(February 1, 2023 at 7:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(February 1, 2023 at 7:09 pm)Justin Case Wrote: What gods existed with Aten? According to this article (that I hope doesn't get erased LOL)
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In its early stages, Atenism is best described as a henotheistic religion (a religion devoted to a single god while accepting the existence of other gods) but it developed into a proto-monotheistic system. The full extent of his religious reforms were not apparent until the ninth year of his reign. As well as proclaiming the Aten the only god, he banned the use of idols with the exception of a rayed solar disc. He also made it clear that the image of the Aten only represented the god, but that the god transcended creation and so could not be fully understood or represented. This aspect of his faith bears a notable resemblance to the religion of Moses, prompting Freud to suggest that Akhenaten was the first Monotheist.
I’ll answer your questions when you answer mine.
Boru
Dear admin: I brought this up earlier - the link was part of the discussion, and the NOTE on this says:
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Anyway, I answered your question.
"...and I saw clearly that men are not so far from the truth as they generally believe. Their greatest error is in searching for it where it is not, and in attaching it to forms, whereas they ought, on the contrary, to avoid form in order to dwell upon the essence."
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