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Wayne:
:o :D Gah.
"In the three religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, whenever the faithful pray, regardless of language, they always end their prayer by saying Amen.
There is no linguistic translation for Amen, because it is a name and not a word. The origin of Amen is Egyptian, for Amen was the name of God.
The name of Amen, in Egyptian, means: the Hidden One lives on."
Wayne:
:o :D
Horus / Heru / hero
injest:
--- Quote from: a Gay on November 17, 2008, 06:37:18 pm ---Oddly, Osiris's coffin got swallowed up in the trunk of an Erica tree. I've never heard of an erica tree before. ??? :-\
Here are some flowers of an "Erica tree"
Click to see us grow! :D
--- End quote ---
they are so pretty!
injest:
yes there are a lot of things that cross over from one religion to another. That is why I dont' think we should be killing anyone over it. We are all basically the same.
Wayne:
Yep. I was wondering who Osiris might correspond to in Greek and Roman mythology (if he corresponds to Lazarus in the Christian tradition). Not sure I know for certain yet, but it looks like he morphed from Pluto early on to Zeus later.
Apparently there was a deliberate bureaucratic effort on the part of the Hellenic pharaos (Greeks who took over Egypt) to identify Osiris (under the new name Serapis) with Zeus. The idea was to bring about "unity."
This passage ascribed to the Emperor Hadrian underscores what you're saying Jess:
There (in Egypt) those who worship Serapis are, in fact, Christians, and those who call themselves bishops of Christ are, in fact, devotees of Serapis. There is no chief of the Jewish synagogue, no Samaritan, no Christian presbyter, who is not an astrologer, a soothsayer, or an anointer. Even the Patriarch himself, when he comes to Egypt, is forced by some to worship Serapis, by others to worship Christ.
Serapis: Zeus: Deus:
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