I'll just start with Horus
Look it up if you have the time.
1. He was NOT born of a virgin. This is made VERY clear that his mother made certain she was pregnant before she left her husband Osiris, using a gold phallus with his dismembered body to accomplish this.
The point is, Osiris was dead when Isis conceived Horus. Osiris's phallus was separated from the rest of his body to and thrown into the river to prevent him from continuing his line, so Isis gathered all the other parts of his body together in order to create a "golden" phallus, and it was through this "union' that Horus was conceived. It was not through having intercourse with her husband, but with his reimbodied (but still quite dead) "spirit," which is close enough to virgin conception for the comparison to hold, especially considering how many other variations there are on "virgin conception" in other myths. Funny how the myth makes a man's penis the most important part of his essence. In poetry, this is called synecdoche.
2. There is no mention of a star in the east. In fact Horus was considered to be the entire sky, containing the moon AND the sun...but no mention of a star.
That's right, Horus was the whole sky, but he was mostly identified and symbolized as the Sun, which rises in the east and is renewed each year on the Solstice (i.e., December 21st, when the days start getting longer).
3. He did not walk on water. He was all powerful apparently, but there is no mention of him walking on water.
He may not have
walked on water, but several times he did emerge from contests in and on the water. For example, when he races his brother Set, and his boat floats while Set's sinks. And when he and Set submerge themselves in water to see who can last the longest and Horus holds out longer. In these cases, Horus does not succumb to the water, but "walks" away victorious.
4. Wrong.
5. Wrong.
6. Wrong.
7. Wrong.
8. Wrong. Horus' FATHER was semi-ressurected though, kind of, his dismembered body was somehow used to impregnate Horus' mother....who again, was not a virgin.
Feel free to verify the rest of the false information on this lovely, well done but half heartedly thought out bullshit from "Truth"
Look, these are myths. Direct, literal comparisons between any of these traditions and their major figures will be scarce, and largely open to interpretation when they do occur. But what you will find are commonalities. The essence of Horus also changes significantly over the centuries, and many of the things attributed to Horus that resemble characteristics of Jesus were actually attributed to the Pharaoh's, who were thought to be reincarnations of Horus (hence, he rises from the dead).
The Sun is the most revered object in human history. It brings sight to the blind (chases away the darkness of night), makes crops grow (cures the sick), etc.
But despite all these vague and largely symbolic similarities, there is a common theme, which is that a divine being is born of a "father" figure under peculiar ("virgin") circumstances, lives among us on Earth, is all-powerful, suffers, is reborn, etc.
There have been many Christ-
like figures in human history, so the question is, why believe in
this one?
people who don't want to believe there is any God, no matter who that may be to anyone else, will lie and do their best to make believers feel inferior, stupid, childish.
This is just plain ignorant, and nothing more than character assassination. You're just lashing out here, to say nothing of generalizing. I addressed this in my previous post.
when Jesus was here...he didn't spend time condemning homos, prostitutes, people who didn't believe in him, and people of other faiths...
Most of the really bigoted, intolerant rhetoric by self-professed "Christians" is justified by references to the Old Testament and to Paul's Epistles. Jesus himself may not have condemned people for their lifestyles, but many Christians do "in his name."
This isn't a criticism of all Christians, but it does expose a tendency among those who consider themselves "saved" or "the elite" to view others in pretty low regard. It's called sanctimony. A lot more of these people have committed unspeakable crimes against humanity than atheists.
he condemned the leaders of the church! He even said that there was a 'Special Place in Hell' (I'm paraphrasing here) for them because they had caused so many to turn away from God. Exactly what is happening now.
(emphasis added)
Do you have any idea how long people have been making reactionary statements like this, that "Godlessness is beginning to prevail" and "we're all doomed" and other such crap? Let's just say you're not the first.
I don't pretend to know why things are the way they are. I know that according to all faiths God has allowed those who would make terrible decisions to MAKE those terrible decisions. That we are here to live in a way where we can make our own decisions...knowing just enough to be aware that it is a possibility, but having just enough hidden from us that we can still actually choose and not believe we HAVE to be a certain way.
If you know your child is going to do something wrong, because you know what will happen when he's going to do certain things, you still need to let him do it, because he'll never understand why if he didn't do something you think he would have...does that make sense? We are here for us. We are here to learn who WE are, to see for ourselves. When terrible things happen it is almost 100% from choices that were made somewhere along the way.
I think you're talking about Free Will, but I confess I really don't know how this is relevant to what you were discussing.
And you're wrong, by the way. Not all faiths believe that God has bestowed us with free will.
