shoring up the Christian faith at all costs...

And to see just what sort of lies KD8 has been caught in we need only put this thread in loop mode and refer back to page 1 again:
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Guest observers and all readers must keep in mind that it's imperative to understand that the context for all of the lists are provided in Acharya's books and her sources with details from primary sources and scholar commentary on them - the lists are just summaries of those details. Of course, KingDavid8 could've saved himself the time, money, trouble and everybody else's time and trouble by simply reading the books he's been refusing to read yet criticizing for 10 years now as explained here: Jesus & Horus Parallels and KingDavid8.com Exposed. So, we are here doing something we really don't want to do by trying to narrow down at least over 2,100 pages of text into a succinct post to spoon-feed KD8 what he refuses to read for himself.

Below is the Horus list along with the KD8.com "challenge" for anyone to provide evidence for half the list in order to get started, as if there isn't any evidence for at least half the list:
KD8 wrote:
1. Born of a virgin
2. Born in a cave/manger
3. Birth announced by a star in the East
4. Birth attended by three wise men
5. Was a child teacher in the temple at age 12
6. Baptized by "Anup the Baptizer"
7. Baptizer was decapitated
8. Had 12 disciples
9. Performed miracles, exorcised demons and raised the dead
10. Walked on water
11. His personal epithet was "Iusa," the "ever-becoming son" of "Ptah," the "Father." He was thus called "Holy Child."

12. Delivered a "Sermon on the Mount" and his followers recounted the "Sayings of Iusa."
13. Was transfigured on the Mount.
14. Was crucified
15. Was buried for three days in a tomb
16. Was resurrected
17. He was also the "Way, the Truth, the Light," "Messiah," "God's Anointed Son," "the "Son of Man," the "Good Shepherd," the "Lamb of God," the "Word made flesh," the "Word of Truth." (Note: If you can prove any four of these titles, I'll consider this one fulfilled)
18. Was "the Fisher", was associated with the Fish, Lamb and Lion.
19. Came to fulfill the law
20. Called "The KRST" or "anointed one"
21. Was supposed to reign a thousand years.

If you can provide evidence (of the type I requested - the ancient stories, pre-Christian images, confirmation from peer-reviewed journals, university-level scholars or mainstream mythology websites) for at least 11 of them, you will get an equal percentage of the money. If you can do all of the above, you'll get the full $1000. E-mail it to me, and I'll post your evidence, unedited, to my website. If you can't, please explain why not. I'm not going to bother debating individual claims unless you can provide evidence for at least half of the list, though.
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http://kingdavid8.com/_full_article.php?id=0485927a-641d-11e1-9d05-8e2c306f9bbb


So I guess I'll start off by posting bits and pieces of the evidence from CiE (as briefly as possible) for the first 11 items on the list and then continue on from there. And KD8 can feel free to go ahead and donate the first $500 of the challenge to this website and have it confirmed for the readers on his own website before we continue on with the rest of the Horus list for the full $1000...

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1. Born of a Virgin - already conceded by KD8 after a year of insisting that it wasn't true:
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KD8 wrote:
"The reason I concede is that a few months ago I debated a mythicist who pointed out to me that Bob Becking (Utrech University), Pieter Willem van der Horst (Utrech University) and Karel van der Toorn (University of Amsterdam) said that Isis was a virgin mother in their book "Dictionary of Dieties and Demons in the Bible". Since these are university-level scholars, I accept them as evidence for the claim, per the rules of my challenge, and posted this information on my website (see here: http://www.kingdavid8.com/_full_article ... 2b2b162e97)."

"The Pyramid Texts speak of “the great virgin” (Hwn.t wr.t) three times (682c, 728a, 2002a, cf. 809c)" ...

"In a text in the Abydos Temple of Seti I, Isis herself declares: “I am the great virgin.”

- Christ in Egypt, page 152

* The Pyramid Texts are around 4,400 years old.

“The Egyptian goddess who was equally ‘the Great Virgin’ (hwnt) and ‘Mother of the God’ was the object of the very same praise bestowed upon her successor [Mary, Virgin Mother of Jesus].”
- Dr. Witt, an Egyptologist, Christ in Egypt, 120

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2. Born in a cave/manger

- In "On Mankind: Their Origin and Destiny," Arthur Thomson summarizes the story of the baby sun at the winter solstice, who was born of a virgin mother, specifically as applied to Horus and Isis:

"The Egyptians did in fact celebrate at the winter solstice the birth of the son of Isis (Plut. De Iside), and the delivery of the goddess who had brought this young child into the world, feeble and weak, and in the midst of the darkest night. This child, according to Macrobius, was the god of light, Apollo, or the sun, painted with his head shorn of his beaming hair, his head shaved, and with only a single hair left. By this, says Macrobius, the dimness of the light at the winter solstice, and the shortness of the days as well as the darkness of the deep cave in which this god seemed to be born, and from which he issued forth to rise in the direction of the northern hemisphere and the summer solstice, in which he reassumed his dominion and his glory, was indicate..." (Macrob. Sat. 1. I. cap. xxi)

- Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection (CIE), 111

Arthur Dyot Thomson, M.A. of Balliol College, Oxford, page 469

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University professor Dr. David Leeming:

"It was believed the evening sun penetrated a cave in the west, and over a period of twelve hours passed through the underworld from which it emerges the next morning, regenerated."

