<!--QuoteBegin-agnivayu+Nov 7 2008, 09:27 AM-->QUOTE(agnivayu @ Nov 7 2008, 09:27 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Abrahamic religions have extensive Egyptian influence. Remember the whole concept of monotheism comes from a Egyptian Pharaoh, Akhenaten.Â
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IMO, we cannot immediately condemn Egyptians/Jews as originatiing the theological phenomenon. Same arguments have been used against Zoroastrian"ism", Vedanta, Buddh"ism", Sikhi, and so on. These latter cases are definitely back-projections and selective viewing of Orthopraxic traditions through an Orthodox lens. Also, we do not gain anything by condemning these non-entities of Judaism and Atenism, while the real (western) colonial project remains unscrutinized.
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IMO, we cannot immediately condemn Egyptians/Jews as originatiing the theological phenomenon. Same arguments have been used against Zoroastrian"ism", Vedanta, Buddh"ism", Sikhi, and so on. These latter cases are definitely back-projections and selective viewing of Orthopraxic traditions through an Orthodox lens. Also, we do not gain anything by condemning these non-entities of Judaism and Atenism, while the real (western) colonial project remains unscrutinized.