religion and spirituality

[Bud Weiss]

Simple one re the 10 commandments would be the Egyptian Book of the Dead
reviewed here. http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_10cl.htm

THere are so  many African scholars. You might start with Cheikh Anta Diop
http://www.africawithin.com/diop/diop_bio1.htm who was one of the greatest
and most brilliant historians and scientists who single handedly broke
through the dispicable myths and falsehoods previously dominating thinking
about history to demonstrate the African Origins of Civilization and of
course of Egypt which was a basically black nation despite the movies made
in hollywood to the contrary.
It was also in 1974 that Diop and Theophile Obenga collectively and soundly
reaffirmed the African origin of pharaonic Egyptian civilization at a UNESCO
sponsored symposium in Cairo, Egypt. In 1981, Diop's last major work,
Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology was published.

I am always astonished at the audacity of most Jewish Scholars to maintain
somehow that their ancestors, the original Jews or Hebrews were anything
other than Black and of African Origin despite so much ancient literature
maintaining the blackness of the Hebrews.
There was a massive conversion in Eastern Europe in the 7th and 8th century
in Kazaria for interesting political reasons based on the choice of the King
of Kazaria choosing Judaism over Islam at that time.
http://www.khazaria.com/ which accounts for a large measure of the so called
caucasian Jews. If you are interested in all this, you can read Diop and
then get into the Kazaria history. There are also the Black Jews of the
Congo whose DNA matches that of the Cohains of today. Their hebrew is the
same as mine which is ashkenasic and their prayers are largely the same ones
used in the temples I grew up in. THeir music is haunting to say the least.
THey blow the shofar from a hole in the middle of the rams horn.
Fascinating. Blessings, Bud

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Adam Blatner <ablatner at verizon.net> wrote:

>  Dear Bud,
>    As perhaps a too-amateur student of comparative religion, and
> acknowledging room for continued correction and learning, I confess that
> you've made a few assertions that deserve to be questioned.
>
>    1. You say: Take a good look at the history of organized religion and
> you see basically building power gathered in the hands of a few to control
> people and justify wars committed on the part of the powerful to gain more
> power using the poor and misguided middle classes. As General Smedley
> Darlington Butler once put it as the most highly decorated longest of
> service general in the Marines, "War is a Racket."
>         AB: that word "basically" denies the many cults that started and
> caught on, never justified wars, and there seems to be an
> over-simplification as to the many causes and functions of religion,
> spirituality, and the like. Your points are certainly partially true in many
> cases, more or less, but let us not oversimplify.
>
>    2. The Abrahamic religions that grew out of the far older African
> practices honed by the Egyptians into the 144 negative confessions as the
> guide to life.... Interesting to note that the 10 commandments are taken
> whole from the 144 negative confessions that the Egyptian priests had to
> pass in order to become part of the holy of hollies.
>        AB: I've never heard this in any sources I've encountered. What are
> your sources, please?
>
> Warmly, Adam
>



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