ARE YOU SAYING "AMEN" - IN IGNORANCE ?

ARE YOU SAYING "AMEN" -
IN IGNORANCE ?

"It is common to end a discourse
on spiritual matters, (or end a prayer)
with (the word) "Amen". Few of us
realize that the word 'Amen' is an
Egyptian word. It refers to the
Egyptian god of Thebes. The Hebrews
adopted the word and it passed into
Christian use as "Amen". It is a petition
for (the god - Amen) to fulfill our words. "

• MYSTIC GIFTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
  By Dr John Palo ; 1999

"Yet another hint of an Egyptian
influence in Christianity is the fact
that even today, we still end prayers
with the word "Amen". Amen-Ra was the
chief god of the Egyptians. The Church's
main tool for the conversion of the "pagans"
was always the appropriation of the local
religion's most holy days and rituals.
This allowed the locals to feel they
were still worshiping the old Gods
in the accustomed ways,"

• The Swindle of Truth
  Ancient Egypt
  : Per Ankh

"Finally, we may note that the word
"Amen" occurs in Gnostic spells.....
especially of Egyptian origin,
and a sort of magical efficacy
seems to have been attributed to
this word.. The practice of answering
"Amen" at the end of prayers
appears in the Canons of Hippolytus
(No. 146) and in the Egyptian Church
Order (p. 101)."

• New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia
  Thurston, Herbert. "Amen."
  The Catholic Encyclopedia.
  Vol. 1. New York:
  Robert Appleton Company, 1907.

"The Israelite exiles from Egypt
knew that Jehovah was not the same
as the Egyptian god Aten, and so they
presumed he must be the equivalent
of the great State God of Egypt.
It was decided, therefore, to add
the name of that State-god of Egypt
to all prayers thereafter, and the
name of that Egyptian god was "Amen".
To this day, the name of Amen is still
recited at the end of prayers in both
Jewish and Christian religions."

• Genesis of the Grail Kings
  by Sir Laurence Gardner; pg. 6

"Isn't it strange that "Amen was an
ancient Egyptian god that was supposed
to be very powerful, so much so that
every prayer began and ended with
his name."
-Praying To Egyptian God,
Amen, By Subterfuge

"AMEN: In Egyptian Mythology,
the mighty one (god) of life and
procreation ...later identified
with the Sun-god as the supreme deity
of Egypt, and was called "Amen-Ra."
-Funk & Wagnalls
Standard College Dictionary

"The Egyptian Ruler Akhenaton
had the people worship in the
temples of Amen Ra, meaning God's
Sun/Son. At the end of the services
they would say "Amen", because they
were sending a prayer to the gods
through Amen-Ra, God's Sun/Son.
Amen-Ra, served as a personal savior
to them, since it (SUN) gave them
all life."
-Awaken to the Truth
Coptic Prayers
St. Basil Liturgy

"AMEN: An Egyptian divinity …
He was worshipped … as Amen-Ra
or ‘Amen the Sun’."
-Smith's Bible Dictionary

"No other "god" of the Egyptians
has left so indelible a stamp upon
the world - as this First Father
of the Egyptian gods, known as
Ammon, Amon and "Amen" which means
"THE ONE HIDDEN WITHIN," Amen's spell
is so mighty that over twenty centuries
after his last Sanctuary was abandoned
to the desert sands, every Judeo-Christian
prayer that is uttered - still whispers
his name in closing. "

• The Egyptian Mystical Rites
  by Jerry Clifford Welch

"When we did it in ignorance,
maybe God looked past that.
But now that you know the truth,
what will you do? Will you continue
to use the name of a pagan god
to close your prayers?
Is it too hard to change that now?
Because you’ve been using the ‘amen’
tradition for a long time - will you
rationalize and justify why you keep
on invoking the name of the Egyptian
god, Amen? Will you find a pastor or
teacher to reassure you that “it’s
okay to say ‘amen’ - Or … will you
give thanks to God for revealing
His truth and stop using the name
of a pagan god?"
-And they all Said, "AMEN"
by J.D. Roberts

"Again we can see how the pagans
have been made welcome, been conciliated,
by adopting the name of a pagan deity
into the prayers of the Church [of Rome].
This deity became known as 'Amen-Ra',
but he was only known as 'Amen' among
the Thebians."
-The Final Reformation
by Chris Koster

"By ending our prayers in 'amen'...
one could very well ask, "Have we been
misled to invoke the name of the Egyptian
'Sun-god' at the end of our prayers"? "
-United Hebrew Congregation
Charles J. Voss