RE: Idol of Yahweh
May 13, 2013 at 1:19 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2013 at 1:21 pm by A_Nony_Mouse.)
(May 13, 2013 at 1:01 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I'm more impressed with the Mesopotamian link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panbabylonism
Given thousands of years and popular themes being reimagined for local audiences I would expect nothing but a mix of them in any one place. I would expect to find local versions of all of them every place if I look hard enough. And as in inventing stories I expect them to draw upon existing mythology. Where would Buffy be without a vampire mythology to reimagine?
For me the ram-headed god was one of my successful guesses. I had never heard of this god at one time. I had even assumed Amun-Ra was just a later name for Ra. I read someone noting the unexplained things in the OT stories like the origin of the Shofar horn. Out of curiosity and speculation I googled for an Egyptian god with the head of a ram and found Amun. It was then also I found my first indication of Christian obscurantism. I heard tons about Ra and Amun-Ra but not about Amun alone.
And another thing I did not mention, prayers ending with the name of this god but spelled Amen. Regarding that I did come across a believer statement that we do not know what Amen means but it is not Amun. The obvious question is, if you do not know what it means how do you know what it does not mean?
