And then there is the plagiarized story of Moses.  Upon Moses' birth, it is said that he was placed in a reed basket and set adrift in a river in order to avoid infanticide.  He was later rescued by a daughter of royalty and raised by her as a Prince.  This baby in a basket story was lifted directly from the myth of Sargon of Akkad of around 2250 b.c.  Sargon was born, placed in a reed basket in order to avoid infanticide, and set adrift in a river.  He was in turn rescued and raised by Akki, a royal mid-wife.

Furthermore, Moses is known as the Law Giver, the giver of the Ten Commandments, the Mosaic Law.  However, the idea of a Law being passed from God to a prophet on a mountain is also a very old motif.  Moses is just a law giver in a long line of law givers in mythological history.  In India, Manou was the great law giver.  In Crete, Minos ascended Mount Dicta, where Zeus gave him the sacred laws.  While in Egypt there was Mises, who carried stone tablets and upon them the laws of god were written.

And as far as the Ten Commandments, they are taken outright from Spell 125 of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.  What the Book of the Dead phrased "I have not stolen" became "Thou shall not steal," "I have not killed" became "Thou shall not kill," "I have not told lies" became "Thou shall not bare false witness" and so forth.  In fact, the Egyptian religion is likely the primary foundational basis for the Judeo-Christian theology.  Baptism, afterlife, final judgment, virgin birth and resurrection, crucifixion, the ark of the covenant, circumcision, saviors, holy communion, the great flood, Easter, Christmas, Passover, and many many more, are all attributes of Egyptian ideas, long created in Christianity and Judaism.



Justin Martyr, one of the first Christian historians and defenders, wrote: "When we say that he, Jesus Christ, our teacher, was produced without sexual union, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into Heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regarding those who you esteem Sons of Jupiter."  In a different writing, Justin Martyr said "He was born of a virgin, accept this in common with what you believe of Perseus."  It's obvious that Justin and other early Christians knew how similar Christianity was to the Pagan religions.  However, Justin had a solution.  As far as he was concerned, the Devil did it.  The Devil had the foresight to come before Christ, and create these characteristics in the Pagan world. 

TO BE FOLLOWED......

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