The Pagan Christ

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='In His Light' post='1346056' date='Aug 1 2007, 04:58 AM']*cough*....Isis is a Roman goddess, not an Egyptian one *whistles*[/quote]
There was a cult of Isis in later Roman times but she was first, and most substantially, an Egyptian goddess -- the sister and wife of Osiris.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' post='1339500' date='Jul 24 2007, 09:37 AM']Seriously, I don't care how "professional" or "scholarly" the website or video appears -- don't buy into this kind of carp without first verifying the claims against real scholarship. It is amazing what some people can get away with in terms of fabricating outlandish lies and having the masses gobble them up. My first couple of posts should provide enough information for one to get started in seriously examining these kind of claims.[/quote]

Thank you for writing that - I wholeheartedly second it. It makes my head hurt to see some of these claims (especially since my dissertation is Old Kingdom religious iconography).

[bmb144]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' post='1346076' date='Aug 1 2007, 11:54 PM']There was a cult of Isis in later Roman times but she was first, and most substantially, an Egyptian goddess -- the sister and wife of Osiris.[/quote]

There is no Isis in Egypt, Aset is Egyptian, Isis is Roman. Two different goddess'. Aset is Wesir's [Osiris] wife not Isis.

[T-Bone _]

[quote name='In His Light' post='1346438' date='Aug 1 2007, 06:45 PM']There is no Isis in Egypt, Aset is Egyptian, Isis is Roman. Two different goddess'. Aset is Wesir's [Osiris] wife not Isis.[/quote]

Although Wikipedia is a horrible source:

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis[/url]

[T-Bone _]

Here's another non-wiki source:

[url="http://www.touregypt.net/isis.htm"]http://www.touregypt.net/isis.htm[/url]

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='In His Light' post='1346438' date='Aug 1 2007, 07:45 PM']There is no Isis in Egypt, Aset is Egyptian, Isis is Roman. Two different goddess'. Aset is Wesir's [Osiris] wife not Isis.[/quote]
No, Aset, Ausar and Heru can be validly spoken of as Isis, Osiris and Horus; this is in fact extremely common. If one is contrasting the Hellenic-Roman cults with the ancient Egyptian the distinction is useful, but in broad discussions the latter names are perfectly valid. Indeed, the Horus-Jesus people assume this since they are considering Horus in a very broad sense. In any case I think you are splitting hairs.

Pagan gods often morph and merge throughout history so you are correct in that generalized nomenclature is often quite imprecise or superficial, but it is still valid in contexts such as these.