I guess if we want to examine this in a different light we could take a route of looking at the supposed " decrees of En-lil "
They were the supposed duties / attributes { although poorly understood } of the ruling priestly kings in Sumeria, which the later Abrahamic religions borrowed
Let's...
Really Tom ?
Would you like to start a thread to debate me on the history of mathematics in the Fertile Crescent ?
It happens to be my forte, especially mathematical astronomy dating back 6,000 years
If there is anybody kidding himself, it would be the person who lacks the education necessary...
Yeah, but you see, religion comes from the blend of astrolatry and astrology { mainly }, and both of those come out of the pure mathematical astronomy practiced in Sumeria thousands of years ago by the ruling priest-kings
Back when science and math formed the very foundations of life in the...
Reality:
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter
Ever try an isolation tank ?
Your mind will dissociate from your body { seemingly }, but the brain is still working, it's just the illusion that comes when there is no sensory input and the mind does not know where to perceive itself
With a principled study, you can show that there seems to be a " holy spirit " associated with the ruling lineages that date all the way back to the priestly stations in Sumerian city-states
I know that's " blasphemous " for some of you to consider, but seriously get a grip and read a few...
Well, might as well toss some other reasons on the pile, Tom
" My hair doesn't brush itself "
" My lawn doesn't cut itself "
" I have to work a job "
" I stub my toes "
" I have to excrete bodily waste daily through hole/s in my skin "
Therefore non-existent God is a bad designer because life...
designed ?
well, perhaps if you consider that mathematics of reality pre-existed everything, and that evolution is just another manifestation of God's hand, you might say that
I certainly don't buy the argument that because our bodies are " not better designed " that we are not the product of...
My interest is mainly in Sumerian and Akkadian, and not mythology, but mathematical astronomy
I really have no interest in mythology, it's something born on the tail end of pure mathematics in Sumeria, it belongs in the same box as astrolatry and astrology
" after the kingship descended from heaven "
So are you suggesting some alternates for the diĝir ?
I would find that most interesting in light of the roles of the priestly stations " en-lil " and " en-ki " in the garden of the " gods ", as read alternately says " garden of the stars "
..a...
Hello Native, thanks for the interest
The context , ...the context
Well, I see you are looking for some sort of cosmological significance here ?
My own studies are specifically in the history of the mathematics and terminologies used for astronomy in the ruling priesthoods
I'd like to...
So many wows, I gosh a lot, so much intimidation and wrinkled feels
So, anyway
Even such a basic source as Wikipedia clearly states
" As one degree is 1360 of a circle, one minute of arc is 121600 of a circle (or, in radians, π10800). These sexagesimal (base 60) units originated in...
Given the fact that the ancients referred to the skies as " the seas " I don't think it's all that strange
Not in one bit
The phases of the moon were the " floodwaters " rising up and submerging it, then receding again to reveal it
These topics are not that difficult to understand...
Lol, you haven't debunked a damn thing, and truthfully your arrogance is going to turn out quite amusing
I asked you a simple question about the notations used in mathematical astronomy that Abraham, the builder of the Kaaba according to tradition would have learned in Ur, Babylonia, from...
There is the definition from the ePSD { at the top }
I included the large picture of the symbol for you as well
In the middle is an example of the term used in the Laws of Hammurabi
At the bottom is the Babylonian rendering of the average synodic month