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Insight to others around us!

Islamic Belief in the Afterlife
Islamic folklore features legends, doctrines, and suppositions regarding the greatest of human mysteries - life after death.
By Daniel C. Peterson and William J. Hamblin
http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/040308afterlife.html

Teotihuacán: City of the Birth of the Gods
Twenty-five miles northeast of Mexico City lay one of the greatest archaeological sites of the New World, the fabled Teotihuacán.
By Daniel C. Peterson and William J. Hamblin
http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/040301city.html

The Sibylline Oracles of Ancient Rome
There was a legend in ancient Rome about a set of nine books which contained a predestined history of the Roman people; the Sibylline Oracles are some of these prophecies.
By Daniel C. Peterson and William J. Hamblin
http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/040209rome.html

Ziggurats: Temple Platforms of Ancient Mesopotamia
Could the Tower of Bable have been a ziggurat? Symbolically the ziggurat represents the cosmic mountain on which the gods dwell.
By Daniel C. Peterson and William J. Hamblin
http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/040112zuggurats.html

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the links!

[unspun]

Thanks, r. Interesting stuff. The reader may be interested in the Scriptural understanding of what may be known of God (and what responsibility we have to Him) whether or not a person has been taught from the Scriptures and about the eternal Word made Flesh.

(Romans 1 & 2 recommended)

[unspun]

" In the fifth year of his reign (1348 BC), Akhenaten made a formal break with the ancient traditional religion of Egypt, changing his name from his former throne-name, Amenhotep IV, to his new religious title Akhen-aten, 'the glory of the [sun] disk.'"

BTW, once again... no presumed scientific conclusions, but the historical coincidence of an apparent contact with believing Children of Israel and an outbreak of 'monotheism...'

1754 BC - 1504 BC  Joseph in Egypt
1504 BC - 1254 BC  Exodus

from:   http://agards-bible-timeline.com/timeline_online.html

[BlackVeil]

Akhenaten’s personal religious and mystical feelings are remarkably preserved in his famous "Hymn to Aten," with its extraordinary parallels to biblical Psalm 104. "How manifold are thy works!" writes Akhenaten. "They are hidden from the sight of men, O Sole God, like unto whom there is no other!"

Fascinating. Thanks for posting.