Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Amen means hidden One


I came across http://www.iceboxpies.com/michael/ and they were trying to say, "Amen" at the end of Christian prayer is a reference to the Egyptian God Amen who is known as the god of completion and we are acknowledging another deity when we pray that way.

It got me to thinking how twisted religion has become over the years, and that I had been taught to say Amen meaning "So Be It" but how wierd it was to think that it could be referencing another religion....Did Jesus mean to teach this? So I looked it up and vie Lah (or however you spell it)
someone is trying to start rumors about religion and they have it all wrong

Check out the Truth about Egyptian God Amen



"Amen http://sobek.colorado.edu/LAB/GODS/
(Amon, Amun, Ammon, Amoun)
Amen's name means "The Hidden One." Amen was the patron deity of the city of Thebes from earliest times, and was viewed (along with his consort Amenet) as a primordial creation-deity by the priests of Hermopolis. His sacred animals were the goose and the ram.
Up to the Middle Kingdom Amen was merely a local god in Thebes; but when the Thebans had established their sovereignty in Egypt, Amen became a prominent deity, and by Dynasty XVIII was termed the King of the Gods. His famous temple, Karnak, is the largest religious structure ever built by man. According to Budge, Amen by Dynasty XIX-XX was thought of as "an invisible creative power which was the source of all life in heaven, and on the earth, and in the great deep, and in the Underworld, and which made itself manifest under the form of Ra." Additionally, Amen appears to have been the protector of any pious devotee in need.
Amen was self-created, according to later traditions; according to the older Theban traditions, Amen was created by Thoth as one of the eight primordial deities of creation (Amen, Amenet, Heq, Heqet, Nun, Naunet, Kau, Kauket).
During the New Kingdom, Amen's consort was Mut, "Mother," who seems to have been the Egyptian equivalent of the "Great Mother" archetype. The two thus formed a pair reminiscent of the God and Goddess of other traditions such as Wicca. Their child was the moon god Khons."

5 Comments:

Blogger Karen said...

It matters what is in your mind and heart to determine what it is that you're intending to worship. If you say Amen as traditionally taught (so be it), then in no way are you giving reference to the Egyptian god. And no, Jesus was not teaching to reference the Egyptian god.

July 26, 2005 8:51 PM  
Blogger Amy said...

I applaud you, Robyn, for taking the time to research something to determine it's truth. Seeking the voice of the Shepherd is a mark of a believer.

July 26, 2005 9:29 PM  
Blogger Chris said...

Hey, I thought you were not feeling religious? Looks like you got that old time feeling back. Good job. :)

July 27, 2005 5:46 AM  
Blogger MommyTaco said...

i think it's really interesting how many other important things of another religions you find in Christianity.

July 27, 2005 8:24 AM  
Blogger Avery's mom said...

I had read MLwhitt blog ealier in the day and then came across two other people saying the word Amen in a comment so I went back and still no one had really looked into it.....I had to know if this rummor was fact, if Amen really was Egyptian refference which is could be inderectly. just tickled pink to find that Amen did not mean compleation but instead 'the hidden'
kinda gave me a sense of peace realizeing that this nonsense was just silly rummor

July 27, 2005 8:48 AM  

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