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Horus is the sun born in the morning, he thus emerges from the underworld, which is a CAVE. The manger concept can be found in the Epiphanius material vis-a-vis the virgin Kore. That can be tied into the baby sun-god Sokar, identified with Horus, who is brought out of the temple each year in an "ark" or "manger."

(Dr. David Adams Leeming, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at the University of Connecticut)

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3. Birth announced by a star in the East

- "At PT 593:1636a/M 206, Sirius’s announcement of Osiris is also discussed in terms of the god spreading his “seed” or “semen” upon Isis in order to create Horus..."

- CIE, 202

Regarding the role of Sirius/Sothis in Egyptian mythology, in The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Egyptologist James Allen states:

"Sothis (spdt "Sharp"). The morning star, Sirius ... The star's rising was also seen as a harbinger of the sunrise and therefore associated with Horus in his solar aspect, occasionally specified as Horus in Sothis (hrw jmj spdt), Sothic Horus (hrw spdtj), or Sharp Horus (hrw spd)."

- CIE, 201

In addition, Pyramid Text 593:1636b/M 206 states: "Horus the pointed has come forth from thee, in his name of 'Horus who was in Sothis.'" "Horus in Sothis," therefore, refers to when the sun rises with Sirius. Thus, in ancient texts we find the birth of Horus the sun associated with the star in the east.

Egyptologist Dr. J. Gwyn Griffiths concurs that "the inundation of the Nile was often connected by the Egyptians with the heliacal rising of the star Sothis (the Dog Star, Sirius), seen in the constellation of Orion." To summarize, the three wise men serve as pointers for the star in the east, which in turn announces the savior of Egypt.

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4. Birth attended by three wise men

"As noted, within the constellation of Orion, “the Hunter,” are three bright stars said to make up his “belt.” Concerning these stars, in The Geography of the Heavens renowned Christian astronomer Elijah Hinsdale Burritt (1794-1838) remarks:

"They are sometimes denominated the Three Kings, because they point out the Hyades and Pleiades on one side, and Sirius, or the Dog-star, on the other. In Job they are called the Bands of Orion...1"

- CIE 204/5

"...Pyramid Text 593:1636b/M 206 states: "Horus the pointed has come forth from thee, in his name of 'Horus who was in Sothis.'" "Horus in Sothis," therefore, refers to when the sun rises with Sirius. Thus, in ancient texts we find the birth of Horus the sun associated with the star in the east.

Egyptologist Dr. J. Gwyn Griffiths concurs that "the inundation of the Nile was often connected by the Egyptians with the heliacal rising of the star Sothis (the Dog Star, Sirius), seen in the constellation of Orion." To summarize, the three wise men serve as pointers for the star in the east, which in turn announces the savior of Egypt."

The Star in the East and Three Kings

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5. Was a child teacher in the temple at age 12

- "In the Egyptian story of Khamuas/Khamois found on Papyrus DCIV of the British Museum appears an interesting tale about Sa-Asar, Si-Osiris or Senosiris—the “son of Osiris”—who “grew rapidly in wisdom and knowledge of magic.” The tale continues: “When Si-Osiris was twelve years old he was wiser than the wisest of the scribes.”

- Folk-Lore, 498. Folk-Lore: A Quarterly Review of the Myth, Tradition, Institution, & Custom, David Nutt, London, 1901.

- CIE 213

FN. "The earliest date for papyrus DCIV is 46-47 AD/CE, as it is written on the back of official documents created at that time. Since there is absolutely no evidence for the existence at that time of the gospel of Luke, in which this story concerning Christ is contained—in fact there is no real scientific evidence for the existence of Luke’s gospel as we have it until the end of the second century—if the pertinent story regarding Senosiris also dates to that early time, it would serve as clear indication that the gospel story was borrowed from it and not the other way around."

- CIE 213

In The Dawn of Astronomy, [Royal Astronomer Sir Norman] Lockyer describes this process of Horus becoming Re at the hour or ―age‖ of 12:

"We have the form of Harpocrates at its rising, the child sun-god being generally represented by the figure of a hawk. When in human form, we notice the presence of a side lock of hair. The god Ra symbolises, it is said, the sun in his noontide strength; while for the time of sunset we have various names, chiefly Osiris, Tum, or Atmu, the dying sun represented by a mummy and typifying old age. The hours of the day were also personified, the twelve changes during the twelve hours being mythically connected with the sun‘s daily movement across the sky. The various "phases" of the sun‘s journey were given different personalities, while remaining one entity. Hence, Horus the Child wears the side lock until 12 noon when he becomes the adult Re."

The various “phases” of the sun’s journey were given different personalities, while remaining one entity. Hence, Horus the Child wears the side lock until 12 noon when he becomes the adult Re.

- CIE 214

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6. Baptized by "Anup the Baptizer."

