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Originally posted by AshleyD
reply to post by XcLuciFer
Plutarch? As in the Greek historian that lived after Jesus? But let's continue. Keep reading the details of Osiris:
He is depicted as having green skin in the Egyptian artwork. Why? Because he is depicted as being dead. The other gods never allowed him to return to the world of the living. So, he was deemed the god of the Egyptian underworld while being depicted as corpse-like. He never achieved a victory over life and death like Jesus did.
Osiris was never crucified. He was either hacked to bits in battle and later reassembled by his wife Isis or was tricked by Set into being sealed inside a coffin and being sent out to sea. After Isis reassembled her deceased husband and (sorry for the crudeness that is about to follow but we're all adults) she masturbated his phallus, placed the semen inside of her, and became pregnant with Horus. So, there goes our assumption of a virgin birth.
Horus was associated with the signs of the zodiac. Jesus' apostles were actual people whose writings exist to this day. Furthermore, adding Barnabas would make thirteen so there goes that correlation. Because of this, many are now claiming the "13th hidden sign of the zodiac must represent Barnabas." This isn't Christianity being taken from pagan origins. This is Christianity being forcefully compared to pagan origins. It's a square peg in a round hole.
Originally posted by XcLuciFer
Ok help me out with this one Ash. "This Egyptian deity under many names appears as the principle of natural fecundity among nearly all the religions of the ancient world. She was known as the goddess with ten thousand appellations and was metamorphosed by Christianity into the Virgin Mary, for Isis, although she gave birth to all living things--chief among them the Sun--still remained a virgin, according to the legendary accounts."
You sure did step in it this time.........LOL
Originally posted by AshleyD
reply to post by XcLuciFer
Everyone with an IQ over 25 knows all religious holidays were merged under Constantine. But why does everyone forget this was not a part of original Christianity? Christmas trees, December 25th, Easter eggs, and fuzzy little bunnies are not Biblical and were never part of the Jesus movement. Again, it was not a matter of Christianity (the spiritual movement) being taken from paganism but having our holidays merged with it. Why can no one understand that Christianity existed centuries before Constantine and his littler merger? Even still, Catholicism did this. A branch of Christianity. Not the whole of Christianity. What is so difficult about this?
Originally posted by AshleyD
reply to post by XcLuciFer
Lucifer. What you quoted is not from my site. I do not own that site nor is that my work on that site. My site is TDE linked to above. Not S-T.com.
Originally posted by AshleyD
Which is why I pointed everyone to the Egyptian texts on Sacred-Texts.com. Instead of taking a Christian's word for it that the accusations are false or a secularist's word for it that the accusations are true, go and examine the Egyptian texts and mythology for yourself. The parallels will go up in flames. The same is true for Buddha, Krishna, Mithras, Dionysus, and the dozen other pagan figures constantly claimed as an inspiration for the life of Jesus. When it doubt, go to the sources of the figures in question. Simple really.
Originally posted by jitombe
Is there a point to all this? Pages and pages of who is smarter than the other person. I don't care who is right, to each their own, end result is the same - death. Does it really matter, just live your life and don't be stupid.