Against McClellan: The Utter Refutation of McClellan’s, “Responding To a Bad Argument For Mythicism”
In his video “Responding to a bad argument for mythicism,” Dan McClellan presents a critique of the parallels between the Egyptian Horus-mythos and the Christian Jesus-narrative, categorizing the connections as “made up,” “outdated,” or based on a misunderstanding of historical development [ts:229, 806, 1096]. However, when examined through the exhaustive six-volume corpus of Gerald Massey—A Book of the Beginnings (BB), The Natural Genesis (NG), and Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World (AE)—it becomes clear that McClellan’s position rests upon a “Sarkolatræ” (flesh-worshipping) framework that ignores the evolutionary mythography of the Nile Valley.
Massey’s methodology demonstrates that the “historical Jesus” is a carnalized mask for the Egypto-Gnostic Iu-su (the ever-coming son), whose attributes were formulated over ten thousand years of astronomical observation and eschatological development.
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I. Verbatim Claims and Point-by-Point Counter-Analysis
McClellan Claim 1: Parallels are “Made Up” [ts:806-834]
McClellan asserts that lists of parallels (e.g., Horus born of a virgin, 12 disciples, baptism at 30) are largely fabricated by modern internet atheists and have no basis in primary Egyptian texts.
Massey’s Refutation: The parallels are not “made up” but are the “debris of the astronomical mythology” preserved in the Ritual (Book of the Dead) and temple inscriptions.
• The Virgin Birth: McClellan argues Horus was conceived via post-mortem intercourse between Isis and Osiris. Massey clarifies that the mythical birth is twofold: Horus is the child of the Virgin (Isis/Neith) who “proceeded from herself”. …
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