“For washing is the channel through which [the heathen] are initiated into some sacred rites—of some notorious Isis or Mithras. The gods themselves likewise they honour by washings.”
- Tertullian, On Baptism, V (9)

“How natural and expressive the symbolism of exterior washing to indicate interior purification was recognized to be, is plain from the practice also of the heathen systems of religion. The use of lustral water is found among the Babylonians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Hindus, and others.”
- Catholic Encyclopedia, “Baptism” (II, 260)

“Baptism is a very ancient rite pertaining to heathen religions, whether of Asia, Africa, Europe or America. It was one of the Egyptian rites in the mysteries.”
- James Bonwick, Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought (416)

“The Egyptian baptismal rite has its origins in the Heliopolitan worship of the sun early in the Pyramid Age. The Egyptians believed that each morning the sun passed through the waters of the ocean before being reborn, emerging purified and revitalized. The ritual baptism of the pharaoh each morning symbolized this event and renewed life and vigor of the recipient.”
- Dr. Richard A. Gabriel, Gods of the Fathers (184)

“...all religious ceremonies of Pharaonic times, whether performed on behalf of a deity, a deceased noble, or the living king, were prefaced by some act of ritual cleansing...”
- Sir Dr. Alan H. Gardiner, “The Baptism of Pharaoh,” The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 36 (3)

- CIE 232

Jackal:

"The jackal-headed god Anubis was known well enough to the Greeks by the time of Plato in the fourth century that in his book Gorgias (482b) the philosopher depicts his mentor, Socrates, as swearing “by the dog, the God of the Egyptians.” 2 Plato/Nienkamp, 120; Hornung, SLE, 21.

"The worship of Anubis/Anup/Anpu, also styled Anep, Anepo or Anebo, as well as Anupu and Inpu, among others, may extend back some 6,000 years, making him one of the older gods.1 As noted, Anubis is often portrayed with the head of a jackal, while the jackal constellation is also called the “Jackal of Set,” the latter god at times being identified with Anubis.2 Hence, this god of the underworld is sometimes deemed “Set-Anubis” or “Sut-Anup.” Furthermore, Anubis is at times also depicted as a human being,3 an important fact to know when comparing him to John the Baptist. Sired by either Set or Osiris,4 depending on the myth, Anubis is the son of their sister Nephthys. Thus, like John’s mother, Elizabeth, who was the Virgin Mary’s cousin, Anubis’s mother, Nephthys, was related to Horus’s mother, Isis.5 Hence, as John and Jesus are related to each other..."

- CIE 235/6

John the Baptist and Jesus' Birthdays

"in the Pyramid Texts we find much discussion of the “purifying lake,” which, as at PT 697:2170a/N 564, is that of the jackal: “Thou purifiest thyself in the lake of the jackal; thou cleansest thyself in the lake of the Duat [Netherworld].”1 In addition, at PT 504:1083b/P 458, the Osiris says, “I have cleansed myself in the lakes of the jackal.”2 At CT Sp. 551, we also discover the Osiris bathing in the “Lakes of the Netherworld” and washing in the “Lakes of the Jackals.”3 The “lake of the jackal” or “jackal lake,” in which the deceased or the souls are purified in their progress to immortality, as also at PT 697:2170a/N 564,4 could be understood to be that of Anubis. In CT Sp. 61, the deceased is “cleansed in the Lake of Cold Water,” while Anubis “burns incense for you….”5 The Jackal Lake, in fact, features prominently in the purification of the sun during its nightly journey.6

Anubis as a jackal purifying the dead is undoubtedly based on that scavenger’s role in keeping the land free of putrefaction. This idea is indicated by certain passages in the sacred scriptures, as in CT Sp. 73, discussing the names of Anubis and the “Jackal of Upper Egypt” associated with protection against “rotting” and “putrefaction.”7

Moreover, as embalmer, Anubis’s purifying role in mummification is made clear in the fact that he presides over the “House of Purification”8 and “Tent of Purification,” the latter called tp-jbw in Egyptian.9 In describing the funerary rituals, Dr. Lesko states:

"Pouring of water, for its life-giving as well as purification qualities, was part of every ritual. The corpse, whether first desiccated or not, would have been washed (in the Tent of Purification) and then anointed and wrapped in the embalmer’s shop. Seven sacred oils used for anointing the body are known already in the first dynasty..."10

As we can see, not only was the Osiris baptized but he was also anointed or Christed, as the word would be in Greek. In the “mortuary workshop,” the “rites of embalmming and purification”11 thus go hand in hand. Hence, the deceased—who is at times Osiris and at others Horus—is purified or baptized.

Concerning the cleansing of the deceased in the “Tent of Purification,” in The Apis Embalming Ritual, Dutch Egyptologist Dr. René L. Vos states:
"This washing of the corpse with water is an ancient solar rite, the object being the removal of impurity and the bringing about of resurrection, just as the sun rises from the primeval waters or, which amounts to the same thing, from the horizon.1"

After the corpse is purified, it is moved into the House of Embalming, about which Dr. Vos remarks that it was “above all the house in which the mystery of resurrection was performed, as Osiris had risen from the dead... Purity is a precondition for resurrection... The embalmers enter the House of Embalming after they have met the requirements of purity...”2

Dr. Roth also describes the ritual for the deceased, in which the procession “went aboard a special boat,” which “carried the procession to the sh ntr Jnpw” or the “divine booth of Anubis— probably to be equated with the purification tent…”3

Throughout this complex ritual of purification and resurrection, in which “Osiris is risen from the dead,” as is Horus as the morning sun rising from the “primeval waters,” Anubis is thus the “purifier”4 —or baptist—a role spelled out also in BD 97...."

Footnotes:

1 Vos, R.L., 31.
2 Vos, R.L., 34.
3 Redford, 152.
4 Renouf, EBD, 49; Renouf, PSBA, XIV, 390.

- Christ in Egypt, 250

Footnotes:

1 Mercer; 315; Allen, J., AEPT, 298; Faulkner, AEPT, 304.
2 Mercer, 187; Allen, J., AEPT, 155; Faulkner, AEPT, 180.
3 Faulkner, AECT, II, 163.
4 Faulkner, AEPT, 304; Allen, J., AEPT, 298; Mercer, 315.
5 Faulkner, AECT, I, 56.
6 See, e.g., Willems, 297-298.
7 Faulkner, AECT, I, 68.
8 Hart, 26. See also Vos, R.L., 31-32, 34, 51-52, etc.
9 Redford, 150.
10 Redford, 76.
11 Davis, W.M., 170.

