The true Gods

[Tutankhheru]

I am new to the forum and it is nice to see other people who believe in the religion of the Ancient Egyptians.

I just became aware of a group called The Temple of Set. To me they sound like a group of Satanists that took our God Set and turned him into a character more like Apep. I understand that the Jews, christians and others have taken and adapted our religion but in my opinion this is rediculous. Apep is more like Satan than Set to me.

What do you all think?

 

[enchanted_one1975]

Welcome to RF! I am sorry I didn't see your post sooner. I have talked to many Setians here on RF. They even have their own directory here. I don't see their view of Set to be disrespectful in any way. What is important is how you view Him.

 

[Breathe]

Whilst this is a DIR, I thought I would still extend my welcome.

 

[Tutankhheru]

Thank you

 

[Yona]

I understand that the Jews, christians and others have taken and adapted our religion but in my opinion this is rediculous.

How have Jews taken and adoped 'your' religion?

Also, how are you a 'kemetic' 'Jew'?

 

[Rainbow Mage]

I think Setians don't see it as being disrespectful of Set. They consider Set like the ultimate power, the strong male, so to Set that wouldn't be disrespectful, but yes, it is a perversion of the Kemetic view. Also, I agree with Yona, I don't think Judaism and Kemeticism are that related.

 

[Jacksnyte]

I am new to the forum and it is nice to see other people who believe in the religion of the Ancient Egyptians.

I just became aware of a group called The Temple of Set. To me they sound like a group of Satanists that took our God Set and turned him into a character more like Apep. I understand that the Jews, christians and others have taken and adapted our religion but in my opinion this is rediculous. Apep is more like Satan than Set to me.

What do you all think?

The Temple of Set originally splintered off from the Church of Satan, and until recent years considered themselves a further development along the same path as LaVeyan Satanism.

 

[EyeofOdin]

As a heathen, I view set in a similar fashion to Loki.

Most heathens don't particularly like Loki and make him a Nordic Satan. I disagree entirely. This is an Abrahamic concept. Loki, I feel, is yes the breaker of worlds, but this is a necessary part of the cosmos. How can things live without death? How can we eat a hamburger without killing a cow?

Trickster and Chaotic deities seem to me like gods of change, transformation, chaos and ultimately rebirth, because it's in that rebirth where new life flourishes. A corps is full of life. Maggots, bacteria, fungi, scavengers etc. and plants live off of those corpses by way of the nutrients in the ground from that corps.

 

[GoodbyeDave]

For a view of the Temple of Set from the late Isaac Bonewits, see
The Enemies of Our Enemies
My Satanic Adventure

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

For a view of the Temple of Set from the late Isaac Bonewits, see
The Enemies of Our Enemies
My Satanic Adventure

He's not exactly an unbiased source, is he? That's just him ranting.