Mandatory Course on Horus
Beginning with the next school year, the Shalampax school board will require that all grade ten students take a full-year course on the Egyptian god Horus. Historians have traced the cult of Horus back to at least 2700 BC.
The story of Horus is noted for its similarities to the story of Christ. Consequently, because Horus predated Christ, some people think that at least some portions of Christianity evolved from the Horus story.
Today, there are no known serious followers of Horus. However, no one has checked the mental health institutions for instances of inane (or insane) followers. So, who knows?
Many people cannot understand why the school board would include a mandatory course on an extinct religion in its curriculum. A Shalampax school board spokesperson explained it by saying, “It is only by examining our past that we can understand our present and help to shape our future. By studying the antecedents of today’s religions and secular philosophies we can see the roots of their evolution and, in doing so, better comprehend their underlying driving forces.”
The spokesperson went on to say, “More important, eBay had a tremendous price for used textbooks on Horus. They were a lot cheaper than any mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology or geography books that we could find. It was, therefore, the sensible thing to do.”
And in the future, people will be saying Jesus is a lot like whatoona, the son of flatula.
Because the bible will be the cheapest book on ebay.
Awesome.
Also, you have GREAT taste in templates
@Mike: Whatever it takes to save a few bucks in these trouble times. If that means revising your core philosophies, so be it.
Re the template, yeah, our blog master saw your blog’s current template and noticed that we had adopted the same one only after Shalampax Speaks went live. He was going to switch our template, but we reminded him that Shalampaxians don’t give a damn about being caught wearing the same clothes as other people. So he left it.
And the school can plan a festive spring break trip for a cruise on the Nile to visit the Temples of Horus. I can recommend that highly from personal experience and, if the school board needs volunteers to chaperone the trip…well, I can make myself available.
@David: Good idea but … many countries have arrest warrants out against almost all Shalampaxians, including our children. It seems that mail fraud is illegal in most countries. Who knew? Unfortunately, that means few Shalampaxians leave our island except under the best of disguises and even then definitely not in groups. School trips are, therefore, out of the question.