- CIE 249

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7. Baptizer was decapitated

"In addition, in the gospel story John the Baptist is decapitated, while, as noted, at different times the constellation of Aquarius also appears to have lost its head. Furthermore, Isis is depicted as decapitated, as the constellation of Virgo at certain times, while Anubis too is associated with headlessness:

"Anubis has a special emblem symbolizing his role as an embalmer. It is a headless animal skin...sometimes dripping blood, tied to a pole. This emblem can also be jackal-headed, as in the Litany of Ra describing the sun-god’s journey through the underworld."

- CIE, 254

Hart, George, The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, Routledge, London/NY, 2005.

"(George Hart was the Curator in the Education Department of the British Museum, he specialised as an Education Officer for Egyptology)"
http://www.amazon.com/Routledge-Diction ... 0415361168

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8. Had 12 disciples

"In the seventh hour or division of the Book of the Amduat, as found in the tomb of the pharaoh Tuthmosis/Thutmose III (15th cent. BCE), for example, “Horus of the netherworld” is clearly depicted seated on a throne as the sun god, with 12 “star gods” in front of him. Horus’s throne surrounded by “his Enneads” is also mentioned at CT Sp. 1099."

- CIE, 270, Erik Hornung, AEBA 48 (professor emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Basel from 1967 to 1998)

"...Horus is thus firmly associated with 12 “star-gods,” who, in conducting the sun god through his passage, can be deemed his “protectors,” “assistants” or “helpers,” etc."

- CIE 271

Horus and the 12 Disciples

On the word "disciple."

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Bread: "In the gospels of Matthew (15:34, 36; 16:10) and Mark (8:5-6) much is made about Jesus multiplying the seven loaves of bread. Meanwhile, centuries to millennia earlier, a similar fuss occurred over the “seven loaves” in the Book of the Dead, as in chapter 52 and 53b. In the Pyramid Texts (PT 437:807a/P 31; PT 675:2006b/ N 410), the god offers the deceased “thy thousand (loaves) of bread…”

- CIE 288/9

Water: "In BD 62, for example, the deceased, who is Re or Osiris, pleads to have “command of the water,”6 saying, “May I be granted power over the waters…”7 Spells 57, 58 and 59 of the BD are titled chapters for “command of water” or “having power over water,” ... as was said of Jesus in Matthew 8:24-26.

Walking on water: "In BD 64, the speaker says, “‘I know the deep waters’ is my name…. I travel on high, I tread upon the firmament...”8 Since the firmament is ostensibly Nu—indeed, T. George Allen notes that the firmament in this scripture is “watery”—it appears appropriate to say that the Osiris was to trod across the celestial waters, as in BD 15: “Osiris N….thou crossest the (watery) firmament.”9 As another example, in BD 145/6, according to Birch, the deceased, as Horus, says, “I navigate the water, fording it.”10 The traditional water-control refers not only to treading in it but also to trodding upon it."

"...the theme of “walking on water” is old and non-Christian, found in Buddhist tales, for example, such as in the legend of Buddha’s disciple Savatthi Sariputta,2 as well as in the stories of Indian yogis. Also, in The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark, Claremont Graduate University professor of Theology Dr. Dennis R. MacDonald sees in the story of Hermes and Zeus in The Iliad (2.4) a pre-Christian instance of “walking on water.”3 In the end, the supposed miracle of Christ’s walking on water would be neither original nor, we maintain, historical, but, rather, reflects the astrotheological motif concerning the sun god, e.g., Re, Osiris and/or Horus."

- CIE 293-7

Spit: "Like Jesus, who cures the blind man with his spit, Horus heals wounds using his spittle (PT 455:850a/P 50) ... In CT Sp. 1113, the deceased as Horus says, “I am one who spits on wounds which will heal..."

Resurrection/raising the dead: "The resurrection of Osiris by Horus occurs in many ancient Egyptian texts and is often the primary focus of the deceased’s bid for immortality in like kind. At PT 606:1683a-1685b/M 336, for example, Horus is vividly described as raising Osiris from the dead and avenging him.

"In Horus in the Pyramid Texts, T. George Allen summarizes the resurrection account, rolling into one entry the events as found in separate utterances, demonstrating how composite myths are made."

1 Allen, J., AEPT, 226; Mercer, 257; Faulkner, AEPT, 250.
2 Allen, T., HPT, 40; Mercer, 124, 127, 171, 266, 318; Allen, J., AEPT, 80, 82, 129, 242, 303; Faulkner, AEPT, 119, 122, 164, 257, 306.
3 Allen, T., HPT, 43; Mercer, 90; Allen, J., AEPT, 49; Faulkner, AEPT, 77. Again, the ka is the second material body or “double” that must be purified in order to receive the immortal ba or soul.
4 Faulkner, AEPT, 38; Allen, T., HPT, 43; Mercer, 142; Allen, J., AEPT, 86.

