Let's take a look at claims made by those who deny the facts :
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Claim #1 - Isis was not a virgin
First, we have to understand how the ancient egyptians lived.
They worshipped over 2,000 Gods. They had different versions/accounts/stories for the same Gods in different areas around Egypt. They did not have -1- canonical religion like you are familiar with. When you read an account of Horus' birth, just remember you are reading one account. There are several different stories.
ALL of the Horus birth stories involve a miraculous birth.
1) In one account, Isis is impregnated by
"a flash of lightning" and in another account
"begotten by a ray of light from heaven". She gives birth to Horus/Apis. Apis is an Egyptian Bull God that is
another form of Osiris, they are associated as one and the same. He is most famous for being worshipped by the Israelites as a "Golden Calf" after they leave Egypt and while Moses is on Mt. Sinai.
So. Isis gives birth to Apis (Osiris/Horus) "begotten by a ray of light from heaven". Virgin birth.
There are more accounts, however, but they all involve some sort of miraculous birth. The one I have given however, is a virgin birth.
There is even many accounts of Virgin Queens and Mothers, such as
Mut-Em-Usa, the VIRGIN QUEEN OF EGYPT.
You have heard of the QUEEN OF SHEEBA. She was famous for her
chas y aka VIRGINITY. She ruled Ethiopia, which would be part of Egypt, around 960 BC.
Virgin women of importance is nothing new to the Egyptians.
Claim #2 - Isis-Meri does not exist so it didn't influence "Mary"
Isis is one of the original Mother Goddess. She too, had many forms. She was worshipped for THOUSANDS of years and was only surpassed by the Virgin Mary.
Isis is not her ONLY name obviously, since the egyptians worshipped many forms of Isis, the Mother Goddess.
'Goddess of Many Names' / 'Queen of the Gods'
She is also known as Aset, Ast, Est, Meri-En-Sakar, and many others.
One of Isis' forms was the Goddess of Nature and Harvest - MERI-EN-SAKAR. They are all forms of ISIS, the Mother.
Isis ultimately absorbed and represented hundreds of different goddesses, all forms of the Mother, ISIS. Her worship survived until around the 6th century CE.
Claim #3 - The 'Mother of God' Mary in Christianity did not copy/borrow/steal from Isis the Mother of God
To quote from this source :
"When Christianity was spreading across the Empire, it's clear that it deliberately took images from the pagan world in which it lived and into which it spread and used those images. Old holy wells and shrines were turned into Christian shrines. In Egypt a shrine of Isis was deliberately and self-consciously re-created as a shrine of Mary."
The connections are so similar, sometimes scholars can't even tell if they are looking at Mary or Isis.
Claim #4 - December 25 was not celebrated by Ancient Egyptians as the birth of Horus/Osiris
This is an Ancient Egyptian Calendar
"Birth of Heru (Horus) the child of Aset (Isis) ; Going forth of Wadjet singing in Heliopolis;Day of Elevating the Great Netjert (Goddess) in all Her names & manifestations"
Jesus' birth day is NEVER mentioned in the Bible, however it too is celebrated on Dec. 25th once again, to coincide with this ancient worship of the Sun. The date was chosen to occur on the same date as the birth of Horus, Mithra, Dionysus and the Sol Invictus (unconquerable Sun), etc.
Claim #5 - Horus' birth is not heralded by a Star in the East as Jesus was
The Star in the East is known as Sirius.
Sirius is the brightest star in the sky, almost twice as bright as the next brightest star. Sirius was an important star for the ancient egyptians.
They based their calendar around Siirus. They called it "the going up of the goddess Sothis".
Sothis/Sirius has always been identified with Isis.
Ok. So, the Star in The East/Isis heralds the birth of the Sun/Son of God Horus.
Claim #6 - Isis/Horus/Osiris are not the original "holy trinity"
Isis is the Mother of God, the Great Mother Goddess.
Horus is the Son of Osiris/ Son of God
Osiris is the Father,
"Judge of the Dead in the Afterlife"
Yeah. Apparently, Osiris was judging the dead well before Jehovah.
They are the original Holy Trinity.
Osiris' worship was still widespread until around 388 CE, when Theodosius (the last roman emperor) declared Nicene Christianity the official state religion and began punishing all other religious practices.
OOps. guess Extra Stout's ass is 'kicked up and down this thread'