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Solar deities are popularly thought of as male counterparts of the lunar deity (usually female); however, sun goddesses are found on every continent (e.g. Amaterasu in Japanese belief), then paired with male lunar deities. Among the earliest records of human beliefs, the early goddesses of the Egyptian pantheon carried a sun above their head as a symbol of dignity. The sun was a major aspect of egyptian symbols and hieroglyphs, all the lunar deities of that pantheon were male deities. The cobra, the lioness, the cow-the dominant symbols of the most ancient Egyptian deities-carried their relationship to the sun atop their heads; they were female and their cults remained active throughout the history of the culture. Later a sun god was established in the eighteenth dynasty on top of the other solar deities, before the "aberration" was stamped out and the old pantheon re-established. When male deities became associated with the sun in that culture, they began as the offspring of a mother. Feminist examination of some of the earliest religions of Western cultures concluded that a sun goddess, often, driving her chariot bearing it across the sky daily. Sól is the goddess after whom the sun and Sunday are named in English.

Some mythologists, such as Brian Branston, contend that sun goddesses are more common worldwide than their male counterparts. They also claim that the belief that solar deities are primarily male is linked to the fact that a few better known mythologies (such as those of late classical Greece and late Roman mythology) rarely break from this rule, although closer examination of the earlier myths of those cultures reveal a very different distribution than the contemporary popular belief. The dualism of sun/male/light and moon/female/darkness is found in many (but not all) late southern traditions in Europe that derive from Orphic and Gnostic philosophies.

In Germanic mythology the Sun is female and the Moon is male. The corresponding Old English name is Siȝel (/ˈsɪ jel/), continuing Proto-Germanic *Sôwilô or *Saewelô. The Old High German Sun goddess is Sunna. In the Norse traditions, every day, Sól rode through the sky on her chariot, pulled by two horses named Arvak and Alsvid. Sól also was called Sunna, Sunne, and Frau Sunne, from which are derived the words, sun and Sunday.

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This coincides well with that Zeitgeist documentary that all the goons over on Joe Rogan's forum were raving about.

Zeitgeist was very entertaining. Joe Rogan has fan forums? lulz

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Some one post that on Rogan's forum LOL

Which video is that?! That isn't the same Zeitgeist movie I saw. Are there multiple versions? The one I saw , which I believe was the original, had this huge montage of war footage, and then went right into trying to debunk Jesus with astrological symbolism.

that's stupid

that's stupid

wow, finally showing your true colors. Anything is "stupid"if it doesn't follow your bible thumping ways.

Anything is "stupid"if it doesn't follow your bible thumping ways.


Not living your life the way God wants you to is stupid. We miss out on so much in life because we think we are so smart and can do things our way. Why would anyone want to do that? Wait, don't tell me I know the answer. Ignorance is bliss, but you could have so much more with relatively small sacrifice compared to what you have to gain.

so how has it worked for u evil?

and what are we missing out on?

so how has it worked for u evil?

Very rewarding, I'm not going to lie it was probably the hardest thing I have ever done, it's never easy giving up things you like and putting faith in someone other than yourself.

and what are we missing out on?

Could be anything, not my place to say.

A crab in the bucket will never know what it's like outside of the bucket. They continue to pull each other back into the bucket.

You cannot reason with that kind of mentality

god is for the insecure

and christians are the last people who should use the word "reason". unless it is to admit that they don't have any.

I useto feel that way.

if yawe created the sun on the third day; how long were the first three days?



I almost feel guilty playing logic games like this, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

God isn't confined by space time.

God isn't confined by space time.

Not quite. God can't go into hell.

Not quite. God can't go into hell.

If you have even the simplest understanding of what hell is you would realize how little sense that statement makes.

Here I found this on biblestudy.org this might help you understand.

"Q. What does the Bible say about Hell and Purgatory?

(Submitted by: Anthony)

A. The Bible does not mention "Purgatory". That realm is a construct of the Catholic Church and is not Biblical in origin.

The Hebrew word sheol is translated as "hell" in the Old Testament. It's meaning is "the common grave of mankind" and has nothing to do with the current definition of "hell", i.e., a place of "fire and brimstone" where the evil are punished throughout eternity. That definition of "hell" comes mostly from the writings of the poet Dante and his book, Inferno.

