Question

Why did the Egyptians think that sheeps were gods?

Answer 1

Who in their right mind would think that?

Answer 2

Obviously the Egyptians Solomon, why did we abuse black people to be treated as slaves? Same question we always ask ourselves XD Why do we kill things to eat it? How did we know it was safe to eat?

Answer 3

LOL

Answer 4

the answers because the sheep commonly had a pure, curly, beautiful white coat and they ate only grass

Answer 5

@Kfins99, this is totally different, b/c killing things we eat, acc to most of the people makes perfect sense, but what Egyptians believed did not.

Answer 6

also the sheep were peaceful creatures, flocking in numbers and they grazed the land and put fear into the hearts of wolves

Answer 7

last parts a lie lol

Answer 8

everything else is true

Answer 9

Ok, that doesn't really describe them as gods though, (or perhaps it does?)
I mean peaceful, white, clean creatures; is that how god is described? That would be more like an angel.

Answer 10

no iti s god because it is pure

Answer 11

and peaceful

Answer 12

are sheep demons?

Answer 13

but Gods are powerful as well.

Your line 'and put fear into the hearts of wolves'
i don't think this is true.

How does a sheep ever scare a wolf? Common man.....

Answer 14

I said that was a lie dude
lol

Answer 15

are sheep demons? I wouldn't say they are, but I would say they are angles rather than gods.

Answer 16

God that you can easily kill? What type of god is that?

Answer 17

maybe they can die easily

Answer 18

Like Jesu_, sorry if you're Christian?

Answer 19

but the ancient Egyptians believed in many gods what if they were gods of bathing or god or purity?

Answer 20

yes, I know that they worshiped many gods, they were like greeks. God of rain, God of war, etc...

Answer 21

I smell sheep right now

Answer 22

god of smell

Answer 23

?

Answer 24

Another good point, they smell bad, so they can't be thought of as God(s).

Answer 25

lol gods don't bath for YEARS look at kratos he doesnt even use jergens lotion

Answer 26

GOOD JOKE, but Seriously
The god that all 3 monotheistic faith admit as god, doesn't need to take a bath, as opposed to this.
I get your initial point I am making a different point that Egyptians sucked (mentally).

Answer 27

LOL

Answer 28

all hail king solomon

Answer 29

tnx

Answer 30

so Solomon whats your input on these gods the Egyptians had?

Answer 31

my input... What do you mean?

Answer 32

I know staff about them, because I finished the entire "Talmud" have you heard of this book?

Answer 33

I have, it didn't mention anything?

Answer 34

Yes, true, the Talmud doesn't mention why Egyptians thought...

Answer 35

Apropos to the upcoming Pesach holiday, a recent guest post on DovBear asked the question "why was a sheep chosen for the Passover sacrifice?" I wanted to explore a bit some relevant passages in the Torah, not to answer this question per se (and thus I will not be discussing the important passages in Ex. 8:22 and Ex. 12 - especially 12:46 with regards to the prohibition to break the bones of the pascal lamb) but to look at some of the descriptions and commentaries related to sheep worship and shepherding in Egypt.

Answer 36

http://frumheretic.blogspot.com/2009/03/sheep-worship-in-ancient-egypt.html

Answer 37

No, my question was why were the Egyptians worshiping sheep, what so god-like have they found in them?

Answer 38

that is a good question..

Answer 39

Thank you! I got some explanation from ChrisNeedsHelp, but I didn't really liked it that much.

Answer 40

They did not, in fact, believe that sheep were gods. they believed that sheep were messengers for the gods, and they kept as many as they could to increase their chances of a divine experience, they also sacrificed them to get the attention of the gods.

Answer 41

I really though that the Egyptians did worship sheep, and they would never sacrifice sheep.
That's why prior to exodus, Moses told Pharaoh that the Jews can't sacrifice to God in Egypt being that it is something disgusting to the Egyptians. That was sort of an excuse for the Jews to leave Egypt (in the first place).
I could agree to the fact that they weren't really "worshiped" rather were messengers, but I am positive they didn't sacrifice sheep.
(The pharaoh didn't really care about this though, he ate sheep in secret.)

Answer 42

This conversation made me laugh so hard! lol guys

Answer 43

Why?

Answer 44

Sheeps! I agree with you Solomon. It makes no sense whatsoever to worship a sheep. They are stupid, vulnerable and not very attractive animals lol.

Answer 45

OK, I can see that, but they were like super profitable at that time, they needed nothing besides grass. Then they just reproduced in vast numbers.

Also about sheep,
ChrisNeedsHelp said
"the sheep were peaceful creatures, flocking in numbers and they grazed the land and put fear into the hearts of wolves".
I can see that for everything besides the last part, "put fear into the hearts of wolves", to me this is kind of an absurd.

Answer 46

lol DUDE I said I was kidding about that!

Answer 47

Oh, my bad.... sorry, @ChrisNeedsHelp.

Answer 48

But for any part, where do the really get that from. I am an orthodox Jewish guy and I know this really well, but only from a Jewish view.

Answer 49

Yeah that is true. During the Egyptians culture sheep were probably easy to maintain and profitable. And yeah i read that he said that. Although he did say that he was lying about that part. I think that he was just trying to be funny

Answer 50

Yeah, I recognized that, ty!

Answer 51

Yeah makes no sense to me! Its not even logical. Have you hears that the Hindus practically worship cows? same aspect.

Answer 52

Yeah, that's also weird.

Answer 53

Yeah some cultures just have some weird characteristics that define them :/ Not that they make to much sense to me...

Answer 54

But they have to have some reason for what they believe.

Answer 55

Yeah and i cant see what that possible could be in a sheep. I cant imagine that they worshiped a cheep because it is white and 'pure' as was said earlier, because the Egyptian gos resembled nothing of purity. They were all dark and evil looking if you know what i mean.

Answer 56

Yeah, I see your point.

Answer 57

Yeah i dont understand it lol

Answer 58

In mathematic terms, no solution.

Answer 59

haha yeah

Answer 60

OK, ty, I gave away the medal already, but I would have given it to you if I knew that you,will come, I'll still medal you though.

Answer 61

I tried to enter you're profile to give you a couple medals, but it doesn't open for me, don't know why.

Answer 62

Wierd i am not sure why. Thanks though!

Answer 63

Why, because you deserve it.

Answer 64

Thanks :) how do you give medals from the profile? I thought that you could only do it from the questions and answers?

Answer 65

Enter profile
Click on questions answered or Questions asked
Click on one of the questions
Award medal

Answer 66

Oh that makes sense. Thanks Solomon! Finally i found someone worth while to talk to :)

Answer 67

Oh, ty! I preciate that complement!