There are several articles on the net claiming that the story of YESHUA was borrowed from earlier mythologies and is based on the Egyptian god Horus. We have thoroughly examined these claims and here's what we found:

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To start off, we can already verify 2 facts in the history of the world:

• The first Christians appeared in the Apostolic Age (1st century). However, even if the early Christians had wanted to establish the gospels from the myths of Horus, they would not have had any way to do so, because in those days they did not have access to the countless variations of stories buried in the sand.

• The pharaonic dynastic period ended with the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC while the story of Jesus Christ has its roots in the apocalyptic literature of the 2nd and 1st century AD. Yet, those who claim that "YESHUA is Horus" rely on modern archaeology which has only been providing in-depth knowledge of Egypt's religious beliefs and their evolution over time since the 1800s. To prove their thesis and find objects that even partially correspond to the story of Horus' life, they have to select fragments of myth from various epochs of Egyptian history.

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When we studied in depth the claimed parallels between Jesus and Horus, we discovered that these statements contain half-truths, distortions and outright fallacies. Here are some examples:

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"Jesus Christ and Horus were both born on December 25"

This is a statement by Gerald Massey (1828-1907), a 19th century English poet and amateur Egyptologist. He is the author of several books on the subject of Egyptology. However, Massey's work is so poorly regarded in archaeological circles that it is difficult to find any references of him in any reputable modern publications, because his work has been largely ignored by professional Egyptologists. 

Theologian Stanley E. Porter has pointed out that Massey's analogies include a number of errors. For example, Massey stated that the birth date of Jesus Christ was chosen on December 25 based on the birth of Horus, whereas the Bible includes no reference to the date of the Messiah's birth. The earliest known source recognizing December 25 as the birth of YESHUA is that of Hippolytus of Rome, written around the beginning of the 3rd century, based on the assumption that YESHUA's conception took place during the spring equinox. Hippolytus placed the equinox on March 25 and then added 9 months to obtain December 25, thus establishing the date of the celebration.

Massey also claimed that the biblical references to Herod were based on the myth of "Herrut" the evil hydra serpent. Yet the existence of Herod is well established in history without relying on Christian sources. According to Porter, Massey's major historical errors render his work irrelevant.

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"Jesus Christ and Horus were both born of a virgin mother"

According to the heliopolitan tradition, Osiris was given the throne of Egypt instead of his elder brother Seth. The latter, jealous and furious, decided to get rid of his brother Osiris in order to take the throne. Seth tricked Osiris into entering a wooden chest carved to his size. Then Seth sealed the chest and threw it into the Nile. The chest went to rest on the banks of Byblos. Isis, the sister and wife of Osiris, found the chest containing her husband's body, and asked their sister Nephthys to watch over the chest and protect it from Seth while she was gathering some herbs for a magical resuscitation potions. When Seth learned of this, he managed to trick Nephthys into revealing the location of Osiris' body. Seth seized it, cut it into 14 parts and scattered them across the country and in the Nile. Isis heard what Seth had done and she went in search of Osiris' body parts. She managed to find and assemble 13 of the 14 parts but did not find her husband's phallus because the fish of the Nile had eaten it. She placed the body in a temple and transforming herself into a small bird, she flew over the body singing a mourning song. She used her goddess powers, temporarily resurrected Osiris and attached a golden phallus to his body. Then she was impregnated by the golden phallus of Osiris; and Horus whose destiny was to avenge his father and defeat Seth was conceived. 

​The statement in the Pyramid Texts explicitly refers to the fact that Isis was not a virgin because the mystical phallus of Osiris was used in the conception of Horus.  "632b. Thou hast placed her on thy phallus. 632c. that thy seed may go into her, (while) it is pointed like Sothis."