"The Greek name “Lazarus” or “Lazaros” equals “Eleazar” in Hebrew and, per Strong’s [Concordance] (G2976), means “whom God helps.” It is a strange coincidence firstly that the person whom Jesus resurrects happens to be named “whom God helps,” and secondly that “Eleazar”—or, breaking down its original components in Hebrew, El-Azar—closely resembles a combination of the Semitic word for God, “El,” with the Egyptian name for Osiris, “Ausar.”

- CIE 297-304

Exorcizing demons: "the Book of the Dead exists in order to purify the Osiris, such as is expressed at BD 30B, which essentially opens the sacred text: “The vindicated Osiris Ani is straightforward, he has no sin, there is no accusation against him before us…”2 If the deceased were found unworthy, he could be sent back to earth as a pig, whereas those whose sins were redeemable would take part in the Resurrection. Indeed, in the Coffin Texts appears a suggestion of the miracle of Jesus driving the demons into the swine and killing them (Mt 8:32; Mk 5:13; Lk 8:33), in a spell (CT Sp. 440) entitled, “Spell for Driving off Pigs.”

- CIE 313

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10. Walked on water.

Walking on water: "In BD 64, the speaker says, “‘I know the deep waters’ is my name…. I travel on high, I tread upon the firmament...”8 Since the firmament is ostensibly Nu—indeed, T. George Allen notes that the firmament in this scripture is “watery”—it appears appropriate to say that the Osiris was to trod across the celestial waters, as in BD 15: “Osiris N….thou crossest the (watery) firmament.”9 As another example, in BD 145/6, according to Birch, the deceased, as Horus, says, “I navigate the water, fording it.”10 The traditional water-control refers not only to treading in it but also to trodding upon it."

"...the theme of “walking on water” is old and non-Christian, found in Buddhist tales, for example, such as in the legend of Buddha’s disciple Savatthi Sariputta,2 as well as in the stories of Indian yogis. Also, in The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark, Claremont Graduate University professor of Theology Dr. Dennis R. MacDonald sees in the story of Hermes and Zeus in The Iliad (2.4) a pre-Christian instance of “walking on water.”3 In the end, the supposed miracle of Christ’s walking on water would be neither original nor, we maintain, historical, but, rather, reflects the astrotheological motif concerning the sun god, e.g., Re, Osiris and/or Horus."

- CIE 293-7

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11. His personal epithet was "Iusa," the "ever-becoming son" of "Ptah," the "Father." He was thus called "Holy Child."

"As concerns the peculiar epithet “Iusa,” it should be noted that “Jesus” in the original Greek is Iesous or Iasous,1 while in Arabic the name is Issa. In Croatian and other Slavic languages “Jesus” takes the forms of Isus, Isusu or Isusa, while in Irish and Gaelic the name is Iosa. "... Iusa is a combination of the Egyptian word iu ... correctly stated by him to mean “to come,”4 and sa, rightly defined as “son.”5 Hence, Iu-sa would be “the coming son,” which would refer to Horus on a daily and annual basis..." "In an Egyptian text, the term iu sa refers to the evening sun god ...”

"During the Middle Kingdom, the god Shu became popular enough to warrant what is modernly called a “Shu Theology,” as exemplified in the Coffin Texts. CT Sp. 75, for instance, is specifically devised “for the soul of Shu and for becoming Shu.”6 In the same spell, Shu is the “one who foretells him when he ascends from the horizon,” whom Faulkner suggests is the sun god, while “Shu is the god of air” and the “‘foretelling’ of the sunrise may refer to the atmospheric hues which announce the coming dawn.”7 Shu is also “he who despatches the word of the Self-created to the multitudes,”8 like Jesus in his role as the Word of the Creator appearing to the masses. And we also hear that Shu is “one invisible of shape” and is “merged in the Sunshine god,”1 reminding us both of the Ineffable God the Father and his “Sun of Righteousness” Jesus Christ."

- CIE 322-327

Malachi 4:2, "But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings."

Zeitgeist Part 1 Sourcebook Transcript & sources (2010)

Rebuttal to Dr. Chris Forbes concerning 'Zeitgeist, Part 1'

Zeitgeist Part 1 & the Supportive Evidence

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Freethinkaluva22 wrote:
It's up to you guys if you want to carry-on wasting your time with a Christian apologist,"liar for the Lord," like KD8, but if you do, I would highly recommend going through one at a time and have KD8 respond to each one at a time with his nonsense. I would think hammering them out and coming to an agreement with KD8 (if humanly possible) one at a time would be best - then, at the end, post what all has been agreed to because dealing with all of them and KD8 all at once at the end would be a huge head-ache.


I'm fine with debating them one at a time, but I want to see Tat (or whoever wants to assist her) present the evidence for at least half of the list prior to our doing so. Mostly because I suspect you're going to want me to loosen the standards (which I'll do within reason - though no money), and don't want to have to do it after we've already been debating. And once again, I'll repeat my offer to let people at a general skeptic board (presumably neither Christians nor mythicists) be the ones to decide if the challenge is met.


To proceed to the Horus list challenge follow this link to the thread I created to kick off the challenge:

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:03 pm 
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I'll start with some of the easier ones.

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4. Birth attended by three wise men

"As noted, within the constellation of Orion, “the Hunter,” are three bright stars said to make up his “belt.” Concerning these stars, in The Geography of the Heavens renowned Christian astronomer Elijah Hinsdale Burritt (1794-1838) remarks:

"They are sometimes denominated the Three Kings, because they point out the Hyades and Pleiades on one side, and Sirius, or the Dog-star, on the other. In Job they are called the Bands of Orion...1"

"...Pyramid Text 593:1636b/M 206 states: "Horus the pointed has come forth from thee, in his name of 'Horus who was in Sothis.'" "Horus in Sothis," therefore, refers to when the sun rises with Sirius. Thus, in ancient texts we find the birth of Horus the sun associated with the star in the east.

