Ten Commandments - Are they taken from Egypt's Principles of Ma'at?

[TheImmortal]

There are some indications that "the Ten Commandments, eight of them at least, were taken from the Egyptian Principles of Ma’at written at least 2000 years earlier." Various subsets of these principles have been found in the tombs and inscriptions of ancient Egypt.

According to the Torah, Moses spent a significant amount of time in the Egyptian court and this suggests that he may have been familiar with these Principles.


http://www.lightwear.co.uk/42-princi...-commandments/

[sky]

Originally Posted by TheImmortal

There are some indications that "the Ten Commandments, eight of them at least, were taken from the Egyptian Principles of Ma’at written at least 2000 years earlier." Various subsets of these principles have been found in the tombs and inscriptions of ancient Egypt.

According to the Torah, Moses spent a significant amount of time in the Egyptian court and this suggests that he may have been familiar with these Principles.


http://www.lightwear.co.uk/42-princi...-commandments/

Or mybe the Hittites.

[TheImmortal]

Originally Posted by sky123

Or maybe the Hittites.

Do you have a link supporting a possible Hittite connection to the Ten Commandments ?

[sky]

chr_10ck.htmQUOTE=TheImmortal]Do you have a link supporting a possible Hittite connection to the Ten Commandments ?[/quote]


There is lots of info: out there, I don't have links as I read a few different ones last year while finding out about various stories in the bible being copied from previous pagan religions.Just google....

[sky]

http://debatingchristianity.com/foru...c.php?p=247925


You might find this link interesting.

[TheImmortal]

Originally Posted by sky123

http://debatingchristianity.com/foru...c.php?p=247925


You might find this link interesting.

Thank you very much. I found it very interesting. I had suspected as much, but your linked article sums it up quite nicely.

Thanks again.

EXCERPT:

"Everything in the christian bible was taken from Ancient Pagan Texts that pre-dated it by thousands of years. This has been proven time and time again, and is becoming harder and harder for christians to deny."

[sky]

Originally Posted by TheImmortal

Thank you very much. I found it very interesting. I had suspected as much, but your linked article sums it up quite nicely.

Thanks again.

EXCERPT:

"Everything in the christian bible was taken from Ancient Pagan Texts that pre-dated it by thousands of years. This has been proven time and time again, and is becoming harder and harder for christians to deny."

Glad you enjoyed it

[ObServant]

Originally Posted by TheImmortal

EXCERPT:

"Everything in the christian bible was taken from Ancient Pagan Texts that pre-dated it by thousands of years. This has been proven time and time again, and is becoming harder and harder for christians to deny."

Everything? Even the crucifixion, Paul's letters, the acts of the apostles?

I'm no Christian (neither am I Jewish) but I urge anyone to exercise the same caution when reading articles on the internet as they do when reading the bible.

[TheImmortal]

Originally Posted by ObServant

Everything? Even the crucifixion, Paul's letters, the acts of the apostles?

I'm no Christian (neither am I Jewish) but I urge anyone to exercise the same caution when reading articles on the internet as they do when reading the bible.

Your point is well taken and, in retrospect, I am stunned that I used that particular quote from the article. In my haste to post a quick response, I took a summary line from the article without reflecting on the poor choice of words when taken out of context.

In any case, the article was clearly in reference to SOME of the Judaic scriptures that have been embraced by Christianity. That is the thrust of the article whose link was provided by the other poster. My original post was directed at the Ten Commandments specifically and the subsequent poster merely brought up examples where other parts of the Judaic scriptures may also have been taken from more ancient sources.

Thanks for raising your very valid point. There is an expression, "Act in haste, repent in leisure", and, unfortunately, that is exactly what I have done.