Sunday, July 1, 2012

Tom Harpur- Horus and Jesus

Horus preceded Jesus as a historic record by roughly 2000 years. There were 180 exact parallels between these two man-Gods. Below are some of these similarities.
Both
- were conceived by virgins
- were fathered by Gods.
- foster fathers were of royal descent.
- their births were heralded by a star, announced by angels and witnessed by shepherds.
- survived death threats when they were young.
- had missing life histories from age 12-30 and were later baptized at 30.
- their baptizers were beheaded.
- were tempted in the desert by their rivals and resisted.
- walked on water, healed the sick, revived the dead and restored sight to the blind
- were executed and resurrected.

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