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L De Winter (Investigator 29, 1993 March)
I H S is the abbreviation for Latin words which mean "Jesus, Saviour of Mankind". To Ross Parker, however, they stand for Isis, Horus and Seth and, since I H S appears on Roman Catholic architecture, vestments and sacred objects this is considered proof that the Catholic Church is a pagan institution. Isis, Horus and Seth were (according to Mr Parker) three of the Gods of Egypt who were linked together in a trinity. Ross Parker's
argument,
however, has a serious
flaw. The "trinity" that he is thinking of actually consisted of Isis,
Osiris and Horus with Seth being the evil outsider who was ultimately
devalued
to the point of a devil in the Egyptian Pantheon. Pagan influences
within
Roman Catholicism are undeniable but Ross Parker has merely betrayed
his
ignorance of Latin, Roman Catholicism and Egyptian religion.
Mid 1992 saw in Adelaide a widely advertised series of free public lectures with slides on Archaeology presented by Mr Parker who is the principal of the Parker School of Archaeological and Biblical Studies. I attended some of these programs which were held in a number of rented venues including the Adelaide Town Hall. After one
lecture Mr
Parker, when asked,
admitted that the whole exercise was an Adventist operation.
The presentations consisted, in the main, of slides of Ross Parker and his daughter acting as dilettantes at Middle-Eastern historical sites. Several millennia of history were compressed and distorted by preconceived theology. It was presented as historical fact that Kaiser Wilhelm II was mentioned in the Biblical Book of Daniel. Adventist eschatology was heavily pushed without mentioning either the Seventh Day Adventists or the fact that different Christian denominations have different eschatological beliefs. We were, in effect, shown Ross Parker’s holiday photographs and asked to view them as archaeological texts! It was at the time of the Exile that the four documents were allegedly (according to the Hypothesis) combined and edited. The separate documents, therefore, had existed earlier. The inscription, therefore, was a quote from a document which existed before the exile and so does not refute the Documentary Hypothesis! Ross
Parker’s knowledge of
biblical matters
is in many instances matched only by his archaeological expertise.
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