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1 | Mythology and the bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | katagious2 | 34948 | ||
The following is an extract from an online discussion, I've looked around for information on much of this and I'm finding very little Christian material addressing the issue. I feel that there must be a reasonable explanation. I am wondering if any one here may have information that would clarify this for me. (I've cut out some of his explanation due to space issues here) "As near as I can tell, the concept of personified good and evil originated with Zoroastrianism and influenced the Jews around 480 BC. It starts much earlier than this, however. There are a few odd similarities between Jesus Christ and the Egyptian god Horus Krst. For instance: Horus was the "Light of the World" Horus was the "Way the Truth and the Light" Horus was baptized with water by Anup Horus was born in Annu "the place of bread" (Bethlehem means "the house of bread") Horus was the "Good Shepherd" and was depectided with a crook on his shoulders Horus was the "Lamb of God" Horus was identified with the Tat or Cross The first Horus was born of a virgin The Star announced the birth of Horus Horus was crucifed and ressurected from the dead Horus the Krst (Christ?) Similarities between Jesus and Virishna (keep in mind that Virishna mythology dates back to 1200 BC): Virishna was immaculately concieved Virishna was conceived by a spirit (Holy Ghost) Virishna was threatened in infancy by a ruling tyrant, Cansa All young male children under 2 years of age were ordered to be killed He was saluted as the "Saviour of Men" He healed the sick, blind and cast out demons He was crucified He rose from the dead I want to make something clear at this point, all this is simply my interpretation of the data I have gathered. Did you also know that the Hebrew name for Jesus is Yahshua or Joshua? A good 2 thousand years before Jesus Christ was dreamed up the ancient Cannanites (this is before the birth of the Hebrew people) worshiped the god El Yashua. This was their god who was born of a virgin and crucified upon a cross and resurrected from the dead with 12 disciples and so forth. Yashua was a Cannanite version of Horus the Krist from Egypt. This sort of comparative religion gets more and more bizarre every time I learn something new. There's more though, let's have a look at Lucifer: "Lucifer" is the Latin term originally used by the Romans to refer to the planet Venus when that planet was west of the sun and hence rose before the sun in the morning, thereby being the morning star. This same planet was called Hesperus, Cesperugo, Vesper, Noctifer, or Nocturnus, and a whole slew of other names when it appeared in the heavens after sunset. Lucifer as a personification is called a son of Astraeus and Aurora or Eos, of Cephalus and Aurora, or of Atlas. He is called the father of Ceyx, Daedalion, and of the Hesperides. Lucifer is also a surname of several goddesses of light, such as Artemis, Aurora, and Hecate. Confused? Hell, I don't blame you. Playing connect-the-mythological-dots is a very sorted process. The word appears to have entered the religious lexicon when the Hebrew expression in Isaiah 14:12, "HeYLeL BeN-ShaCHaR." (meaning "bright son of the morning,dawn," "bright (and) morning star," "glowing morning star," or "shining one, son of the dawn."). It was translated to "Phosphorus" (the Greek word for Venus as the morning star) in the Septuagint, and then translated into "Lucifer" in the Vulgate (from the Greek Septuagint). Isaiah 14, taken as a whole, is a parable, or prophecy of denunciation against the Kings of Babylon, specifically Tiglath pileser III (circa 716 BCE). In verse 12, the prophet characterizes the arrogance of Tiglath-pileser III as if the king had thought himself fit to appear in the sky as the morning star, but has fallen to earth, being brought low by the vengeance of the Lord against those who would exalt themselves and persecute the Lord's people (i.e., the Israelites). Origenes Adamantius (185 CE - 254 CE), an important Christian scholar of the early Greek Church, and Augustine of Canterbury (d. May 26 604/605 CE), founder of the Christian Church in southern England, both interpreted the use of the term Lucifer as a reference to the Devil. The name Lucifer was applied to Satan by St. Jerome and then to the demon of sinful pride by Milton in Paradise Lost. This was fanciful development of an original reference confused in translation. Lucifer is the title and principal character of the epic poem by the Dutch Shakespeare, Vondel (who uses Lucifer in lieu of Satan), and a principal character in the mystery play by Imre Madach, "The Tragedy of Man". Blake pictured Lucifer in his illustrations to Dante. George Meredith's sonnet Lucifer in Starlight addresses the "fiend" as Prince Lucifer. To Spenser in An Hymne of Heavenly Love, Lucifer is "the brightest angel, even the Child of Light." |
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