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When stories become religions...

When Stories become religions

In Ancient times, people lacked television and film theaters. The only recreation was in the form of religious gatherings at Temples, and in Egypt this was as ceremonial plays. Homer the Greek poet created his works, as based on the Trojan War, one of which was Alexander the Great’s favorite (the Iliad) or his personal religion, which he kept with his dagger under a pillow at night. Egyptian funeral plays were common. Stories written in Egypt on papyrus had functional reasons beyond entertainment. Some like the Magic books served a ritual function, similar to a paper computer. The Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys was a ritual play for a funeral, and priests wore costumes representing the characters. Prizes for these actors existed as golden idols (a prelude to USA’s Academy Awards) that were kept in the Inner Sanctum or shrine of the Temple. Statues also represented people before the existence of photographs. Painted murals also served a ritual function. Causing world events like storms and earthquakes was a form of entertainment.

In the centuries that passed by Egypt, these stories became fodder for Prophets and new religions. Some were incorporated into the Bible and Quran, coming from the region (Egypt, Sumer, Babylon, and Rome). The story of Marduk conquering Tiamat of Ancient Babylon was found in the Quran where “humans were created from clots of blood” (Lord Marduk created humanity from the Blood of Kingu, whom was a son of the Demon Tiamat). Tiamat was stronger but Marduk had better military equipment and intellect (Strength versus Intellect seems to be the moral of the story). In Egypt, Set (Seth, or Setesh) was stronger but Horus was intelligent; as Horus conquered Set. In the Bible, Samson had great strength but his weakness was his inspiration (his hair was his inspiration); Set had red hair, and red was his strength.

Other names of characters seem to evolve. Horus (Hor) had a Spear of Destiny that only he could wield as Lord of the Two Lands (Egypt). Thor had a Hammer that only he could use as Lord of Asgard. Arthur had a sword that only the righteous could wield as King of England. Alexander the Great used his sword to cut the Gordian Knot and became King of Asia.

The Biblical Story of Jesus wants to be seen as real by its readers (the Church). There are faults of Historical element that argue against it being something other than a story or entertainment. For instance in the Gospel of St. Matthew, while on the cross Jesus is offered “Vinegar” to drink before he “gave up the ghost” (“died). An earthquake later follows this as a supernatural element for his divinity.

Now in Egypt, the “love fruit” or Mandrake was a poisonous plant that was prepared in Vinegar as a Narcotic Pain Killer. Mandrakes would appear at the Last Supper. Vinegar is made from wine. If Jesus drank this he would be knocked unconscious for a few days (drug overdose). The Egyptian word for Resurrect was Nehast; it also meant “to Awaken.” No one died on the first day of a Roman Crucifixion. It was meant as a form of slow torture, and the victims died from exposure to the elements (Sun, Wind, Rain, etc.) over several weeks. The “Angel” that appeared in the tomb to say “Jesus is risen” may have moved the stone blocking the entrance. Jesus then goes about to show his people his wounds to prove his resurrection (awakening); the Bible does this for dramatic performance.

Also at his Baptism the “white dove that entered him” may be his Ba or Soul, which in Egypt was a white dove shape (human headed bird), an out-of-body experience taken as a religious one. After his birth Jesus and his mother Mary entered Egypt. The Bible doesn’t say how long he lived in Egypt or what they did there, but one can imagine he learned much because when he was 12 years old he “lingered in the Temple and impressed the priests with his knowledge.” Alexandria was the center of learning in the Roman period. Jesus was said to have lived at the “era of Augustus Caesar” as based on the coinage (“render unto Caesar…”).

The Bible has its adherents in prisons and in schools where the story “preys on the innocent, weak, or imprisoned” to “give them hope” to prevent actions like drug addiction, crime, or immoral behavior. It doesn’t paint Egypt in a good light, though its ideas originated from there. The Quran and other stories were based on the Bible and its predecessors.

Egyptian Mummies were wrapped in fine linen, and a shroud, with spices and anointed with perfumes. This is shown in the Bible minus the dissection and drying of the body. This took 40 days. The Mummy was the QRST (Christ), or buried one in the tomb. One could say that “the historical Jesus was King Tutankhamon because Tutankhamon was an Egyptian Mummy buried in a tomb.” This would be true in a way, but this doesn’t “prove” that the story of Jesus is real. If one doubts the story, they will also doubt its purpose. The technology of the Bible itself is to cause a belief system with the end result of Prayer effect (if people don’t “believe” they cannot Will events, later blamed on the Deity in the story). That Jesus had a stone tomb with linen wrappings indicates his “Egyptian origins.”

Jesus was a Carpenter. The Egyptian ceremony of the Opening of the Mouth used Carpentry tools (adzes). So he was actually a Priest in Egypt. He fasted 40 days, during the period of embalming a corpse; he raised Lazarus to life. Lazarus is spelled originally as “El Azarus” or “The Osiris” (Egyptian word for Mummy). There is a spell for raising the dead in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.