I'd like to bring someone to your attention...?

Question

This is a man who claimed that his father was a god.

He performed 'miracles' : he was responsible for causing the river nile to flood year after year, over his entire time on earth he must have saved literally millions of people from starvation

He single handedly slew 20,000 enemy warriors and turned a rout into a great victory by his divine intervention.

This man was called ramesses, and we know about his exploits because his friends and followers wrote this remarkable storey down, and sent it all over the known world.

He was born circa 1303BC, and is referenced by many other historians and historical sources. His existence is historical fact.

Now that you know of this great man, who himself was revealed to be a god upon his death, you can worship him appropriately. Right?

Answer 1

Isn't it sacrilegious to name a condom after our God? Or is that why we call out his name during sex?

Seriously though you bring up a good point. Christianity's dirty little secret is the suggestion they plagiarized large portions of Jesus' life from older god and goddess stories. (This could be a bigger scandal than the Da Vinci code.)

There are dozens of pagan gods that predated Jesus. Dozens supposedly shared similar narratives to Jesus: born of virgins on 12/25, died and were resurrected after 3 days, had 12 disciples, etc. A few of the most prominent:

- Horus: 3000 BC (Egypt)
- Attis: 1200 BC (Greece)
- Krishna: 900 BC (India)
- Dionysus: 200 AD (Greece)
- Mithra: 1200 BC (Persia)

If you like this kind of stuff, here's a video that explains it in more detail: http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-8461754114455236037&q=zeitgeist&total=628&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3 It's 26 minutes long but worth it. (Link may be down. Sorry)

Answer 2

No-one's disputing the historical existence of Ramses; however, the Egyptian religion only believed Pharaohs to be divine, which is somewhat different from Ramses' divinity being 'revealed'. The religion lasted for quite a while before it died when Egypt lost its power. The same is true of the Roman and Greek religions. In fact, looking around there have been religions all over the world that have simply disappeared. Who's to say that those currently in vogue won't go the same way?

Answer 3

All Pharaoh's were believed to be divine by the people in order to keep them in line. If you didn't believe, guess what...you were executed and thrown to those big crocs in the nile.
King Tutankhamen was also Pharaoh and we still have his body...because he really wasn't divine.

In the Bible it is written how Pharaoh's sorcerers tested their magics against God's through Moses, and the sorcerer's tricks could not contend with the one true God and His miracles.

Not only were Egyptian kings supposed to be gods...but the Japanese Emperors, such as Hirohito during WW2 was also thought to be a god...the divine emperor...he turned out to be just another man.

Kim Jong Il...also thought to be a god...yet he can't feed his people.

so many men who claim to be god, but can't follow through on their claims.

Answer 4

Yeah sure.

Oh wait, I forgot. The christian god, wrote a book about himself, and inspired others to write as well. That god said I'm not allowed. Something about him being a jealous god....? Not sure how christian like that is, but he did say it.

Did Ramses also state we were not allowed to worship other god/gods?

Answer 5

Nope, wrong.
I know a bit about ramses, and he was a mighty man.
But that is the word to remember.
MAN
So, no i won't worship him.
Ariel
)O(

Answer 6

Hail Ramses the Great.

Answer 7

Time to slip one of those Ramses on. You rock. Solid.

Answer 8

Rammeses as a god? Perhaps stargate is his gospel too!

Answer 9

Doesn't the bible even mention ramesses?

I have heard the name before.

Answer 10

Did he reconcile man with God?