Theos-Talk Archives (July 1999 Message tt00006)

<< 1.  If we examine them historically we will find that they form a sequence,
 as one grows out of the earlier one. >>

I definitely agree with you there. All religions grow in some kind of a 
sequence. I've often wondered, also, if part of that sequence doesn't skip 
through time, not just forward, but possibly in a spiral.

Just last night, I found a prayer that was "said to be used about 150 years 
before" Jesus's time. I thought you might recognize it. It comes at the end 
of Chapter 23 of "The First Book of Adam and Eve, also called, The Conflict 
of Adam and Eve with Satan" (work of unknown Egyptians, originally written in 
Arabic, translated into Ethiopic), one of the books published in the volume, 
THE FORGOTTEN BOOKS OF EDEN, edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr.:

Adam and Eve, Chapter 23, verse 9:

    And Adam began to make more requests unto God. 
    Our Father, Who art in Heaven, be gracious unto us, O Lord our God, 
hallowed be Thy Name, and let the remembrance of Thee be glorified in Heaven 
above and upon earth here below.
    Let Thy kingdom reign over us now and forever. The Holy Men of old said 
remit and forgive unto all men whatsoever they have done unto me. And lead us 
not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil thing; for Thine is the 
kingdom and Thou shalt reign in glory forever and forevermore, AMEN.

The comment with the prayer says, "original of the Lord's Prayer said to be 
used about 150 years before Our Lord." This is definitely a case where 
something that most people consider 100% Christian comes from a non-Christian 
source.

John (www.God.Loves.Someone.net) Knoderer
Multidenominational Cafeterealist
	Multidenominational: I believe every faith worships the same God
	Cafeteria: Just because I don't take the spinach doesn't mean
		the spinach is wrong. It's still right for someone else.
	Realist: It's not realistic that 70% of the world is wrong simply
		because they disagree with the 30% that's Christian.

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