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Judaeo Christian religious practices may have actually come from ancient Egyptian religoius beliefs and practices
by Finkelstein 15 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Finkelstein
One bit of fact noted in history is Egypt was one of the most dominant civilizations of the Mesopotamian region and the ancient Hebrews had a reoccurring relationship with it well documented in the Torah and bible .
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Phizzy
Finky, the Bible's "History" is 98.776943 % Fiction, or thereabouts.
Moses and Aaron are fictional Characters, there was no Exodus from Egypt etc etc. and of course all of Judaism and subsequently Christianity can be traced back to what the Hebrews/Israelites absorbed from Egyptian and Canaanite religious beliefs and practices.
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Finkelstein
Your right Phizzy the ancients such as the Israelites took mythological stories from other ancient civilizations and used them for themselves and disturbingly you could be pointed out as an evil apostate if you were to qestion these stories .
The ending endeavor was to create and place the power of the gods into men's hands toward the means of socially controlling people .
The JWS religion as it was formulated is another example of this.
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JoenB75
Oh tell me why I had to be a powerslave
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Finkelstein
You dont have to in this day and age Joen
but you might have to if you were born in the time of these ancient civilizations.
ie. questioning the High priests of the ancient Israelites could get you stoned to death for apostasy.