"Besides "becoming as Gods, knowing Good and Evil", there is next to nothing to demonstrate that the author(s) possessed any esoteric knowledge of the world around them, let alone the most basic knowledge of the world around them."
Nonetheless this verce is there, indicating that the authors possesed esoteric knowledge of the world around them.
That's yet again a postulation with little to no justification.
There are numerous reasons as to why that verse is there... Perhaps because the author plagarized that verse, and the concept within it? It's clear that plenty else has been plagarized.
In the meantime, there's not nearly enough other instances of "esoteric" statements in the Bible to corroborate an esoteric train of thought from the authors, or that such a mindset was intended to be conveyed by the reader.
In the meantime, we have plenty of instances of stupidity, craziness, moral bereft, etc in the text, from Genesis to Revelations.
Pointing out 1 or 2 examples of Esoterum does not negate the dozens and perhaps even hundreds of examples of issues thru-out the texts.
I'm noticing that no one is actually commenting on the examples that I'd previously given... Does a locust have 4 legs or not? How does someone know the "high sciences", yet have no clue of the lower ones? And why should we take such a person seriously?
Why? If the Roman Church fathers are equally questionable, why not the authors of the various Biblical books? For that matter, none of us (unless you are the exception?) even know who the original authors are, and it's general concensus amongst Biblical scholars, that the names attributed to the books are not the actual authors.
This is demonstrated in the
DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS.
If you don't know the actual person who wrote any of these texts, then there's no way that their intent can be gleaned. For all we know, The Roman Church Fathers could have written all of it. Or Perhaps King James.
It's understandable that physical, mental, and spiritual ascendance is a work in progress. Most of us didn't come into the world, reading minds, levitating ourselves and other objects, etc.
Any one person as an individual is a work in progress, and so is humanity as a whole.
However, that's not the same thing as what is evidenced in the Bible. The Hebrews remained ignorant and savage from start to finish. They easily had 2000+ years to evolve on various levels, especially given the various high societies that they'd spent countless time around (aka, INVADED and CONQUERED).
However, both in the context of the story, and in actual historical accounts, they didn't evolve on iota. Where's the evidence otherwise?
Even the so-called "Masters" in the Bible, such as Jesus himself, was given to racism, misogyny, and general ignorance. And yes, I have examples of this as well.
Though there is truth to this, we must consider the reasons... How does one expect to remain "advanced", when one's home is being constantly invaded, it's residents killed and/or enslaved, etc? And by the very people we are talking about, no less?
Every invaded or conquered nation or society thru-out history has demonstrated signs of stunted mental, spiritual, economic and social growth. Why should Kemet be any different?
However, the issue at hand is the holy texts of said society's theology. Where in the PERT EM HERU, or the MAXIMS, or other Kemetic texts, do we see the utter foolishness that the Bible is rife with? Can you site some examples?
In the meantime, we clearly saw physical demonstrations of Kemetic greatness, in the form of pyramids, science, art, math, writing, etc. The same applies for the works of other civilizations as well. Thus, it balances out, where we see the best, and the "worst" of different societies.
The same cannot be said of the Hebrews, though. If they were in fact "chosen" for anything, it was to murder, rape, steal, pillage and plunder. Please demonstrate how this balances out, with their 1 or 2 Esoteric Bible verses.
You're serious with that statement???
I'm truly hoping that you're joking here with this. Why should we operate from such a postulation? What makes them "chosen"? And chosen by whom, other than themselves? The only parties making the claim of being chosen, is that party themselves.
Can we not imagine the level of ego, and Root Chakra domination, to create such a self-appointment?
Certainly the assumption is not that "God" chose them... Is that the same "God" that told them to rape thousands of women, to kill innocent children, to steal other people's entire societies, to murder people who practiced different religions? The same "God" that told them that insects have 4 legs, and that snow comes from "warehouses" in the sky??
I'm not overlooking it, the story simply makes no sense. Are you asserting that this was a historical event? If so, then the physics of the story are impossible.
