Atheists, etc. Tell me what you think of this?

Question

'Not have I despised the god...Not have I killed...Not have I fornicated...Not have I despoiled the thing of the god...not have I defiled the wife of a man...Not have I cursed the god...Not have I borne false witness'.
- Egyptian Book of the Dead (Comings and Goings Forth By Day)

Moses is abandoned in a basket by his mother, left to float in a stream among the reeds (generally attributed to Sargon I), raised by a wealthy Egyptian family and educated by tutors.

What might he have learned from his boyhood school lessons, that he would later claim he got from a burning bush on a mountain?

Any guesses?

Am I possibly onto something here?

I understand what you are saying Reverend, but even if the stories originated from the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt and the stories were reworked, it still leaves room for my basic premise, with or without a literal Moses, but within the context of the story, however modified.

Answer 1

The Egyptians treated him well and his god(s) killed the egyptians. Go figure.

Answer 2

While I wouldn't dispute the connection between the religion of Moses and other near-eastern faiths, most of the Mosaic religion was distinctly Babylonian, refined during the Captivity, and took shape nearly 1000 years after the time of the actual Moses.

But there is a stronger connection between the Egyptian religion and Christianity... strong enough to prompt accusations that Jesus had been an Egyptian mageia. Some scholars think that Matthew described the flight into Egypt in an attempt to deflect this accusation, insinuating that Jesus had been to Egypt, but only as a child.

The Book of Revelation, for example, refers to Jesus as the Bright and Morning Star, echoing similar sentiments expressed in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Answer 3

He learned how to govern a nation, and later would become, what pictured, the Head of the Supreme Court. This is called the Justice System. A mountain signifies a ruling nation, so Moses would have got a picture of a certain type of government, through the burning bush.

Answer 4

Sounds like a greek story.... heard it somewhere in greek mythologies.

Had you read the Egyptian Book of the Sun too? They are the two books of ancient Egyptian religion of the god Ra and Anubis.

I had not read the Book of the dead though......

Answer 5

I definitely see where you are going here, but how can you make the correlation between the quote there and Moses?

There's no evidence outside the Bible of a man named Moses even existing.

Answer 6

Moses was taught by his real mother, who became his nurse for the Egyptian princess. He learned the Jewish law from an early age, before he was taught by the pagans. He truly was living in 2 worlds and thus the troubles he had later when he killed an Egyptian solider for beating a Jewish slave. His loyalties may have been divided at times, but I don't think so. Essentially, he knew he was a Jew and he knew what that meant.

Answer 7

sorry pal, biblical scholars are way ahead of you on this one...i read about this supposition a very long time ago...and, i happen to agree with the scholars, archeologists, bible experts and egyptologists that developed this very convincing argument for the 'moses got the ten commandments idea' from his days in egypt and now, i agree with you too!...

Answer 8

To inject into ones teachings one should stand clear to see all that he can see.
In simply teachings, Is it any lesser of me to stand by and watch you do harm when it does not inflict apon me?
If you denounce God and all of what he is, does it really hurt him, or does it hurt you? If you slap a hand held out to you in hope to rescue you. When you really need a hand, will it still be there?
If you had to weigh out of all the thing you have become would you want these things in someone else that you had to trust?
How far would that trust really go?
Would it not be better to improve upon in hope of trust that one day there would be others you could trust?

Answer 9

You've got it! The 10 Egyptian commandments...paraphrased and emphasized for your pleasure!

Answer 10

Bless you, father. I have always felt that jesus, during his lost period in the desert, might have gone to India and discovered buddhism. Many of his ideas and lessons, which were relatively new to jewish society, were basic principles of buddhism.