Egyptologist Dr. J. Gwyn Griffiths concurs that "the inundation of the Nile was often connected by the Egyptians with the heliacal rising of the star Sothis (the Dog Star, Sirius), seen in the constellation of Orion." To summarize, the three wise men serve as pointers for the star in the east, which in turn announces the savior of Egypt."


So your response is that the three stars in Orion's belt are associated with Horus' birth. Great, but the response was supposed to be to whether there were "three wise men" attending Horus' birth. The stars in Orion's belt aren't wise men. You bring up their being called "The Three Kings", but even that name wasn't applied until the 17th century AD. Nothing in your evidence implies that stars in Orion's belt are "wise men".

tat tvam asi wrote:
You can't brush this parallel aside over semantics. It's obvious that the 3 magi / kings / wisemen are all in reference to the gospel nativity. The point is that Horus's nativity closely parallels what the gospel writers decided to produce in their works. The reason for such semantics is to try and avoid paying up on a bet, as you're doing. You only wanted university level scholars and primary sources so I had to take entire chapters on a topic and shave them down to a few quotes. This is the result.


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7. Baptizer was decapitated

"In addition, in the gospel story John the Baptist is decapitated, while, as noted, at different times the constellation of Aquarius also appears to have lost its head. Furthermore, Isis is depicted as decapitated, as the constellation of Virgo at certain times, while Anubis too is associated with headlessness:

"Anubis has a special emblem symbolizing his role as an embalmer. It is a headless animal skin...sometimes dripping blood, tied to a pole. This emblem can also be jackal-headed, as in the Litany of Ra describing the sun-god’s journey through the underworld."

- CIE, 254

Hart, George, The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, Routledge, London/NY, 2005.

"(George Hart was the Curator in the Education Department of the British Museum, he specialised as an Education Officer for Egyptology)"
http://www.amazon.com/Routledge-Diction ... 0415361168


Sorry, but saying that his baptizer is "associated with headlessness" (as in that he had an emblem of a headless animal skin) is not the same as saying his baptizer was, himself, decapitated, as mythicists are claiming.

tat tvam asi wrote:
Once again, as per your own requirements, I had to cut an entire chapter on this topic down to a few simple quotes that name a university level scholar. The point is well made in any case. John is associated with Aquarius and his beheading story has only to do with the time of year that Aquarius appears as beheaded, pointing straight back to the older myths.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:13 pm 
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5. Was a child teacher in the temple at age 12

- "In the Egyptian story of Khamuas/Khamois found on Papyrus DCIV of the British Museum appears an interesting tale about Sa-Asar, Si-Osiris or Senosiris—the “son of Osiris”—who “grew rapidly in wisdom and knowledge of magic.” The tale continues: “When Si-Osiris was twelve years old he was wiser than the wisest of the scribes.”

- Folk-Lore, 498. Folk-Lore: A Quarterly Review of the Myth, Tradition, Institution, & Custom, David Nutt, London, 1901.

- CIE 213

FN. "The earliest date for papyrus DCIV is 46-47 AD/CE, as it is written on the back of official documents created at that time. Since there is absolutely no evidence for the existence at that time of the gospel of Luke, in which this story concerning Christ is contained—in fact there is no real scientific evidence for the existence of Luke’s gospel as we have it until the end of the second century—if the pertinent story regarding Senosiris also dates to that early time, it would serve as clear indication that the gospel story was borrowed from it and not the other way around."

- CIE 213

In The Dawn of Astronomy, [Royal Astronomer Sir Norman] Lockyer describes this process of Horus becoming Re at the hour or ―age‖ of 12:

"We have the form of Harpocrates at its rising, the child sun-god being generally represented by the figure of a hawk. When in human form, we notice the presence of a side lock of hair. The god Ra symbolises, it is said, the sun in his noontide strength; while for the time of sunset we have various names, chiefly Osiris, Tum, or Atmu, the dying sun represented by a mummy and typifying old age. The hours of the day were also personified, the twelve changes during the twelve hours being mythically connected with the sun‘s daily movement across the sky. The various "phases" of the sun‘s journey were given different personalities, while remaining one entity. Hence, Horus the Child wears the side lock until 12 noon when he becomes the adult Re."

The various “phases” of the sun’s journey were given different personalities, while remaining one entity. Hence, Horus the Child wears the side lock until 12 noon when he becomes the adult Re.

- CIE 214


Nothing in your evidence has anything to do with him "teaching in the temple", which is what the claim is.

tat tvam asi wrote:
More of the same semantics. Once again I had to cut it down to just a few quotes. The point is made though. And I wouldn't have to cut anything down if you actually read the entire chapters on these very topics. It's clear that you're only interested in looking for the easiest way to dismiss each parallel and have no real interest in and in-depth study at all.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:21 pm 
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10. Walked on water.

Walking on water: "In BD 64, the speaker says, “‘I know the deep waters’ is my name…. I travel on high, I tread upon the firmament...”8 Since the firmament is ostensibly Nu—indeed, T. George Allen notes that the firmament in this scripture is “watery”—it appears appropriate to say that the Osiris was to trod across the celestial waters, as in BD 15: “Osiris N….thou crossest the (watery) firmament.”9 As another example, in BD 145/6, according to Birch, the deceased, as Horus, says, “I navigate the water, fording it.”10 The traditional water-control refers not only to treading in it but also to trodding upon it."

