Holey Christians
Part one: Icons and Tradition
Christianity is full of holes; holes in logic, and traditions, things that simply makes little or no sense in the conventional construct of Christianity. What follows is a list of the most obvious holes.
Amen that is said at the end of prayers is short for Amen-Ra, the Egyptian sun god.
The relationship between Mary and Jesus seems to have been influenced from Egyptian Culture. From Wikipedia:
The death and resurrection of Christ was not original; again from Egypt we have Isis and Osiris.
The Ten Commandments which is common among Jewish and Christians was originally again an Egyptian idea; well at least six of them, straight from the Book of the Dead:
Da-Vinci was a great artist but he was not accurate in the painting of the last supper. Jesus of Nazareth was a Roman Jew; he lived under Roman rule and was influenced by Roman culture. Thus the last supper was probably eaten in Roman tradition. That culture was one where the meal is eaten out of a central community table with the food in community dishes. The participants would have lain on their left side around this table eating with their hands out of the center. Also, the cup would have been a traditional cup of the time which would have been stone. For at the time Jewish culture was obsessed with cleanliness, and clean people could be tainted by unclean people. But a cup made from natural earth could not itself become unclean if used by an unclean person, so a clean person could then use the cup and remain clean; thus the stone cup became popular.
Ultimately Religion was created a long time ago and has been adapted to new times. However some of the fundamental precepts that were invented by primitive man to explain the then mysterious world around them have not been updated for modern times. Tradition is important and comforting and has its place, but should be used sparingly. Some of the inane ideas that early man used to explain the world around them still persist in current religion, and that is just silly.
Christianity is full of holes; holes in logic, and traditions, things that simply makes little or no sense in the conventional construct of Christianity. What follows is a list of the most obvious holes.
Amen that is said at the end of prayers is short for Amen-Ra, the Egyptian sun god.
The relationship between Mary and Jesus seems to have been influenced from Egyptian Culture. From Wikipedia:
“There is a strong resemblance to the depiction of the seated Isis holding or suckling the child Horus and the seated Mary and the baby Jesus.”
Also:
“the resemblance between early Christian images of Mary and those of Isis are sometimes striking, providing an explanation for the somewhat awkward position of Mary's arm - breastfeeding that was later censured by the addition of clothing.”
The death and resurrection of Christ was not original; again from Egypt we have Isis and Osiris.
“[Osiris] the god who came from heaven; he was the bread by which man lives. …. the murder and dismemberment of Osiris, the search for his body by Isis, his triumphal return as the resurrected god, and the battle in which Horus defeated Set.” (From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris)
Also a synopsis of an Egyptian ritual:
“Osiris is slain, no one knowing what happened to his body, ... Isis and Nepthys then recover the remnants [of Osiris's body] and return to the temple. ... Thoth, Horus and Isis revive Osiris in the sanctuary, [which is] not witnessed ... Then Osiris emerges, to much rejoicing. Horus then places Osiris in a solar boat, to proceed directly to the eternal regions.” (From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis)
The Ten Commandments which is common among Jewish and Christians was originally again an Egyptian idea; well at least six of them, straight from the Book of the Dead:
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain...The Trinity is not a new idea; there was a trinity before the Father Son and Holy Sprit. It was the “Capitoline triad, Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.” (Wikipedia) Jupiter is the king of the gods, Juno the queen of the gods, and Minerva the goddess of wisdom.
I have not worked witchcraft against the king.
I have not cursed God.
You shall not murder.
I have not slain men and women.
You shall not commit adultery.
I have not committed adultery, I have not lain with men.
You shall not steal.
I have not stolen.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
I have not uttered lies.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
I have not debauched the wife of any man.
Da-Vinci was a great artist but he was not accurate in the painting of the last supper. Jesus of Nazareth was a Roman Jew; he lived under Roman rule and was influenced by Roman culture. Thus the last supper was probably eaten in Roman tradition. That culture was one where the meal is eaten out of a central community table with the food in community dishes. The participants would have lain on their left side around this table eating with their hands out of the center. Also, the cup would have been a traditional cup of the time which would have been stone. For at the time Jewish culture was obsessed with cleanliness, and clean people could be tainted by unclean people. But a cup made from natural earth could not itself become unclean if used by an unclean person, so a clean person could then use the cup and remain clean; thus the stone cup became popular.
Ultimately Religion was created a long time ago and has been adapted to new times. However some of the fundamental precepts that were invented by primitive man to explain the then mysterious world around them have not been updated for modern times. Tradition is important and comforting and has its place, but should be used sparingly. Some of the inane ideas that early man used to explain the world around them still persist in current religion, and that is just silly.
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