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....The Akkadian dynasty begun by Sargon reached its peak under his grandson Naram-Sin ("Whom the god Sin loves"). His conquests, Naram-Sin wrote on his monuments, were possible because his god had armed him with a unique weapon, the "Weapon of the god," and because the other gods granted him their explicit consent - or even invited him - to enter their regions.”
an inscription about an expedition of Naram-Sin to the Cedar Mountain relates (ANET, p. 268):
"Naram-Sin slew Arman and Ibla with the 'weapon' of the god Dagan who aggrandizes his kingdom."
...Describing his various military campaigns, Shalmaneser asserted that his victories were achieved with weapons provided by two gods:
"I fought with the Mighty Force which Ashur, my lord, had given me, and with the strong weapons which Nergal, my leader, had presented to me."
Sennacherib was able to assume the cherished title "King of Sumer and Akkad...." He conquered.... with the aid of "the awe-inspiring Brilliance, the weapon of Ashur, my lord." Reliefs that illustrate his campaigns (as the one depicting the siege of Lachish), show the attackers using rocketlike missiles against their enemy. In the conquered cities Sennacherib "killed their officials and patricians ... and hung their bodies on poles surrounding the city; the common citizens I considered prisoners of war."
"....The siege of Jerusalem offers several interesting aspects. It had no direct cause but only an indirect one: the forced holding there of the loyal king of Ekron. The "awe-inspiring Brilliance, the weapon of Ashur,"
"....Other inscriptions of Ashurbanipal suggest that this weapon, which emitted an intense, blinding brightness, was worn by the gods as part of their headgear. In one instance an enemy "was blinded by the brightness from the god-head." In another, "Ishtar, who dwells in Arbela, clad in Divine Fire and sporting the Radiant Headwear, rained flames upon Arabia."
"The Old Testament, too, refers to such a Weapon of Brilliance that could blind. When the Angels (literally, emissaries) of the Lord came to Sodom prior to its destruction, the populace attempted to break down the door of the house in which they were resting. So the Angels "smote the people at the entrance of the house with blindness.... and they were unable to find the doorway."
Hannurabi treated Larsa…as an adversary, boasting that he “overthrew Larsa in battle” and attacked its sacred precinct “with the mighty weapon which the gods had given him.”
To defeat more enemies the god Marduk granted Hammurabi a “powerful weapon” called “Great Power of Marduk”:
“With the Powerful Weapon with which Marduk proclaimed his triumphs,
the hero (Hammurabi) overthrew in battle the armies of Eshnuna, Sabartu and Gutium…
With the “Great Power of Marduk” (alien technologies)
he overthrew the armies of Sutium, Turukku, Kamu…
With the Mighty Power which Anu and Enlil had given him
he defeated all his enemies as far as the country of Subartu …”
originally posted by: Phage
Yes. Many examples in mythology of all kinds of stuff.
Hell, Maui captured the sun and convinced it to slow down so his mom's kapa would have time to dry. Do you think he really did that?
we are discussing sumerian texts
All of these examples are excerpts from Zecheria Sitchens's book the 'Wars of Gods and men' published in 1992.
originally posted by: ancienthistorian
originally posted by: Phage
Yes. Many examples in mythology of all kinds of stuff.
Hell, Maui captured the sun and convinced it to slow down so his mom's kapa would have time to dry. Do you think he really did that?
jeesh talk about going off topic , we are discussing sumerian texts here not Maori oral traditions.
"I fought with the Mighty Force which Ashur, my lord, had given me, and with the strong weapons which Nergal, my leader, had presented to me."
Reliefs that illustrate his campaigns (as the one depicting the siege of Lachish), show the attackers using rocketlike missiles against their enemy
originally posted by: Phage
Yes. Many examples in mythology of all kinds of stuff.
Hell, Maui kidnapped the sun and convinced it to slow down so his mom's kapa would have time to dry. Do you think he really did that?
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: rickymouse
Sitchin did not really have any idea what he was talking about. Do you have any reason to believe him?
originally posted by: projectvxn
originally posted by: Phage
Yes. Many examples in mythology of all kinds of stuff.
Hell, Maui kidnapped the sun and convinced it to slow down so his mom's kapa would have time to dry. Do you think he really did that?
Makes you wonder what would happen in 1000 years if they dug up a mint condition comic book set. Would future conspiracy theorists think that we were actually mutants of some kind that could fly and shoot beams out of our eyes?
How about we keep open minds and extrapolate.....
J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist, best known for his role as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, the World War II effort to develop the first nuclear weapons, at the secret Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico. He is famously refereed to as “the father of the atomic bomb”.At the Trinity test site in Los Alamos New Mexico he uttered the words :
“Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”,
after he had seen the fireball glowing after the bomb had been dropped. This quote has become infamous and it is actually chapter 11 verse 32 of the Bhagavad-Gita, a scripture which has been revered by Hindus for thousands of years.
Although Oppenheimer never converted to Hinduism nor did he ever refer to himself as a Hindu, Hindu philosophy did influence him greatly perhaps more than anything else. He never prayed to Hindu deities or ever went to a Mandir (Hindu temple). He was never a Hindu in a devotional sense, but he did take up Sanskrit lessons so he could better understand the Gita in its native tongue.
Oppenheimer, although raised in a Jewish environment, was deeply affected by Vedic philosophy.His brother said that Oppenheimer found the Bhagavad-Gita “very easy and quite marvellous… (and) was really taken by the charm and the general wisdom of the Bhagavad-Gita”.
Oppenheimer also claimed that, “access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries”
Remarkably he even once hinted at the possibility of weapons on par of the nuclear ones who was working on in previous eras, particularly those of the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
While he was giving a lecture at Rochester University, during the question and answer period a student asked a question to which Oppenheimer gave a strangely qualified answer:
Student: “Was the bomb exploded at Alamogordo during the Manhattan Project the first one to be detonated?
Dr. Oppenheimer: “Well — yes. In modern times, of course.
Some people suggest that Oppenheimer was referring to the Brahmāstra weapon mentioned in the Mahabharata.The appreciation didn’t stop there. So much so he always gave the book (Bhagavad Gita) as a present to his friends and kept a copy on the shelf closest to his desk.
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