Ancient Egyptian Religion

Religion and Myths

It is easy to find the things that make us different. But, the struggle comes when we try to find what makes us all the same. We will be comparing and contrasting Christianity and Ancient Egyptian religion. When watching this movie above follow along with your venn diagram.


Similiarities
belief in an higher power
amulets
book of spiritual writing to pass down
afterlife
bad people go to the 'under world'
2 brothers- one who was jealous and murdered the other
hiding a baby in the marshes to protect it
"Mother" god
pray
halo

Ancient Egyptian
Book of the Dead
Ankh
Mother god named Isis
Polythestic
Older than Christianity 3000 BC
gods were 1/2 animal
pharaoh was 1/2 god
no freedom to choose religion

Christianity
One God
Bible
younger than Egyptian year 0
Mother god = Mary
All over the world
Human