The following four links below can be found at Awake in our Mythology and are not meant to be offensive, but to shed light on all our commonalities according to archaeological research. Learn and celebrate our origins of faith. Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots. -Rumi Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood? -Carl Jung Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors. -Jonas Salk ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ Religion of the Ancient Israelites The development of monotheism came very late in the monarchy of the Israelites, if not later still after ancient Israels history was over. Yahwistic monotheism was the ideal of most of the orthodox, nationalist parties who wrote and edited the Hebrew Bible, but for the majority it had not been the reality throughout most of ancient Israels history. Let us start at the beginning of the process that eventually resulted in monotheism. Follow the link below to read more on this https://facebook/AwakenMythology/photos/a.802101573188376.1073741828.802097536522113/823176214414245/?type=1 ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ Religion of the Pre-Islamic Arabs While many today would consider Islam to be a fiercely monotheist and purist religion absent of all pagan roots an examination of the historical record reveals a much more immediate past with several originally pagan practices still being practiced today under the guise of monotheism. Islam, like many other world religions, was created to unify a disintegrated tribal region for purposes of power and was less a revelation of one god then it was a form of henotheism masquerading as monotheism. We will find that many fundamental Islamic practices such as reverence and prayer toward the Kaaba, the very nature of Allah, and the the Hajj to Mecca all find their way to pagan beginnings. Follow the link below to read more on this https://facebook/AwakenMythology/photos/a.802101573188376.1073741828.802097536522113/823116381086895/?type=1&relevant_count=1 ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ Greek and Roman influences on Christianity Most Christians or those religions that follow the basic principles of the Bible believe in the stories told in the Bible. In fact, these stories are usually regarded not only as mere stories, but also as actual historical accounts of important people, events, and concepts of the Christian faith. However, stories of Greek and Roman mythology are typically regarded as nothing more than fictional, fantasy stories. The idea that Ancient Greeks viewed these stories to be their religion seems insane to many people of Biblical Faith. This idea seems to cast a stigma of irrationality, almost ignorance, upon the Ancient Greeks. Although placing this stigma on a long-dead culture may seem to be unimportant to much of the contemporary world, it is important because this long-dead culture represents the history of a large portion of the world. The Ancient Greek empire was much more vast than modern-day Greece. Just as many Americans would find it offensive to have their history viewed as irrational and ignorant, it seems logical that Greeks might as well. Therefore, it is necessary to try and understand that both Ancient Greeks and Ancient Christians may have held similar beliefs about the world they were living in. The fact is that Greek myths contain unrealistic and unbelievable characters, events, and other elements, but upon comparison of Greek mythology with different Biblical accounts, it is apparent that some parallels between the two do exist, and that the Ancient Greeks view of the events of the early world are very similar to the views of both ancient and contemporary Christians. The following similarities are by no means a full accounting, but a mere summary of a vastly larger ideal between two religions. Follow the link below to read more on this https://facebook/AwakenMythology/photos/a.802101656521701.1073741829.802097536522113/820583618006838/?type=3&theater ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ The Hell of Ancient Egypt Christian, Jewish and Islamic visions of the afterlife are relatively new ones, including their concept of hell. In fact, hell may very well have been invented by the ancient Egyptians, at least as a public reference. To put the whole of this more simply, the recorded concept of hell in ancient Egypt predates the recorded concept of hell in our modern religions. Follow the link below to read more on this https://facebook/AwakenMythology/photos/a.802101656521701.1073741829.802097536522113/818481321550401/?type=3&theater
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