"...the theme of “walking on water” is old and non-Christian, found in Buddhist tales, for example, such as in the legend of Buddha’s disciple Savatthi Sariputta,2 as well as in the stories of Indian yogis. Also, in The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark, Claremont Graduate University professor of Theology Dr. Dennis R. MacDonald sees in the story of Hermes and Zeus in The Iliad (2.4) a pre-Christian instance of “walking on water.”3 In the end, the supposed miracle of Christ’s walking on water would be neither original nor, we maintain, historical, but, rather, reflects the astrotheological motif concerning the sun god, e.g., Re, Osiris and/or Horus."

- CIE 293-7


All your "evidence" shows Horus himself doing is "navigating" and "fording" the waters, not walking on them.

tat tvam asi wrote:
Once again, you're looking for some easy way to dismiss this parallel in your mind. "The traditional water-control refers not only to treading in it but also to trodding upon it." As you can see this motif is ancient and pre-christian.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:25 pm 
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11. His personal epithet was "Iusa," the "ever-becoming son" of "Ptah," the "Father." He was thus called "Holy Child."

"As concerns the peculiar epithet “Iusa,” it should be noted that “Jesus” in the original Greek is Iesous or Iasous,1 while in Arabic the name is Issa. In Croatian and other Slavic languages “Jesus” takes the forms of Isus, Isusu or Isusa, while in Irish and Gaelic the name is Iosa. "... Iusa is a combination of the Egyptian word iu ... correctly stated by him to mean “to come,”4 and sa, rightly defined as “son.”5 Hence, Iu-sa would be “the coming son,” which would refer to Horus on a daily and annual basis..." "In an Egyptian text, the term iu sa refers to the evening sun god ...”

"During the Middle Kingdom, the god Shu became popular enough to warrant what is modernly called a “Shu Theology,” as exemplified in the Coffin Texts. CT Sp. 75, for instance, is specifically devised “for the soul of Shu and for becoming Shu.”6 In the same spell, Shu is the “one who foretells him when he ascends from the horizon,” whom Faulkner suggests is the sun god, while “Shu is the god of air” and the “‘foretelling’ of the sunrise may refer to the atmospheric hues which announce the coming dawn.”7 Shu is also “he who despatches the word of the Self-created to the multitudes,”8 like Jesus in his role as the Word of the Creator appearing to the masses. And we also hear that Shu is “one invisible of shape” and is “merged in the Sunshine god,”1 reminding us both of the Ineffable God the Father and his “Sun of Righteousness” Jesus Christ."

- CIE 322-327


Sorry, but just quoting Acharya doesn't count as evidence. Again, it needs to be the stories themselves, university-level scholars, pre-Christian images, mainstream mythology websites or books, or peer-reviewed journals.

tat tvam asi wrote:
Yet another topic cut down with a few references to the Coffin Texts, a primary source.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:37 pm 
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9. Performed miracles, exorcised demons and raised the dead

Bread: "In the gospels of Matthew (15:34, 36; 16:10) and Mark (8:5-6) much is made about Jesus multiplying the seven loaves of bread. Meanwhile, centuries to millennia earlier, a similar fuss occurred over the “seven loaves” in the Book of the Dead, as in chapter 52 and 53b. In the Pyramid Texts (PT 437:807a/P 31; PT 675:2006b/ N 410), the god offers the deceased “thy thousand (loaves) of bread…”

- CIE 288/9

Water: "In BD 62, for example, the deceased, who is Re or Osiris, pleads to have “command of the water,”6 saying, “May I be granted power over the waters…”7 Spells 57, 58 and 59 of the BD are titled chapters for “command of water” or “having power over water,” ... as was said of Jesus in Matthew 8:24-26.

Walking on water: "In BD 64, the speaker says, “‘I know the deep waters’ is my name…. I travel on high, I tread upon the firmament...”8 Since the firmament is ostensibly Nu—indeed, T. George Allen notes that the firmament in this scripture is “watery”—it appears appropriate to say that the Osiris was to trod across the celestial waters, as in BD 15: “Osiris N….thou crossest the (watery) firmament.”9 As another example, in BD 145/6, according to Birch, the deceased, as Horus, says, “I navigate the water, fording it.”10 The traditional water-control refers not only to treading in it but also to trodding upon it."

"...the theme of “walking on water” is old and non-Christian, found in Buddhist tales, for example, such as in the legend of Buddha’s disciple Savatthi Sariputta,2 as well as in the stories of Indian yogis. Also, in The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark, Claremont Graduate University professor of Theology Dr. Dennis R. MacDonald sees in the story of Hermes and Zeus in The Iliad (2.4) a pre-Christian instance of “walking on water.”3 In the end, the supposed miracle of Christ’s walking on water would be neither original nor, we maintain, historical, but, rather, reflects the astrotheological motif concerning the sun god, e.g., Re, Osiris and/or Horus."

- CIE 293-7

Spit: "Like Jesus, who cures the blind man with his spit, Horus heals wounds using his spittle (PT 455:850a/P 50) ... In CT Sp. 1113, the deceased as Horus says, “I am one who spits on wounds which will heal..."

Resurrection/raising the dead: "The resurrection of Osiris by Horus occurs in many ancient Egyptian texts and is often the primary focus of the deceased’s bid for immortality in like kind. At PT 606:1683a-1685b/M 336, for example, Horus is vividly described as raising Osiris from the dead and avenging him.