Further, the story of Noah is based on Blatant Talmudic racism. You are aware of the Talmudic account of the Noah story, yes?
And also, this story is plagarized from the Sumerian Antedeluvian story. Nothing original here. Like much else of the Bible, anything of value can be found in the very texts that it was stolen from.
Another fable. The tower of Babel is nothing more than Sumerian
ZIGGURATS.
The problem with this story, is that none of the ZIGS (and btw, there were almost 20 of them, so which one was the "Tower"??) fell, or were destroyed... They merely eroded after several millenia.
Also, the story doesn't make sense, even within its own context. Contradictions abound:
In Genesis 10, we read that there were many languages prior to the Tower Of Babel:
Gen 10:5 From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language. Gen 10:20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. Gen 10:31 These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. So from this, we see that the world has easily dozens of languages, and perhaps hundreds of dialects within each.
However, within the very next chapter of Genesis, we read the exact opposite:
Gen 11:1
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.Why should I, as an intelligent person, take this seriously??
What about it? You are aware that, even the context of the story, Solomon didn't write the book by himself, yes?
What about it? Besides the fact that it's mostly and Ode to a Volcano?
What about it? You think this book is some prophecy, merely because the Powers That Be, are trying to mold and shape the world in such a way, as to make it come true?
Honestly, I don't get your point for mentioning these books and stories. They bear very little significant value.... Certainly not on the level of some "high science esoterum".
How did you come to this understanding? What is the proof for this?
I am willing to concede that the flood MYTH from Sumeria bears some metaphorical meaning, but I fail to see how the Jews fit into it, other than them plagarizing it from the Sumerians.
A wise man and wise woman. I will perhaps compose another thread, breaking down the SOS, where I clearly demonstrate that he did not write this by himself.
But in the meantime, it's well documented that "Solomon" (imaginary character that he was) plagarized this from Kemetic scripture.
Again, plagarized "wisdom". Why are we not going to the source for this wisdom, instead of continuing to go to the middle man?
Buddha spoke of looking at the ways of ants and bees, nearly a 1000 years before "Solomon" ever wrote anything about it.
Within the ancient scheme of things, the Bible, being the second-to-last "scripture" written in history, is not the oldest, and certainly not the most profound book in existence. Yet we speak of it like it is. Why?
#1) how are you coming to the the understanding that the "Lord being my rock" equates to a man's testicles? Nowhere in the entire Bible do we see any corroboration for that notion. For that matter, I'm hard-pressed to find any allusion to the male testes anywhere in the Bible.
#2) The concept of the Philosopher's Stone is a very much more recent one, in comparison to the Bible. Unless you are saying that the Bible was written in the 8th Century, then you are merely shoe-horning concepts in where they clearly do not fit.
#3) I've broken down extensively any allusions to rocks and mountains in regards to the God of the Bible in another thread. I invite you to refute that perspective.
Why? How did you arrive at these conclusions?
So, the Jews, being shephards and nomads, when they said "valleys and pastures and mountains", they couldn't have simply meant...... "Valleys and pastures and mountains"?
Really? So when "Job" (another imaginary character) writes that "God" tells him that:
Job 38:22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of the hail...
Snow and hail is stored in storehouses? Really??
Such as....?
At least we agree on this.
Yet again, in order to make such an assertion, we would have to know who actually wrote it, in order to make such supposition upon their state of consciousness.
Do you know who wrote Revelations? How do you know that it was not all a scam from the "Illuminati"?
Further, who's to say that, as I'd state previously, that the Powers That Be are not trying to bring these events into fruition?
Why do you reckon this? What is your reasoning? It sounds to me, that you are postulating, based strictly on a pre-taught dogmatic theological view. Meaning, you assuming that this view is the correct one, because you have been taught that it was correct.
This is a problem for most Bible believers. I, on the other hand, have no such compulsion.
What were the Jews chosen for? What makes them chosen by God, outside of them and their authors saying so?
I would recommend yet another book:
CHOSEN PEOPLE FROM THE CAUCASUS, by Michael Bradley.
HOTEPU