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originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: bartholomeo
It's very lazy and doesn't have any meat.
But maybe some are hungrier for one liners followed by being told to do their own research in subsequent posts, than I am.
originally posted by: TruthLover557
a reply to: bartholomeo
I'm trying to wake people up! and that includes you. However I'm not your baby sitter to spoon feed you the information; so stop, think, and answer the original OP question. Here I'll throw you a bone. Why is there obelisks in the Vatican, London, and Washington?
Hey, wow, okay. Check your ego at the login screen next time and try to drop your habit of patronizing others. I already stopped, thought, and answered your OP (rhetorical) question. You responded by making a snide remark about my intellect. Fine. No hard feelings. I replied with a couple honest questions, which you refuse to even acknowledge, and you tell me you're not my babysitter and, like a dog, I need you to throw me a bone?!?!
No. That's rude and incredibly off-putting.
I am a WIDE AWAKE 29-year-old woman and I OFFICIALLY OPT OUT of all your lessons and lectures from this moment forward. You are not my teacher and I am not your student. You are not my master and you are not my babysitter. The fact that you see yourself as such will be your undoing. Good day, sir.
originally posted by: ServantOfTheLamb
a reply to: bartholomeo
Except the word Amen is Old English from the Latin amen, from the Ecclesiastical Greek amen, from the Hebrew word amen that is used adverbiablly as an expression of deep agreement. The Hebrew comes from the Semitic root a-m-n which means, "to be trustworthy, confirm, support."
Source: www.etymonline.com...
Simply has nothing to do with Amen, Amon, Amun, Ammon and Amounra. As you can see his named is spelled various ways, and there are no scholarly articles that support your claim.
originally posted by: TzarChasm
originally posted by: JUhrman
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
a reply to: JUhrman
Wait a minute...are you saying that these gods from different cultures have comparable attributes and could be compared to each other?
/thread derailment
In that case, Germanic Gods have been Romanized by the Roman conquest, so it's exactly like I explained in my posts; similarities ad posteriori, after cultural domination.
Your claim that most/all gods from the cultures of the Mediterranean basin are inspired and borrowed from a predating common pantheon is unsubstantiated though.
It's like saying the Germanic gods were originally similar to Roman gods, which they weren't
what about enki/enlil? my understanding is that the sumerian/sanskrit mythos provided a great deal of inspiration for subsequent pantheons.
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: bartholomeo
Hey man, I'm just saying I thought it was a weak OP and such.
I thought this post would have made a nice and interesting OP. Now you've got me a little more interested.
Here's hoping you're into this metal:
The writings about Amun are clear. He was going to remain hidden, and his name was going to be unknown to the world. However I understand some people don't want to read. So instead of giving you links, and letting you read pages upon pages of information as to why Amun is the God worshiped by the trinity today. How about I just tell you the signs on my next post, and you can confirm for yourself.
Do you guys really believe that after Joseph received the ring from Pharaoh he was going to let him worship whatever he wanted? No Joseph converted to Egyptian faith, and then his whole family did as well. Egypt worshipped Amun-Ra. But, I guess it really comes down to this: Do you guys really believe that the egyptian empire would let approx. 600 thousand of their slaves who were their slaves for 400 years!!!!!! 400!!! escape and worship another god other than what was being worshiped in Egypt (Amun)? No this is a made up fantasy, Egypt was the most advanced country on earth at that time, their entire wealth was mostly based on slavery, letting all those slaves go would be like letting your empire go from 100 to 0. It never happened.
originally posted by: ServantOfTheLamb
a reply to: bartholomeo
Ok the issue is that source has nothing to do with the etymology of the Hebrew word "Amen". You are claiming the word originated for the Egyptians. So a semitic root is normally a trilateral root meaning its made of three consonants. A root is what is left when all affixes have been removed from a word. An example in Hebrew and Arabic the trilateral root k-t-b has an overall meaning of "to write." Now lets say we wanted to say "he wrote" we would write katab. "He writes" would be yaktubu. In the same way Amen is derived from the root a-m-n which means trustworthy. I get that because you thought you found some great joke to throw at Christians you want to cling to this as though it is fact, but it simply is not. Amen in Hebrew and English doesn't originate from any of the spellings of Amen-ra. It originates from its root.
originally posted by: Seede
a reply to: bartholomeo
Do you guys really believe that after Joseph received the ring from Pharaoh he was going to let him worship whatever he wanted? No Joseph converted to Egyptian faith, and then his whole family did as well. Egypt worshipped Amun-Ra. But, I guess it really comes down to this: Do you guys really believe that the egyptian empire would let approx. 600 thousand of their slaves who were their slaves for 400 years!!!!!! 400!!! escape and worship another god other than what was being worshiped in Egypt (Amun)? No this is a made up fantasy, Egypt was the most advanced country on earth at that time, their entire wealth was mostly based on slavery, letting all those slaves go would be like letting your empire go from 100 to 0. It never happened.
As was shown in my above post, there were many gods in the era of Egyptian history and in the era of Joseph it was accepted practice that many gods flourished in Egypt. Joseph's God was no exception. The Pharaoh did not force a national god upon the subjects and I cannot understand why you insist that it was otherwise. There is no indication that Joseph abandoned the God of his tribe and in fact there is much evidence in the biblical account contrary to that.
I also understand the 400 years enslavement misunderstanding. That is nowhere the biblical fact. According to the Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Jacob's tribe entered Egypt in 2238 after creation (1523 BCE) and left Egypt 2448 after Adam (1313 BCE) but all of those 210 years (not 400) in Egypt were not spent in slavery. In fact enslavement did not begin till 2332 after Adam (1429 BCE). So there was about a six year love fest before slavery.
Another biblical fact is that Jacob's people were not the only slaves. In Egyptology there is much evidence that slaves were from all avenues of the conquered including Egyptians themselves. The numbers are actually unknown but based upon between 66 to 75 Hebrews that were counted as entering Egypt we do not know the number that left Egypt. One reason is that some Hebrews from the various tribes had migrated out of Egypt before the Exodus account and there is evidence that some remained in Egypt with their families of mixed Egyptian and Hebrew stock. So the variants prevent a definite count. The rest is simply guessing.
HAIL to thee, Amun-Ra, Lord of the thrones of the earth,
the oldest existence, ancient of heaven, support of all things;
Chief of the gods, lord of truth; father of the gods, maker of men and beasts and herbs;
maker of all things above and below;
Deliverer of the sufferer and oppressed, judging the poor;
Lord of wisdom, lord of mercy; most loving, opener of every eye,
source of joy, in whose goodness the gods rejoice, thou whose name is hidden.
Thou art the one, maker of all that is, the one; the only one;
maker of gods and men; giving food to all.
Hail to thee, thou one with many heads;
sleepless when all others sleep, adoration to thee.
Hail to thee from all creatures from every land,
from the height of heaven, from the depth of the sea.
The spirits thou hast made extol thee, saying,
welcome to thee, father of the fathers of the gods;
we worship thy spirit which is in us.
“Amen” could be related to “omen”. Considering amen is usually said following prayer, it might be a confirmation of prophecy. For example, “I pray for good health upon my mother, amen” and by the grace of God she is healed of her affliction; hence prophecy. Now consider the word “amora”, which looks very similar to “Amun-Ra”, and appears to be related to the mulberry fruit (pronounced as “tut” in Hebrew, and thus note Tutankhamen). Then there's “Amoraim”, meaning “those who speak over the people”. As such, I have to wonder if amen can, in certain contexts, mean “to speak in tongues” and where it is applied as a personal title it could refer to somebody of authority whom possesses the gift of prophecy (such as Amun-Ra).