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Same for the sun. Why not worship Ra?

• globular-toast 6mo ago
  I find sun worship far more understandable than old white dude in the sky worship. I mean, the sun literally gives us all life.
• dpark 6mo ago
  Lots of evidence for the Sun. Less so Ra.
  • kjkjadksj 6mo ago
    Seems the scientific evidence has just been proving existence of Ra in a round about way. The idea of Ra being the source of life is actually supported by the scientific evidence. The egyptians only seemed to have mischaracterized the nature of the sun perhaps, but not its effects on the planet or its role in life. Which is interesting.
    • dpark 6mo ago
      > Seems the scientific evidence has just been proving existence of Ra in a round about way. The existence of the sun is pretty well established. The existence of a deity associated with the sun has quite a bit less scientific backing. > The egyptians only seemed to have mischaracterized the nature of the sun perhaps, but not its effects on the planet or its role in life. Which is interesting. I find ancient mythology interesting, but it's not surprising that ancient Egyptians knew that the sun gave life. You don't need to understand the mechanism to see that plants need sunlight to thrive and herbivores eat plants for energy and so on.