"In Horus in the Pyramid Texts, T. George Allen summarizes the resurrection account, rolling into one entry the events as found in separate utterances, demonstrating how composite myths are made."

1 Allen, J., AEPT, 226; Mercer, 257; Faulkner, AEPT, 250.
2 Allen, T., HPT, 40; Mercer, 124, 127, 171, 266, 318; Allen, J., AEPT, 80, 82, 129, 242, 303; Faulkner, AEPT, 119, 122, 164, 257, 306.
3 Allen, T., HPT, 43; Mercer, 90; Allen, J., AEPT, 49; Faulkner, AEPT, 77. Again, the ka is the second material body or “double” that must be purified in order to receive the immortal ba or soul.
4 Faulkner, AEPT, 38; Allen, T., HPT, 43; Mercer, 142; Allen, J., AEPT, 86.

"The Greek name “Lazarus” or “Lazaros” equals “Eleazar” in Hebrew and, per Strong’s [Concordance] (G2976), means “whom God helps.” It is a strange coincidence firstly that the person whom Jesus resurrects happens to be named “whom God helps,” and secondly that “Eleazar”—or, breaking down its original components in Hebrew, El-Azar—closely resembles a combination of the Semitic word for God, “El,” with the Egyptian name for Osiris, “Ausar.”

- CIE 297-304

Exorcizing demons: "the Book of the Dead exists in order to purify the Osiris, such as is expressed at BD 30B, which essentially opens the sacred text: “The vindicated Osiris Ani is straightforward, he has no sin, there is no accusation against him before us…”2 If the deceased were found unworthy, he could be sent back to earth as a pig, whereas those whose sins were redeemable would take part in the Resurrection. Indeed, in the Coffin Texts appears a suggestion of the miracle of Jesus driving the demons into the swine and killing them (Mt 8:32; Mk 5:13; Lk 8:33), in a spell (CT Sp. 440) entitled, “Spell for Driving off Pigs.”

- CIE 313


While I certainly agree with "performed miracles", your source for "exorcised demons" is only Acharya herself saying there's a "suggestion" of such a thing in the coffin texts. This hardly meets any of my types of evidence. I do agree that Osiris was resurrected in a version of the story, but not by Horus himself (in fact, it was before Horus was born). Your source for this is, again, just Acharya herself saying it's in "many egyptian texts". If you want to point to where in any one of those "many egyptian texts" this happens, that would work. She says it's in Pyramid Text 606, so feel free to quote that if it really says what she claims.

tat tvam asi wrote:
You mean quote this again, with the sources that were listed the first time around?
Exorcizing demons: "the Book of the Dead exists in order to purify the Osiris, such as is expressed at BD 30B, which essentially opens the sacred text: “The vindicated Osiris Ani is straightforward, he has no sin, there is no accusation against him before us…”2 If the deceased were found unworthy, he could be sent back to earth as a pig, whereas those whose sins were redeemable would take part in the Resurrection. Indeed, in the Coffin Texts appears a suggestion of the miracle of Jesus driving the demons into the swine and killing them (Mt 8:32; Mk 5:13; Lk 8:33), in a spell (CT Sp. 440) entitled, “Spell for Driving off Pigs.”

- CIE 313
For further inquiry you're welcome to look up page 313 in Christ In Egypt.


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You can't brush this parallel aside over semantics. It's obvious that the 3 magi / kings / wisemen are all in reference to the gospel nativity. The point is that Horus's nativity closely parallels what the gospel writers decided to produce in their works. The reason for such semantics is to try and avoid paying up on a bet, as you're doing. You only wanted university level scholars and primary sources so I had to take entire chapters on a topic and shave them down to a few quotes. This is the result.


It's not a matter of "semantics". The challenge was to show whether Horus' birth was attended by three wise men, and all you even attempted to do was show that the stars of Orion's Belt was associated with Horus' birth. To say that stars aren't wise men isn't merely a matter of semantics. If you had to shave it down, couldn't you have shaven it down to a part which shows three wise men actually attending Horus' birth?


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:32 pm 
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Once again, as per your own requirements, I had to cut an entire chapter on this topic down to a few simple quotes that name a university level scholar. The point is well made in any case. John is associated with Aquarius and his beheading story has only to do with the time of year that Aquarius appears as beheaded, pointing straight back to the older myths.


It's not just a matter of naming a university-level scholar, but also showing that this university-level scholar agrees that the parallel is true. George Hart is not agreeing that Anubis was, himself, decapitated. If university-level scholars agreed that this parallel was true, you wouldn't have had to use one who clearly did not agree.


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More of the same semantics. Once again I had to cut it down to just a few quotes. The point is made though. And I wouldn't have to cut anything down if you actually read the entire chapters on these very topics. It's clear that you're only interested in looking for the easiest way to dismiss each parallel and have no real interest in and in-depth study at all.


What I'm looking for is for the people who are making these claims to back them up. I asked you to prove that Horus "taught in the temple" at age 12, and your "evidence" did not involve him teaching in the temple at all. That's not a matter of semantics.


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tat tvam asi wrote:
Once again, you're looking for some easy way to dismiss this parallel in your mind. "The traditional water-control refers not only to treading in it but also to trodding upon it." As you can see this motif is ancient and pre-christian.


I agree it's pre-Christian, as I say on my website. But it's not applied to Horus.


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