Hello, there.

I'm a Christian who recently received an E-mail from someone who pointed me to this page of yours in an attempt to refute the Jesus story. The problem is that I've actually studied the Horus story quite a bit, and have found that practically every detail on that page appears to be false. I sent him a letter explaining the errors, and he suggested that I send it on to you, so I thought I would. Here's what I said to him, and the challenge I give to him at the end is also open to you if you think I'm wrong about any of this.

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John,

I certainly enjoyed it. Almost everything on that page is false, and would only convince someone completely unfamiliar with the Horus story.

Horus' conception was not by a virgin (his parents were married and there's nothing suggesting Isis remained celibate while married).

His mother's name was Isis, not Meri (Meri isn't even part of her name).

Seb was Horus' paternal grandfather, not foster father.

Horus was born in a swamp, not in a cave.

Horus' birth was not announced by an angel or heralded by a star.

Horus' birth date was November 15 (the last day of the Egyptian month of Khoiak), not in December. Jesus' birthdate probably wasn't in December, either.

There were no Shepherds at Horus' birth.

There weren't three solar deities at Horus' birth. This appears to refer to the Orion constellation, which includes three stars on the belt. The Orion constellation is associated with Horus, but not specifically with his birth. And besides that, the "three wise men" in the Jesus story weren't associated with His birth either, but found Jesus at his home when he was at least a year old. And Jesus is not associated with the Orion constellation.

Herut never tried to kill Horus as an infant, and doesn't appear to be part of the Horus story at all.

The god "That" never tells Isis to hide herself.

Horus didn't have a special ritual at age 12 where his eye was restored.

There is no 18-year break in his life story.

He wasn't baptized in any river at any age by anyone.

His baptizer wasn't beheaded (since there was no baptizer).

Seth never tempted Horus on a mountain.

Horus didn't have 12 disciples (he had either 4, 16, or an unnumber amount of followers, depending on which version of the story you use)

Horus never walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind, or stilled the sea with his powers.

Nor did he raise Osiris from the dead.

Horus wasn't transfigured and did not have a sermon on the mount.

Horus was never crucified in any version of the myth. There’s an unofficial story in which he dies and is cast in pieces into the water, then later fished out by a crocodile at Isis’ request. This unofficial story is the only one in which he dies at all.

There were no two thieves crucified alongside Horus, since he was never crucified. And he was never buried, not even in the version in which he died.

Horus wasn't resurrected, even in the version in which he dies, and thus there was no resurrection announcement by any women.

Horus didn't (and isn't supposed to) reign for 1000 years.

Horus wasn't the savior of humanity in any way, shape or form.

He was never referred to as the KRST (which means "burial" in Egyptian, by the way)

He was never referred to as the good shepherd, the lamb of god, the bread of life, the son of man, the word, the fisher or the winnower.

It's true that Horus was associated with pisces, the fish. But Jesus was not.

Not sure if Horus was associated with the beetle, but Jesus was not. Horus was not associated with the vine or the shepherd's crook.

If you want to prove me wrong on any of these, just find any version of the Horus story in which these things happen, or point me to a general mythology website, or book, that lists these things, but is not trying to promote parallels to Jesus. There are many, many Egyptian mythology websites which give details of Horus' life (just google "Horus Egyptian Mythology" and you'll find thousands). I've searched several myself, and these details do not exist on any that I've seen.

David

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P.S. to ReligiousTolerance.org - I have a webpage debunking the "Christ myth" stance at www.KingDavid8.com/Copycat/Home.html where I also cover the false comparisons to other deities. If you're interested in correcting me on anything I've said, feel free to do so. But again, I will only use general mythology websites and books as valid sources, not ones trying to promote the supposed parallels.

David