RE: If You Were Religious, What Religion Would it Be?
March 30, 2013 at 8:51 pm
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2013 at 8:53 pm by Angrboda.)
(March 30, 2013 at 8:19 pm)jrsm_10 Wrote: I'd make a statue and say it was god just to see how far I could take it. Probably write a book and say he directed my hand as I typed. Maybe even make a tithe system. 20% of your pay (since even tips went up, why shouldn't tithes) in the form of beer (and maybe whiskey). Must be nice.
"Egyptians used beer as a currency to pay slaves, tradesmen, priests, and public officials alike, which means that every Egyptian was entitled to a certain amount of daily beer."
Might be an angle there. The Egyptians' religion and metaphysics were very complex and who's going to call you on it if you just make shit up?
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Quote:The Egyptians did not invent beer. Rather they had learned the art of brewing from the world's first known brewers, the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians further to the east in what is now Iraq. The Egyptians, however, left us with the best documentation of ancient brewing practices. Most of the many depictions of Egyptian brewing that have come down to us are murals in vaults, pyramids, and sacrificial chambers. These attest to the importance and high esteem in which the art of beer-making was held in Egyptian society. Yet the find in Meketre's tomb probably ranks among the best preserved and most instructive.
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