RE: Nimrod & Religion
June 12, 2009 at 8:16 pm
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2009 at 8:28 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
@TRUTH1986
The claim that ALL religions sprang from sun worship is not supported by evidence.Religion predated cities and the sun does not feature in many religions as a central or major figure. EG in Egyptian religion,mythology,RA (Aten) was only one of many gods,except for a short period under one pharaoh, Amenophis 1V (Akhnaten) New Kingdom,eighteenth dynasty,1353-1337 BCE.
Nimrod? From the Book Of Genesis, part of the Torah,the myths of a bronze age tribal people who worshipped a petty mountain god,called "El" (a generic name for "a god"),one of thousands.He did not become YHWH (I Am Who Am) Lord of the universel until after the alleged Exodus.(another myth;didn't happen)
Revealed texts are not accepted here as evidence. Such an arguments is perhaps the most common logical fallacy used by believers.It's called "argument from authority" IE arguing that a thing is true BECAUSE of its source.In your case,the bible.
Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority
NIMROD
Wiki:
The claim that ALL religions sprang from sun worship is not supported by evidence.Religion predated cities and the sun does not feature in many religions as a central or major figure. EG in Egyptian religion,mythology,RA (Aten) was only one of many gods,except for a short period under one pharaoh, Amenophis 1V (Akhnaten) New Kingdom,eighteenth dynasty,1353-1337 BCE.
Nimrod? From the Book Of Genesis, part of the Torah,the myths of a bronze age tribal people who worshipped a petty mountain god,called "El" (a generic name for "a god"),one of thousands.He did not become YHWH (I Am Who Am) Lord of the universel until after the alleged Exodus.(another myth;didn't happen)
Revealed texts are not accepted here as evidence. Such an arguments is perhaps the most common logical fallacy used by believers.It's called "argument from authority" IE arguing that a thing is true BECAUSE of its source.In your case,the bible.
Wiki
Quote:Argument from authority or appeal to authority is a logical fallacy, where it is argued that a statement is correct because the statement is made by a person or source that is commonly regarded as authoritative. The most general structure of this argument is:
Source A says that p.
Source A is authoritative.
Therefore, p is true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority
NIMROD
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Quote:Mention of Nimrod in the Bible is rather limited. According to the "documentary hypothesis" of the Bible's origin, the Jahwist writer(s) make the earliest mention of Nimrod.[1] He is described as the son of Cush, grandson of Ham, great-grandson of Noah; and as "a mighty one on the earth" and "a mighty hunter before the Lord". He also appears in the First Book of Chronicles and in the Book of Micah.
Nimrod is said to be the founder and king of the first empire after the Flood, and his realm is connected with the Mesopotamian towns Babylon (Babel), Uruk, Akkad and Calneh. He is mentioned in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10), where he is said to have founded many cities. Owing to an ambiguity in the original Hebrew text, it is unclear whether it is he or Asshur who additionally founded Nineveh, Resen, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, and both of these interpretations are reflected in the various English versions.(Genesis 10:8–10)
