Chrisitians: Did you know that "Amen" really refers to the Egyptian God Amen-Ra?

Question

You really should stop saying it if you are a true Christian.

http://assemblyoftrueisrael.com/Documents/WordsandtermsintheScriptures.html

It does not mean "so be it". That's what you have been told but it is not true.

Answer 1

It means, "Yes" or "so be it" today. that is good enough for me. God knows our hearts.

"Behold I make all things new"-Jesus our Redeemer. He redeems everything, Even pagan holidays

Answer 2

You need to study more on the originals of the word.

This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev. 3:14). In Isa. 65:16, the Authorized Version has "the God of truth," which in Hebrew is "the God of Amen." It is frequently used by our Saviour to give emphasis to his words, where it is translated "verily." Sometimes, only, however, in John's Gospel, it is repeated, "Verily, verily." It is used as an epithet of the Lord Jesus Christ (Rev. 3:14). It is found singly and sometimes doubly at the end of prayers (Ps. 41:13; 72:19; 89:52), to confirm the words and invoke the fulfilment of them. It is used in token of being bound by an oath (Num. 5:22; Deut. 27:15-26; Neh. 5:13; 8:6; 1 Chr. 16:36). In the primitive churches it was common for the general audience to say "Amen" at the close of the prayer (1 Cor. 14:16). The promises of God are Amen; i.e., they are all true and sure (2 Cor. 1:20).

Answer 3

Such foolishness. It is a Hebrew word (aleph, mem, nun) which means "So be it." They should pronounce it correctly (aw-mane) but that's beside the point.

That there is a pagan god with a name that is the same doesn't change anything. This is just stupidity.

I have had to battle other believers over this same ignorance. Could you please get your facts straight before opening your mouth and making yourself look foolish.

If you want to get really stupid your next question should be "Christians: Did you know that "God" really refers to a pagan deity Gad (no vowels in the Hebrew)? You should really stop using it.

Go change your bib. Your drooling excessively

MEATBOT - Where did you learn Hebrew? What is your source for such a claim as it does not mean so be it? We are to believe you over scholars who have studied the languages and have written lexicons? Are you really so anti christian that you won't even believe scholars? Who is showing ignorance now? Who is denying facts now? I rest my case. You atheist don't really care about truth. You are only here to attack and ridicule people for their beliefs and morals when by your own admission they would be morals and beliefs that have evolved in our society and within ourselves. You make a lie of your whole philosphy of life by attacking others for their beliefs.

Answer 4

Amen : Hebrew, meaning 'let it be so'. It is a plea to God for a response to prayer, an affirmation of what will be done by God, a 'Yes' to God's vision, a statement of confidence in God, and even (especially in African-American and Pentecostal circles) a celebration of what will come from God, even before God gives it. It also has an adverbial form that means 'truly' or 'it is so'.

Answer 5

Yes I knew that. Also, that most of the holiday's celebrated by people of most religions are festival days of older more ancient culture's. Like the pagans, epyptians, and any other pagan religion out there. Also, the celebration of jc's birthday on the 25th day of december was acutally Mithra's birthday long before the xains took that date for themselves..
If you or anyone else would look deeper into this then they would see that almost all of the religions of the world today are just a repackaged form of some other religion that has died out.

Answer 6

Meh, I doubt they see that as problematic. Christianity is rife with symbols and phrases from cultures that it took over in. The celtic cross is a good example, St. Patrick combined pagan symbols with the cross to convert the pagans. In this case, there was a strong tradition of Christianity in Egypt, especially in Alexandria, which still contains some of the oldest and most historically accurate Christian writings. It's not surprising that they took that phrase and incorporated it, there is long precedent of that sort of thing.

Answer 7

First of all, why are you asking Christians -- this is a Hebrew word. Perhaps you should have asked the Jews this question.

According to Wikipedia: "In Judaism, it is taught in the Midrash, as well as the Talmud(sanhedrin) that the word Amen is an acronym for אל (’El) מלך (melekh) נאמן (ne’eman), meaning "God, King [who is] Trustworthy." The word itself is related to the Hebrew word emuna or "faith" with the same linguistic root, implying that one is affirming with, and of, "the faith" of Judaism (and its belief in Monotheism).

In traditional and modern Jewish liturgy, "Amen" is a word often used by a congregation as a way to affirm and subscribe to the words uttered previously by whoever leads the prayer.

The word Amen is sometimes preceded by v'Imru (Hebrew: ואמרו), often in Kaddish, which means "and now say (plural)", signaling to the congregation to respond together, "Amen".

Jews usually pronounce the word as it is pronounced in Hebrew: "ah-MAIN.""

Answer 8

Dear Friend

Amen is Aramaic/Hebrew for God who is trustworthy, and is said at the end of all Christian prayer.

e.g.

Psalm 106:48
Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD.

The god you are thinking of was Amun Ra.

God Bless

Answer 9

amen Look up amen at Dictionary.com
O.E., from L.L. amen, from Gk. amen, from Heb., "truth," used adverbially as an expression of agreement (e.g. Deut. xxvii.26, I Kings i.36; cf. Mod.Eng. verily, surely, absolutely in the same sense), from Sem. root a-m-n "to be trustworthy, confirm, support." Used in O.E. only at the end of Gospels, otherwise translated as Soðlic! or Swa hit ys, or Sy!. As an expression of concurrence after prayers, it is recorded from c.1230. Amen is a derivative from the Hebrew verb aman "to strengthen" or "Confirm".

Answer 10

Amen is a hebrew word that is "used to express solemn ratification of faith or hearty approval of an assertion ".

Amen-Ra? .... do you mean Amun-Ra originally imn, which means hidden one.

The Christians arent the greatest, but no need to pick on them

Answer 11

The ten commandments were also based on the 42 Confessions and denials. Alot of the OT comes from Egypt and Babylon. Gilgamesh climbed a mountain, spoke to the Gods and came down with law of morals.Sound familiar?