Coolwhip wrote:I might be over my head in calling it a historic fact. But it does seem more likely that a man named Jesus lived, than the whole bible depicting the suns movement across the sky. This video also claims "the egyptian religion is likely 95% of the foundation of the judo-christian theology".
First, allow me to point out that i have not at any time claimed that the video is even merely plausible, let alone reasonable and convincing. As for an egyptian connection, that is stretching a point. Akhenaten, who was originally Amenhotep IV, changed his name to Akhenaten, "Servant of Aten," when he not only reformed the religio-civil system of Egypt, but replaced the pantheon ruled by Amun with a monotheistic worship of Aten. This did not survive his death--he was briefly succeeded by Smenkhkare, who might have been a regent for Tutankhaten, or might have actually ruled in his own name for a couple of years before Tutankhaten succeeded (which happened is truly unimportant). Tutankhaten became Tutankhamun ("King Tut") while still an adolescent, and the name change reflects the priests re-asserting their authority, and replacing the brief worship of Aten with a return to Amun and the pantheon of gods. Therefore, as many "historians" who use the Bobble for a source place the exodus at c. 1250 BCE, some people have suggested that the Jews got monotheism in Egypt, from Akhenaten--which is highly improbable.
What is far more likely is that monotheism entered the Jewish consciousness during the Babylonian Captivity. At that time, they were exposed to the cosmogony of the Aryan Meads and Persians. Their scripture depicts a god who was one among many, then the supreme god among many, the the "true" god among false gods who were demons, and finally the one god. The same progression can be seen in the Pentateuch. When one keeps in mind that the Pentateuch had a major revision after the Jews returned from the Captivity, that is a far more plausible explanation of the rise of monotheism among the Jews. It is helpful to keep in mind that the Jews were not a monolithic religious body. The Jawists (those who recognized Jehovah as the supreme god, and eventually as the only god) were by no means the only religious group among the Jews, and not necessarily even the most prominent. The worship of Baal/Moloch was very popular in Palestine, and the contextual evidence, combined with other contemporary sources suggests that the Jawists had to struggle against the popular Baal worship to establish the supremacy of the worship of Jehovah.
However one looks at that, it is rubbish to suggest that any Egyptian cultural or religious source is responsible for as much as 5% of Judeo-Christian belief, never mind 95%.
Quote:Making a video without having to back up any of your statements is relatively easy, they seem very convincing at first but most of the claims are either plain false or a far stretch of the truth.
Certainly--and that is precisely why critical thinkers who have no stake in Judaism or Christianity object to the contention that there is much historical truth or religious revelation to be found in the Bobble.
