What is the story of Ishtar?
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Ishtar was the goddess of love and war to the ancient Babylonians. This same goddess was also worshiped throughout the Near East and Mediterranean worlds from the beginning of recorded history until the predominance of Christianity. Her name varied from place to place, but it was the same goddess who was known as Inanna, Innin, Astarte, Ashtar, and Aphrodite among other names. Ishtar first arose among the Sumerians sometime in the third millennium. They created an entire pantheon of gods who were like humans - only better. The gods of Sumer reflected the general pessimism of the Sumerians, but also their belief that the human mind could divine the minds of gods by observing perceived supernatural activity......
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It is a story about a young boy who is sent to a concentration camp in WWII by the Nazis and how he endures and manages to live through it all. It is a story about the Holocaust. It is brief and is an excellent read. READ it.\n\nGood luck.
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Is this the story you're looking for?\n\nhttp://our.homewithgod.com/holyspirittemple/hummingbird.htm
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the story of Hatshepsut\nhttp://www.bediz.com/hatshep/story.html\n\nMenes\nhttp://interoz.com/egypt/01dyn01.htm\n\nTutankhamen\nhttp://i-cias.com/e.o/tutankhamen.htm
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He didn't.\n\nIt is a cute story for children.\n\nNot an accurate historical account of anything.\n\nAnd not even original.\n\nThe story was taken from Gilgamesh, an old Sumerian folk tale that is much older than the Bible.
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"The Book of One Thousand and One Nights" a medieval Middle Eastern literary epic which tells the story of Scheherazade (Shahrzad in Persian), a Sassanid Queen, who must relate a series of stories to her malevolent husband, King Shahryar, to delay her execution.\n\nThe stories are told over a period of one thousand and one nights, and every night she ends the story with a suspenseful situation, forcing the King to keep her alive for another day.\n\nThe individual stories were created over many centuries, by many people and in many styles, and many have become famous in their own right. Notable examples include Aladdin, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor.
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Most everything in the OLD texts were spoken stories passed from one generation to another. The original text ... I couldn't tell you. The original basis for all of these texts .....ancient fables told to the young (and old) to instruct them on how to live their lives.\n\nGood luck!! - Egypt is always a good place to start looking.
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Well, Elijah defeating the priests of Baal was a pretty cool story- After building an alter and putting the meat on it, the priests danced and chanted and sang- even cut themselves to try to get Baal to send fire down to burn the offering.... Then Elijah built his alter, put the meat on it, dug a trench around the alter. He dumped water all over the whole thing, filling the trench with water too. He prayed, and Jehovah sent fire down. His fire consumed the meat, the wood, the rocks, the dust, and the water in the trench. Sucks for the priests of Baal, and one point for Jehovah!\n\nI also like Noah's story, too.\n\nMy favorite story... but there's so many good ones to choose from!\n\nI think my favorite is Ammon and King Lamoni... First thing, Ammon asks to be a servant. Then he goes way above and beyond the call of duty- with the sword, and the arms- wow! Then Lamoni calls him in, asks him where he got such power... Then, after he has Lamoni's trust, Ammon starts teaching- "Do you believe in God?"\n"What is God?"\n"Do you believe in a Great Spirit?"\n"Sure"\n"This Great Spirit is God....." Great stuff!!!!
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poor fella! nobody's answered. there is a story, a complicated one for that matter. it ties into the bag-on-line adventures, a couple comic books written by singer claudio sanchez that are quite sci-fi in nature. umm... hit up the coheedandcambria.com links and see if you get some more in depth info. hope that helps and be prepared to be mindboggled :P
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No I haven't-wanna give me a summary??  Sounds interesting.  Is it based on the new Dead Sea Scrolls they found??
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You're right and that has been pointed out time and again. Add to that list Mithra's as well. Even the gap in the bible where there was nothing written about what Jesus did was in these other myths as well.  Most of the stories in the bible can be traced to other myths before Christianity came along such as the apple bit, traced to Pandora's box, the great flood, most other religions have something similar in it as well. The virgin birth has been told over and over again in most religions, Zeus was known to do stuff such as that and most of the great philosophers were said to have come from virgin births to give their teachings credence.  This has been done time and again, when a new religion comes into 'vogue' they take the gods and myths of the older religions and twist them around to form stories for theirs.  Many of the ancient Egyptian and Pagan gods were turned into demons in Christianity.  The god Set what the model for Satan.  For an interesting explanation for some of this see the following link, the movie on there is rather eye opening.  It's well worth a rental price.\nhttp://www.thegodmovie.com/
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oooh ST canon information...I actually know a bit of obsessed trivia about this topic.\n\nKlingons...\n\nKlingons, before Kahless, had a pantheon of gods listed at various times throughout the litany of serieses.   There was a warrior that challenged the gods and "vanquished" them all, save for one, the goddess of fate as no one can vanquish fate.  These gods were responsible for Sto'vo'qor (Klingon Heaven for heroes) and ghe'tor (Klingon Hell for the dishonored).  A barge ferried the dishonored across the river of fire and blood to ghe'tor in much the same way as Charon did across the River Styx.\n\nAs far as I am aware the only name for the gods, other than their individual names have been gods, dead gods, vanquished gods and Ancient Uncaring Ones.\n\nOnce the gods were vanquished by this single warrior, Kahless came to power as Emperor of the Klingon Empire.  he was liked, he was respected, then he died and left for Sto'vo'qor.  Upon his leaving for the Klingon Heaven for Heroes, he was thought of as the equivalent of a god.  \n\nIf this is what your question meant, then Kahless is the answer you are looking for.
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I need know a little more about the story to answer this question.
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Isis was the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.  Osiris was killed, and Isis resurrected him.\n\nStart with info at wikipedia.  There should be plenty of books at the library about her.
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In the beginning...  Ha.  Start in chapter one.  I am curious to know, though, what 'two' stories you are referring to.
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Stories like the one given by 'Neptune' can be found in the Hindu scriptures too.\nThis can not be denied 100%\n\nThis is possible as aliens can visit us from time to time and in Hinduism it is believed that God incarnates from time to time to put the world in order as well as:-\nGod is usually depicted in blue. Unlike humans\nGod usually has 4 arms and holds weapons.\nGod appears from nowhere and disappears.\nGod can not be defeated by any human.\nGod has superpowers of sight, hearing etc.\nGod controls the Sky, the earth and the underworld.\nGod controls weapons of mass destruction. \n\nWhat if God is from an Alien race that keeps an eye on us and puts us back on the straight and narrow by getting rid of the 'dead wood' i.e. those that do not make a positive contribution in human society. We all know who is doing this at present in the name of God.
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The story of the "journey of magi" is taken fron the Gospel according to St.Matthew in the New Testament of the Bible. Three wise men of the east noticed a new star in the sky. It announces the birth of Jesus Christ. They decided to undertake a journey in order to have a glimpse of the new born baby and to pay him their respects. Since it was a spiritual quest so the journey was very ardous and hazardous.\nThe birth of Jesus Christ led to the death of the old faith and the birth of a new faith. But the Journey they undertook was only 'satisfactory' and not ideal in every respect. So they looked for another death that would lead to a genuine regeneration of life and faith.\nThe poem is a dramatic monologue by one of the three wise men.