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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Jesus is not the first story of the son of a god, born on Dec 25th, of a virgin, and resurrected in the spring. Understanding these aspects of religious history, how is it possible to truly believe one story and not another?  Do those of you who believe have any knowledge of religious history or do you prefer to blind yourself to these realities?[/quote]

What story are you referring to?[/quote]

This particular example is of Horus. There are many examples of religion taking on aspects of older belief structures, the stories make the transition easier. Look up the history behind caroling, that's some crazy shit! [/quote]

And here, my friends, you see the danger of pasting stuff from atheist chat forums without checking into it first. Horus is the guy who was conceived after his mother, Isis, had sex with his Osirus' severed penis, or maybe not.

Close parallels with the Christian birth narrative?  You be the judge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus. "Horus was born to the goddess Isis after she retrieved all the dismembered body parts of her murdered husband Osiris, except his penis which was thrown into the Nile and eaten by a catfish,[7][8] or sometimes by a crab, and according to Plutarch's account (see Osiris) used her magic powers to resurrect Osiris and fashion a gold phallus[9] to conceive her son (older Egyptian accounts have the penis of Osiris surviving)."[/quote]

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