Horus & Jesus (comparison)

[DennisK]

I'm sure many of you may already know this, but I found a very interesting comparison of the two.  If you follow this link and scroll down half the page you will see the uncanny similarities which are claimed.  Should Jesus be renamed "Horus II"?

http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm

[Kyuuketsuki]

Very cool ... personally I believe that there never was a physical Jesus, given what we know (hypothesise?) about the way myths form there really isn't any need for a physical Jesus to have existed.

Correct me if I'm wrong but Egyptian isn't a living language i.e. no one knows exactly how some of the words are verbally constructed, that has to be done comparatively ... yes? If that is so (and right now I'm think that the modern word "Jesus" is pronounced "Hey-sus" in the Hispanic communities) is it not possible that words like Jesus and Horus may have sounded much more similar at the time? Just an idea

Kyu

[Arthur Dent]

Like the site says, he was actually known as "Yeshua" or Joshua, not "Jesus".

I find it funny how no one seems to ever call him Josh though? lol

[DennisK]

Kyu,

I don't have enough information to gage whether Jesus existed.  Whether he did or not does not interest me that much to tell the truth.  I had believed that the myth of Jesus was invented.  I didn't know that it was totally stolen.  Is there anything original claimed by his 'followers'?

[McQ]

Hey, pretty cool. I've never seen that comparison before, although I've heard people talk about the comparisons between christianity and older religions. Good link. Thanks!

[brekfustuvluzerz]

very interesting.