Question:
Is Christianity just an amalgamation of Myths and other old religions ?
2010-01-13 08:46:51 UTC
I was beginning to believe but then I discovered all the stuff online that shows that the Bible, especially Jesus is very similar to Horus and other old Gods.

ie the virgin birth
sermon on the mount
walking on water
12 disciples
Three Kings
Star from the East

amongstothers. Well so much for me becoming a Christian. I felt quite sad when I read all this stuff online,I really wish Jesus was real but reading stuff like this kind of makes it less reliable.

Has anybody else read this stuff ? Is it for real ? Also theres the anti homosexuality stuff and the anti evolution stuff and the fact that the God of the first testament was so violent and the God of the New testament is so different.

I wish Jesus was real but with the Horus comparisons and the other stuff I sadly think maybe he isn't.
Fourteen answers:
Lyra B
2010-01-13 11:43:48 UTC
Yeah it is sad, but true. If you want to see how religions evolve, google "cargo cults". Fascinating - they worship westerners that visited once with some cargo.
Boz
2010-01-13 09:55:55 UTC
Mythology makes a useful comparison but obviously you have sourced your information from mythology itself rather than cross referenced historical facts.



We can to some extent corroborate certain key events of human histrory.



Strangely there is a sharp cut off of historical record prior to 6,000 years. However though myths often run alongside real events it is fairly easy to trace records of the same events but with a different slant. Much as we would expect witnesses to a crime to report from different perspectives.

Most ancient civilisations concur over "The flood", and of the successive world powers; Babylonian,Persian,Greek, Roman etc and the fact that Jesus is reported in secular history with practically no serious departure from the Biblical record is pretty good.



Mythology is not revolutionary, nor do people give their lives for it .Similarly it is easily tested in real life. Have you tried putting the commands of Horus into practice or to Jesus?



Did Horus tell you that " You must be born again? or be filled with the spirit? Or expect violent opposition in the present day?Did he warn of economic. military and social collapse plus degenerative environmental and health problems.Did he offer deliverance from such things at the end of the age?





It may be that subconsciously you may be looking for many reasons to evade Christs challenge, especially if you have issues with homosexuality that you believe God should be pleased about.



As for violence down the ages. True there was and is tremendous violence regarding the very existence of ethnic groups more especially the Jews. Certainly the Christians of the New testament had the rough end of violent society from the religious as well as the crumbling Roman administration.

Saint Paul hounded them to death just as millions have and are today by so many governments throughout the world. Even Britain today is witnessing a hate campaign both from extreme religious immigrants and from secular interests preaching evolution as the answer to everything.
freedomfrom2002
2010-01-13 20:33:25 UTC
Quite honestly, all the mythology you read about is after Christianity. Mankind however has always had a knowledge of the coming or promise of the Messiah



Before you panick, do yourself a favour and read some good books. On the internet anything goes, do not believe all that you see there.



Read, `More Than a Carpenter, by Josh McDowell (Who is Jesus, Lord, Liar or Lunatic).`



`Stolen Identity`` by Dr..Peter Jones co-author of `Cracking the Da`Vince Code`` Reinventing Jesus.
The_Cricket: Thinking Pink!
2010-01-13 09:05:42 UTC
No, if you look up Horus in books written by Egyptologists, there's absolutely nothing about him being born of a virgin, giving a sermon on the mount, walking on water, having 12 disciples, being visited by three kings (neither was Jesus, for that matter), or having a star in the east announce his birth.



Same with if you read about who Mithra was according to Mithraic scholars (like Manfred Clauss, for example), Dionysus from Greek mythologists, Krishna from the Mahābhārata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana, and the Buddha according to the Pali Canon.



Yes, I've read about this for quite some time. It's old news. It's often brought up here, and it keeps getting shot down, but people keep bringing it up for some reason.



Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Any fool can post anything on the 'net. It doesn't make it true. Go to the library and look in the mythology section. There's a wealth of information there. You could also try typing in one god at a time into your favorite search engine, and scan through all that. Or, just try Wikipedia if you're feeling lazy. They can direct you to more (reliable) sources. Just make sure you avoid Kersey Graves, Acharya S/DM Murdock, Gerald Massey, Freke and Gandy, and Earl Doherty.
Bonzo The Wonder Pig
2010-01-13 09:08:42 UTC
If you believe in God, all the things you mention are easy to Him and easy to accept.



