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Jesus & Hesus Parallels - A Christian Response
You can probably already guess why skeptics are fond of this Celtic god. Note the similarity of the names. Pretty open-and-shut, huh? Of course, the skeptics conveniently forget that both are the English pronunciations. Comparing the actual original names of these two figures, we have Esus and Yeshua, two names which bear little resemblence. Okay, so let's go onto the comparisons in their stories. Skeptics claim that Hesus was born of a virgin, and that he was crucified with a lamb on one side and an elephant on the other (I guess I better check my bible on where the elephant is in the Jesus story). Actually, neither are true. Hesus was a barbaric warrior god fond of suspending his victims on trees, wounding them, then reading omens in the patterns of their spurting blood. No virgin birth, no crucifixion, no resurrection, no comparisons to Jesus.
Links:
Encyclopedia Mythica: Esus
Tektonics: Hesus