Wow! I didn't know about this story. Thanks for sharing!
Also, I noticed that the article mentions parallels with the biblical story of Joseph (along with a couple of others), which I also find very interesting. :)
Akhenaten is a fascinating historical figure.
Yes, his mummy was found (although some dispute whether it is him).
He was considered a heretic for elevating the Aten (an aspect of the sun god, Ra) to the supreme deity and declaring all other gods false. After his death, his own son (King...
I agree with you that this is an issue of religious freedom.
People should be free to speak with chaplains of their own faiths.
This discrimination is not right and reflects a prejudice against minority (especially non-Abrahamic) religions.
I don't know, honestly.
Theologically, I'm a little rusty as it's not my scripture anymore.
It seems to be a bit of a mixed message.
I will say that when I was Christian, I was Trinitarian, and so I viewed them as ultimately the same.
I had always understood it as being the name of Jesus (as per John 14:1-15) which had already been exalted by Paul in his Epistle to the Philippians roughly 30 - 50 years prior (Philippians 2:9-10).
Well, I'm sorry to see you go before really having many conversations with you, but I can understand why you are choosing to.
I may eventually go that route as well. I wish you all the best!
Nonviolence is a position that I respect. I once considered it a guiding philosophy for my life based on the teachings of Jesus and inspiration from others such as Mahatma Gandhi. I no longer personally espouse this fully, but I can respect it.
To me, the enemy is not the human, it is the...
The way I see it, sometimes in order to continue living, you must use force.
I don't think that fighting someone necessarily means that you hate them.
How do you define "enemy"?
His name is not "God".
"The Lord" is an English translation of "Adonai".
"Baal" also means "The Lord".
Would you call upon your God as "my Baal"?
I'm assuming not.
In a more abstract sense, my enemies are not other people.
My enemies are thought patterns and behaviors - both my own and those of others.
However, in practice, I do oppose behaviors that I view as harmful.
In opposing those behaviors, do I make an enemy of those actions alone, or does that...
Thousands of examples of Akkadian cuneiform have been recovered from this era on everything from daily affairs (such as marriages, tax records, etc) to official royal decrees.
Cylinders of Nabonidus - Wikipedia
Cyrus Cylinder - Wikipedia
We even know of a wealthy landowning family who had...
First off, welcome to the forum! I've been pretty inactive this year so far, so this is the first post of yours that I've seen.
This is probably my favorite period of history, and this topic is especially interesting to me.
It means a lot to me to meet a fellow history nerd. Thanks for...