RE: Egyptian funerary texts
December 18, 2011 at 7:30 pm
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2011 at 7:34 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Tango-
Is there such a thing as a thought that "unnaturally occurs" to men? We have their stories, we have their artifacts. The evidence we have available to us suggest that human beings have believed in an afterlife for a very long time. Longer than we've been writing down our beliefs (much longer, and this has already been pointed out to you several times by several people). You have an alternative translation of a text that you then use to make sweeping claims about the culture (and all other cultures, hilariously). You just don't have a very strong case here. You're unable to deal with criticism, instead changing the subject (asking us if we've read the Golden Bough? or flat out ignoring criticism by way of handwaving). I'm sorry, I don't see it. I don't think you've argued for your position very well, and you don't seem to have any evidence to support the conclusions that you believe the text would imply. Our current understanding of all of the subjects you've touched upon; which your theory contradicts, is based on scholarship and evidence of a much higher quality and qauntity than what you've offered.
Is there such a thing as a thought that "unnaturally occurs" to men? We have their stories, we have their artifacts. The evidence we have available to us suggest that human beings have believed in an afterlife for a very long time. Longer than we've been writing down our beliefs (much longer, and this has already been pointed out to you several times by several people). You have an alternative translation of a text that you then use to make sweeping claims about the culture (and all other cultures, hilariously). You just don't have a very strong case here. You're unable to deal with criticism, instead changing the subject (asking us if we've read the Golden Bough? or flat out ignoring criticism by way of handwaving). I'm sorry, I don't see it. I don't think you've argued for your position very well, and you don't seem to have any evidence to support the conclusions that you believe the text would imply. Our current understanding of all of the subjects you've touched upon; which your theory contradicts, is based on scholarship and evidence of a much higher quality and qauntity than what you've offered.
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