Amun... Amen!

A long time ago, a man was born of a virgin in the likeness of God. After spreading messages of love and peace in his early life, he was betrayed by his friends and slain on a slab of wood. He was then resurrected on Earth before returning to heaven.

The man’s name isn’t Jesus. It’s Osiris, the god-man of ancient Egypt.

:) Got your attention? Read more here, in the Columbia Missourian's article on the book, "The Egyptian Origins of Christianity", by Lisa Ann Bargeman. Including about things like the etymological connections between "Amen" and the Egyptian god Amun/Amon.

While there are many clues to suggest Christianity’s roots can be traced to Greek, or Hellenic times, which began about 300 years before Christ’s birth during the development of Judaism, stories about Egyptian influences and other perceived “pagan” legends make some Christians uneasy. “The reason for such denial is that Christianity is always presented as the only true religion, the only way to salvation, and as such, it could not have borrowed anything from a religion they have dubbed heathen or pagan,” Harrison Ola Akingbade, an Anglican Christian himself, wrote in the foreword of Bargeman’s book.

So. Like I keep asking: why should God have only made Him/Herself --- in His/Her true form --- known to the Hebrews? Why should that group of people have been more special than every other civilization in Creation? Are we not *all* God's children?