Three Greek words are translated as "hell": tartaroo, used only once in the New Testament, in 2Peter 2:4, meaning "the deepest part of hades" (see next definition); hades, which is the exact equivalent of the Hebrew sheol with the same meaning; and gehenna, which refers to the Valley of Hinnom which was located right outside the gates of Jerusalem. See Matthew 5:22, for instance. It was into this ravine that the inhabitants of Jerusalem threw their trash which they burned occasionally using "brimstone" (sulfur) to ignite and totally burn the trash. I understand from secular writings at that time that certain criminals' bodies were also tossed there after execution.

" But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca, ' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell. " (Matthew 5:22, NIV)


The Bible teaches that at the end of time, those who are incorrigibly evil and who deliberately turn away from God will be destroyed by fire in eternal punishment - a one-time punishment which is eternal, i.e., which cannot be undone. There is no Bible teaching of a place of eternal punishing as in the contemporary understanding of "hell"."

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Not quite. God can't go into hell.

You're consistently pwning yourself on a daily basis. Keep it up.

A crab in the bucket will never know what it's like outside of the bucket. They continue to pull each other back into the bucket.

You cannot reason with that kind of mentality

That is fundamentalist Christian mentality.

yep! just as you have a fundie atheist mentality.

there should be a second holocaust where a atheist hitler burns all the christians in an oven!

yep! just as you have a fundie atheist mentality.

How can you be a fundamentalist about not believing in something? It's surreal. Okay, as of now I'm fundamentally against pink elephants.

there should be a second holocaust where a atheist hitler burns all the christians in an oven!

the devil is in you!

you boys need god in your life. it will be so much better. kinda like how retards don't know they're retarded and are always smiling and drooling and hugging everyone.

yep! just as you have a fundie atheist mentality.


Who said I was an atheist? And I didn't say YOU had a fundie christian mentality, I said THAT is a fundie christian mentality. And it is.

Also, the sun keeps me warm, makes me happy, makes me feel at ease, gives me hope, that sounds alot like God to me.

http://chandra.harvard.edu/chronicle/0303/ce/sun.gif


Solar deities are popularly thought of as male counterparts of the lunar deity (usually female); however, sun goddesses are found on every continent (e.g. Amaterasu in Japanese belief), then paired with male lunar deities. Among the earliest records of human beliefs, the early goddesses of the Egyptian pantheon carried a sun above their head as a symbol of dignity. The sun was a major aspect of egyptian symbols and hieroglyphs, all the lunar deities of that pantheon were male deities. The cobra, the lioness, the cow-the dominant symbols of the most ancient Egyptian deities-carried their relationship to the sun atop their heads; they were female and their cults remained active throughout the history of the culture. Later a sun god was established in the eighteenth dynasty on top of the other solar deities, before the "aberration" was stamped out and the old pantheon re-established. When male deities became associated with the sun in that culture, they began as the offspring of a mother. Feminist examination of some of the earliest religions of Western cultures concluded that a sun goddess, often, driving her chariot bearing it across the sky daily. Sól is the goddess after whom the sun and Sunday are named in English.

Some mythologists, such as Brian Branston, contend that sun goddesses are more common worldwide than their male counterparts. They also claim that the belief that solar deities are primarily male is linked to the fact that a few better known mythologies (such as those of late classical Greece and late Roman mythology) rarely break from this rule, although closer examination of the earlier myths of those cultures reveal a very different distribution than the contemporary popular belief. The dualism of sun/male/light and moon/female/darkness is found in many (but not all) late southern traditions in Europe that derive from Orphic and Gnostic philosophies.

In Germanic mythology the Sun is female and the Moon is male. The corresponding Old English name is Siȝel (/ˈsɪ jel/), continuing Proto-Germanic *Sôwilô or *Saewelô. The Old High German Sun goddess is Sunna. In the Norse traditions, every day, Sól rode through the sky on her chariot, pulled by two horses named Arvak and Alsvid. Sól also was called Sunna, Sunne, and Frau Sunne, from which are derived the words, sun and Sunday.

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if nothing else, it explains to me "spontaneous human combustion"

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hahaha...that is more like it!!! Hello, GOD...

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