Sanders' Religion Thread, Begun @ LC Forum Options

[Sanders]

e-Dog and I have decided to re-constitute this from LC. It is a thread about the 3 major religions of the world. The goal was to follow the path of each from their common origins to the present day. We (a number of LC posters and I) got as far as the begining of the First Crusade while the thread was active.

What becomes of this thread when all the copying is done is not clear. It may be just a read-only thread for the Religion topic. Or it may be left open to posting, so we can finish the journey.

[Guest_librarian_*]

Posted by: Sanders Jul 31 2006, 04:41 AM

Well, this is a discussionboard about the 9/11 hoax.

So, why not talk about the biggest one, the MEGA HOAX: which of course is

CHRISTIANITY.

Could be. Either way, Christianity created a new vessel for Abraham's one god to replace the pagan gods of Europe.

BTW if you hold that 9/11 was a pretext for a religious war, this stuff is all related...

GM10,
Jacob had 12 sons, his son Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers and sent to Egypt. Joseph, by interpreting the Pharoh's dream, predicted a long drought and advised the Pharoh to stock up on grain. The drought came just as Joseph said and the Pharoh made him Prime Minister of Egypt (there is actually some evidence this person existed, his Egyptian name was Imhotep).

During the 7 year drought Egypt was the only place that had stores of grain, and the Pharoh allowed Joseph to invite his family. They came with their wives and children, and stayed. The descendants of Joseph and his brothers made up the 12 tribes. After Moses led the Israelites (all descendents of the 12 brothers) back to Canaan and they expelled the Canaanites, Israel was split up into 12 parcels, one each was given to each of the 12 tribes. That's basically the idea. (Actually the descendants of Joseph's 2 sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, each recieved a parcel. The Levites (descendents of Levi) became the priests and were not given land, but rather a tithe from the other tribes.)

The next thing to happen in Israel is Kings David and Solomon and the building of the Temple. Then Assyria invades. But I'm curious what's going on in Arabia all this time - tell us about the Ka'ab rites? Also, does the Quran say anything about the wars in Canaan?


I can't comment on the identity of God stuff, other than to say the obvious - that the source of Judaism's, Christianity's and Islam's belief in one God is the same (Abraham). Don't let me interrupt - carry on.