It's Sunday, so I can't ask, but a version of that could be true. Although, it would be a "positive" one. Genesis was most likely told orally for many years and written down later, but if you're are familiar with the "Myth/Anti-Myth" statement you would know how different Genesis is from anything else.
Elements of Genesis are so different than other ancient, Near Eastern Creation stories that it is foolish to think the Hebrews created there own story. The Genesis account emphasized one God, unlike other Creation stories of it's time.
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That's easy, Aten (or Aton) the Sun god. As I remember the step-parents (or something like that) of King Tut (Akhenaton and Nefertiti) decided that the Sun god Aten was the only god, well basically to strip the temples of there wealth and give it to the son of the sun god (who just happened to be the pharaoh of course). His subjects didn't like that and kind of overthrew him and they returned to there polytheistic roots.
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Bryce: That's what I've been taught in Catholic school all along. The writers of Genesis had no concept of "historical accuracy" as we do today, and what Genesis says is that humans have value and are born good, which is a contradictory belief to other cultures of its time.
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That's a good question there is really 2 options which I believe are allowed by the Catholic Church 1.) is that they go to heaven period (which is my personal belief) 2. They go to place call Limbo which is place of eternal happiness, but that's not heaven (errr that teaching is kind of confusing but that is the offical teaching) While option 2 is the offical teaching, it is not a requiered to be believed by members of the Catholic Church. Of course the reason I know this and a 13 years of Catholic Education and the ability to ask them all sorts of annoying questions. He He what a waste of a good education.
Tora a question, exactly which catholic school did you/ do you go to? The only reason I ask is that I attended an annoying Catholic School (6 years of wearing a tie) and would like to know what you thought of it.
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I'm just saying that that's NOT what they teach at the local catholic school here. I know because I'm dating an alumni, who also has nieces and nephews who attend it.
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