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Originally Posted by Timmy
(Anybody notice the complete lack of cynicism and sarcasm in my post? )
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No. That smirking avatar fills in what you leave unsaid. (BTW... The movie Avatar is finally available to be seen on cable. Anybody see it? I can't make my youngest watch it because he feels that it's just too preachy).
And.... back on topic:
Since almost every ancient civilization identified natural forces with some god or another, it would be inevitable to find the linkage that nahoke points out. This link is a popular subject (or was) in most UPC Bible schools.
Given the proliferation of anthropomorphic deities who are identified with just about every natural force - if the God of the Bible were to do
anything, He would inevitably be seen as "opposing" this or that god.
Fact of the matter is, the Egyptian frog god didn't really play that big of a role in Egyptian society. Same with flies, locust, etc. And just how do we make the "water-into-blood" curse associate with Osiris whose most prominent symbols are the shepherd's crook and the flair - symbols of authority and administration?
I lost interest in this particular methodology back when Bro. Arlo assigned it as a topic in OT at Gateway. The theme excited him, it proved fruitless to me.
Consider: The Hebrew God decides to give the smack-down to the unruly Egyptians - so He takes out the Frog god? That'll show those leek eating Egyptians!
But in response, the Egyptians say something like,
"I didn't even know we had a Frog god!"
Frogs are icky. Too many frogs is a curse in and of itself. Given their specialized environmental needs, an over-abundance of frogs would indicate that the NATURAL order is unbalanced. The dramatic appearance of so many frogs would indicate that something is seriously wrong with the ponds and streams in your backyard.