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As Mark Twain has observed: “The ancients have stolen all our really good, new ideas.”
The
Golden Rule -- “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” --
is a basic tenet of virtually every religion in the world. It
is often overlooked in the rush to rules and laws for every occasion,
but in general, the only real reason for religion is to define how we
treat our divinities and our fellow beings. Accordingly, all religions are at their most fundamental level, the same. They are connected, forming an overall oneness.
Mythologies are a form of religion, even when they are not intended as such. Especially
when they describe profound events in their history, events which shape
their beliefs in the natural world, the divinities which may have
influenced those events and how the believers have reacted to the
events in terms of how they deal with the world thereafter.
One
final example is a comparison between the Bible’s book of Exodus
describing the Hebrews leaving Egypt (i.e. the sudden loss of
slave-power by the Egyptians), and the Egyptian version of the end of
the Old Kingdom provided by the scribe Ipuwer. Ipuwer’s work was known as the Papyrus Ipuwer, which was originally a translation of the Leiden Papyrus by A. Gardiner. Immanuel Velikovsky
[2] noted the similarities in the event description, and concluded that
the Exodus did in fact occur at the time of the end of the Old Kingdom
and not later as is often suggested.
Papyrus Ipuwer /Exodus ,Papyrus 2:5-6: Plague is throughout the land. Blood is everywhere.
Exodus 7:21: ...there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
Papyrus 2:10: The river is blood.
Exodus 7:20: ...all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
Papyrus 2:10: Men shrink from tasting -- they thirst after water for they could not drink of the water of the river.
Exodus 7:24: And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink.
Papyrus 3:10-13: That is our water! That is our happiness! What shall we do in respect thereof? All is ruin!
Exodus 7:21: ...and the river stank.
Papyrus 4:14: Trees are destroyed.
Papyrus 6:1: No fruit nor herbs are found.
Exodus 9:25: ...and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
Papyrus 2:10: Forsooth, gates, columns and walls are consumed by fire.
Exodus 9:23-24: ...the fire ran along upon the ground. ...there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous.
Papyrus 10:3-6: Lower Egypt weeps... The entire palace is without its revenue. To it belong wheat, barley, geese and fish.
Exodus 7:21: And the fish that was in the river died.
Papyrus 6:3: Forsooth, grain has perished on every side.
Papyrus 5:12: That has perished which yesterday was seen.The land is left over to its weariness like the cutting of flax.
Exodus 10:15: ...there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the fields, though all the land of Egypt.
Papyrus 5:5: All animals, their hearts weep. Cattle moan...
Exodus 9:3: ...the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field... there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Papyrus 9:2-3:
Behold, cattle are left to stray, and there is none to gather them
together.Each man fetches for himself those that are branded with his
name.
Exodus 9:19: ...gather thy cattle, and all that thou has in the field. Exodus 9:21: And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Papyrus 9:11: The land is not light...
Exodus 10:22: ...and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt.
Papyrus 5:6: Forsooth, the children of princes are dashed against the walls. Papyrus 6:12: Forsooth, the children of princes are cast out in the streets.
Exodus 12:29:
And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh that sat on his
throne unto the firs born of the captive that was in the dungeon.
Papyrus 2:13: He who places his brother in the ground is everywhere.
Exodus 12:30: ...there was not a house where there was not one dead.
Papyrus 3:14: It is groaning that is throughout the land, mingled with lamentations.
Exodus 12:30: ...there was a great cry in Egypt.
Papyrus 7:1: Behold, the fire has mounted up on high. Its burning goes forth against the enemies of the land.
Exodus
12:21: ...by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way, and by
night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night.
Exodus
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19930366/Exodus
http://www.halexandria.org/dward181.htm
The
Golden Rule -- “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” --
is a basic tenet of virtually every religion in the world. It
is often overlooked in the rush to rules and laws for every occasion,
but in general, the only real reason for religion is to define how we
treat our divinities and our fellow beings. Accordingly, all religions are at their most fundamental level, the same. They are connected, forming an overall oneness.
Mythologies are a form of religion, even when they are not intended as such. Especially
when they describe profound events in their history, events which shape
their beliefs in the natural world, the divinities which may have
influenced those events and how the believers have reacted to the
events in terms of how they deal with the world thereafter.
One
final example is a comparison between the Bible’s book of Exodus
describing the Hebrews leaving Egypt (i.e. the sudden loss of
slave-power by the Egyptians), and the Egyptian version of the end of
the Old Kingdom provided by the scribe Ipuwer. Ipuwer’s work was known as the Papyrus Ipuwer, which was originally a translation of the Leiden Papyrus by A. Gardiner. Immanuel Velikovsky
[2] noted the similarities in the event description, and concluded that
the Exodus did in fact occur at the time of the end of the Old Kingdom
and not later as is often suggested.
Papyrus Ipuwer /Exodus ,Papyrus 2:5-6: Plague is throughout the land. Blood is everywhere.
Exodus 7:21: ...there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
Papyrus 2:10: The river is blood.
Exodus 7:20: ...all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
Papyrus 2:10: Men shrink from tasting -- they thirst after water for they could not drink of the water of the river.
Exodus 7:24: And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink.
Papyrus 3:10-13: That is our water! That is our happiness! What shall we do in respect thereof? All is ruin!
Exodus 7:21: ...and the river stank.
Papyrus 4:14: Trees are destroyed.
Papyrus 6:1: No fruit nor herbs are found.
Exodus 9:25: ...and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
Papyrus 2:10: Forsooth, gates, columns and walls are consumed by fire.
Exodus 9:23-24: ...the fire ran along upon the ground. ...there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous.
Papyrus 10:3-6: Lower Egypt weeps... The entire palace is without its revenue. To it belong wheat, barley, geese and fish.
Exodus 7:21: And the fish that was in the river died.
Papyrus 6:3: Forsooth, grain has perished on every side.
Papyrus 5:12: That has perished which yesterday was seen.The land is left over to its weariness like the cutting of flax.
Exodus 10:15: ...there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the fields, though all the land of Egypt.
Papyrus 5:5: All animals, their hearts weep. Cattle moan...
Exodus 9:3: ...the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field... there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Papyrus 9:2-3:
Behold, cattle are left to stray, and there is none to gather them
together.Each man fetches for himself those that are branded with his
name.
Exodus 9:19: ...gather thy cattle, and all that thou has in the field. Exodus 9:21: And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Papyrus 9:11: The land is not light...
Exodus 10:22: ...and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt.
Papyrus 5:6: Forsooth, the children of princes are dashed against the walls. Papyrus 6:12: Forsooth, the children of princes are cast out in the streets.
Exodus 12:29:
And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh that sat on his
throne unto the firs born of the captive that was in the dungeon.
Papyrus 2:13: He who places his brother in the ground is everywhere.
Exodus 12:30: ...there was not a house where there was not one dead.
Papyrus 3:14: It is groaning that is throughout the land, mingled with lamentations.
Exodus 12:30: ...there was a great cry in Egypt.
Papyrus 7:1: Behold, the fire has mounted up on high. Its burning goes forth against the enemies of the land.
Exodus
12:21: ...by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way, and by
night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night.
Exodus
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19930366/Exodus
http://www.halexandria.org/dward181.htm
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