Jesus is known as a historical person. People say they saw Him doing these things. If you believe in God, then these are quite easy to accept as well.



What other religions do is up to them. If by any chance some of their beliefs are similar to Christan ones,all to the good.



To understand the Old Testament needs a fair amount of knowledge of cultural mores and behaviour and narration of the times each part was written. Not many people, including me, know a lot about them, but just enough to get by.



Christianity is not anti- evolution. That is a simple error in what someone has told you.



Your concern about homosexuality is based on the belief that sex is for creating children, and is not just a hobby. Sex is also only to be performed in an environment where children can be born and brought up. In many societies that means within a permanent monogamous marriage. Homosexual feelings are not wrong, but acting on them is.
M
2010-01-13 09:58:03 UTC
Yes, Christianity is just an amalgamation of Myths from older religions. For example.



The Vatican was built upon the grounds previously devoted to the worship of Mithra (600 B.C.). The Orthodox Christian hierarchy is nearly identical to the Mithraic version. Virtually all of the elements of Orthodox Christian rituals, from miter, wafer, water baptism, alter, and doxology, were adopted from the Mithra and EARLIER PAGAN mystery religions. The religion of Mithra preceded Christianity by roughly six hundred years.



http://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen048.html



Likewise, Islam is a merger of Judaism and Christianity formed in desperate times out of desperate need.



Shamanism and animism are the oldest belief systems dating back a whopping 60,000 years.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism#Gender_and_sexuality



http://www.shamanism.co.uk/index.html



Also, it would be worth your while to purchase this DVD to watch. Saves time reading all the mythology books ;-)



http://www.thegodmovie.com/
?
2010-01-13 09:04:51 UTC
Do some more research Horus has nothing in common with your list.



Do not use websites that are bias, information can only be confirmed if several different resources agree. Read real history on horus, mithra, attis, krishna from a non anti-christian source. You will then see the truth on how all the information pertaining to simmilarities were only fabricated to intentionally discredit Christianity..
John Trent
2010-01-13 09:57:38 UTC
Let's just say that it keeps some of the dumb-*** 'Gentiles' under control...



Mithras = 25th December



Holy Mother = ISIS



PS - As I am not Jewish, I would be classed a 'Gentile' - However I do not believe in any of Man's Religion, and therefore I am not under Religious control!
Avondrow
2010-01-13 08:52:06 UTC
Simple answer is 'yes'. But to be fair, so are many religions. Islam is a confabulation of Judaic and Xtian ideas, Judaism itself grew out of Sumerian and Mesopotamian beliefs. Scientology grew out of a desire by L Ron Hubbard to get rich...



Ah, look, the miraculous thumbs-down of Christ! Halleluja! It must all be true!
oldguy63
2010-01-13 08:53:39 UTC
Myths have no historical basis, but Christ has overwhelming evidence that He was an historical figure so whatever you believe about Him He can't be mythological. So when you have an historical figure doing the things that mythological figures do you have supernatural powers. That is evidence for the deity of Christ.
2010-01-13 08:52:20 UTC
Yes, the christianity is just an amalgamation of myths and other old religions. It became in the jewish tradition, and in the roman empire it takes rituals and traditions of the adoration of Isis, Ishtar, Mithra and Zeus (Deus, Jupiter, Deus Pater)
Fireball without a screw loose
2010-01-13 08:50:58 UTC
At least Christianity is based on mythology that predated it by thousands of years. I've never studied Islam or Judaism, so I can't compare.
2010-01-13 08:57:39 UTC
sure i can tell you its true or false, but then id just be another one of those guys.



you have to decide for yourself, its not up to others to tell you how you should think or feel. for me to tell you you should be this and that when i myself wouldn't want anybody doing the same to me, this would be wrong. if you believe in god, then believe in god, if you believe in evolution, then beleive in evolution.



you made another one?



https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20100113084815AAaxyfy&show=7#profile-info-yfqU6HGJaa
Exoskeleton
2010-01-13 08:55:16 UTC
No, Christianity is true.


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