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"Vic Sagerquist" |
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16 Jun 2005 11:59:28 AM |
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OT: Safe to deny Tut's afterlife? |
http://tinyurl.com/crknz
"None of this was meant to be seen ever again by anyone but King Tut in
his afterlife. But as the objects in this colleciton are seen by thousands
of people, they give Tut the immortality he believed he would have."
This agrees with my concept of immortality - living forever in the
memories of others, or the annals of history. I wonder how long it will
be before this reality is accepted for people who have died recently, like
the pope. Tut was dead for over 3300 years...
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Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
Plonked by Jason Gastrich for all eternity...
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As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.
--- Hunter S. Thompson
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Safe to deny Tut's afterlife? |
16 Jun 2005 12:36:04 PM |
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Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
news:Xns967765B6A9093vicman@127.0.0.1:
http://tinyurl.com/crknz
"None of this was meant to be seen ever again by anyone but King Tut
in his afterlife. But as the objects in this colleciton are seen by
thousands of people, they give Tut the immortality he believed he
would have."
Someone said that the Egyptians believed that whenever someone said
their names, they would live again in the afterlife. I remember thinking
that Tut had acheived his immortality.
This agrees with my concept of immortality - living forever in the
memories of others, or the annals of history. I wonder how long it
will be before this reality is accepted for people who have died
recently, like the pope. Tut was dead for over 3300 years...
But how rare it is for an individual to be remembered even a century
after they're dead, much less millennia.
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"Metaphysics is almost always an attempt to prove
the incredible by an appeal to the unintelligible."
[H.L. Mencken, "Prejudices"]
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| User: "Misleart Chuff" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Safe to deny Tut's afterlife? |
17 Jun 2005 03:45:30 PM |
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"Fred Stone" <fstone69@earthling.com> wrote in message
news:1118943374.feb160596cebeebf479024ce879c43d9@teranews...
: Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
: news:Xns967765B6A9093vicman@127.0.0.1:
:
: > http://tinyurl.com/crknz
: >
: > "None of this was meant to be seen ever again by anyone but King
Tut
: > in his afterlife. But as the objects in this colleciton are seen
by
: > thousands of people, they give Tut the immortality he believed he
: > would have."
: >
:
: Someone said that the Egyptians believed that whenever someone said
: their names, they would live again in the afterlife. I remember
thinking
: that Tut had acheived his immortality.
:
: > This agrees with my concept of immortality - living forever in the
: > memories of others, or the annals of history. I wonder how long
it
: > will be before this reality is accepted for people who have died
: > recently, like the pope. Tut was dead for over 3300 years...
: >
:
: But how rare it is for an individual to be remembered even a century
: after they're dead, much less millennia.
Have no fear, when _you're_ gone, you'll be forgotten quickly.
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Safe to deny Tut's afterlife? |
17 Jun 2005 09:29:04 AM |
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Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Vic Sagerquist <address@withheld.com> wrote in
http://tinyurl.com/crknz
"None of this was meant to be seen ever again by anyone but King Tut
in his afterlife. But as the objects in this colleciton are seen by
thousands of people, they give Tut the immortality he believed he
would have."
Someone said that the Egyptians believed that whenever someone said
their names, they would live again in the afterlife. I remember thinking
that Tut had acheived his immortality.
So has Amen, which Tut used at the end of his own name and which
Christians and Jews still use today at the end of their prayers...
This agrees with my concept of immortality - living forever in the
memories of others, or the annals of history. I wonder how long it
will be before this reality is accepted for people who have died
recently, like the pope. Tut was dead for over 3300 years...
But how rare it is for an individual to be remembered even a century
after they're dead, much less millennia.
Much more rare in the distant past when most people couldn't read or
write, and before the printing press, don't you think?
--
Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
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| User: "Misleart Chuff" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Safe to deny Tut's afterlife? |
17 Jun 2005 03:57:02 PM |
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"Elroy Willis" <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote in message
news:ttm5b19q9bp81vfj7228lmfdbuel0l59fn@4ax.com...
: Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com> wrote in alt.atheism
[snip]
: > Someone said that the Egyptians believed that whenever someone
said
: > their names, they would live again in the afterlife. I remember
thinking
: > that Tut had acheived his immortality.
:
: So has Amen, which Tut used at the end of his own name and which
: Christians and Jews still use today at the end of their prayers...
While I haven't recently gone to any serious effort to dig this up, a
quick google makes this look silly. Or are you just pulling
dingleberry's leg?
: > But how rare it is for an individual to be remembered even a
century
: > after they're dead, much less millennia.
:
: Much more rare in the distant past when most people couldn't read or
: write, and before the printing press, don't you think?
Word of mouth (stories passed on down the line), plus better trained
memories (at least one study recently {?} shows that learning to read
early seems to interfere with learning to retain info well). On the
other hand, knowledge of specific individuals would have generally
remained limited to regions near the individual.
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Safe to deny Tut's afterlife? |
18 Jun 2005 09:57:31 AM |
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Misleart Chuff <misleart@ameritech.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote in message
Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Someone said that the Egyptians believed that whenever someone
said their names, they would live again in the afterlife. I remember
thinking that Tut had acheived his immortality.
So has Amen, which Tut used at the end of his own name and which
Christians and Jews still use today at the end of their prayers...
While I haven't recently gone to any serious effort to dig this up, a
quick google makes this look silly. Or are you just pulling
dingleberry's leg?
You must not have done very much research, else you wouldn't be
questioning the idea.
--
Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
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