{"id":8403,"date":"2020-10-18T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/?p=8403"},"modified":"2020-12-25T18:51:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T02:51:37","slug":"akhenaten-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/2020\/10\/akhenaten-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Akhenaten, part one"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There used to be a Unitarian curriculum on the Pharaoh Akhenaten, purportedly the first monotheist, maybe the first unitarian. This is my take on the Akhenaten story….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As usual, the full text of the script is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Emma: It was fun seeing some of the ancient Greek gods and goddesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greg: As long as you weren’t Prometheus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah K.: But what about the ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John: Yes, they’re even older than the Greek gods and goddesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah D.: Let’s go back in time to ancient Egypt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narrator: For fifteen hundred years, the same gods and goddesses ruled ancient Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khnum: I’m Khnum, the god who made all living creatures from clay on my potter’s wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sekhmet: I’m Sekhmet, the goddess of war, with magic that can help with healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hathor: I’m Hathor, the sky goddess who is also a cow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bes: I’m Bes, the cheeky god who protects humans from evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aten: And me, Aten, god of the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khnum: Wait, Aten is a god now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aten: Yes, now I am a god.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sekhmet: But you used to be the plain old sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aten: I got upgraded. Now, I am a god.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hathor: Pharaoh Tuthmosis the fourth decided Aten was a god.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bes: How come a Pharaoh gets to upgrade Aten into a god?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khnum: Because Pharaohs are gods themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sekhmet: Now there’s a new Pharaoh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aten: And he really likes me. I think he’s going to upgrade me even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hathor: This is very confusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khnum: Being an Egyptian god is confusing. Sometimes we have heads of animals, sometimes we look like humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aten: I think this new pharaoh is going to get rid of all of you. The only god left will be me, the sun-god.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khnum: But I’m the one who made all living creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sekhmet: Yes, everyone knows you need more than one god. They definitely need me, the goddess of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hathor: And where would they be without me, the sky goddess?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bes: And if there is no god Bes, who will protects humans from evil?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narrator: But the new pharaoh will use his power to get rid of the old gods and goddesses…. Tune in next week to find out what happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

British police box image: CC BY SA 2.0 Immanuel Burton<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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