Edit: Meant to post in HL*
Interesting video by a brother who gathered information from different credible sources, ancient and modern.
He did his own research, went to Egypt, and wrote a book "The truth and nothing but". Reminds me of a young Dr. Ben but not as militant.
He covers multiple sides of various arguments, but it's on us to dig further for specific information. What I really like about his presentation is that you don't get the sense that he's attacking anyone. He's presenting facts and theories as hes gathered them and tell us who/where his info comes from. Theres no blind faith in scientific or religious leaders. It's more cautious use of available info.
Some questions to ask while watching:
Who had the "purest" belief system as it relates to Africa? And why is it important that Black people of all beliefs to know the answer? What makes a particular belief more credible than others?
2:05 - James Ussher an Archbishop, wrote: Annals of the world;
this book included the 6,000 year old earth theory, which is generally accepted by Christians, or people that call themselves "Christians".
Modern Scientific research says the earth is about 4.5 billion years old
2:50- Slater speaks on the oldest human remains found in east Africa, He even
acknowledges that people debate the reliability of the methods used to date these fossils. But accepts that is the best info/methods we have and we should not automatically ignore it because it seems to go against ones religion.
4:00 - Goes over
Diodorus (Greek historian circa 60-30bce) and his
physical description of ancient Egyptians (Black in color, flat noses, wooly hair, and
natives to their land). He later comments on the meaning of "Kemet" and "Ta-mary" (The Black Land and Beloved Land)
5:00 - "Papyrus of Huneffer" supposedly tells us that
Ancient Egyptian scribes wrote that they originated in central east Africa. Near the foothills of the mountains of the moon. (River Nile originates near Uganda). These Africans migrated north ("south" from their perspective since the river flowed "down", and their word for "south" is the same word for "down").
7:00-10:00 -
Greek philosophers and scholars admit they went to and learned in Kemet:
Thales of Miletis (circa 624bce-547bce). One of the 1st Greeks to study in Kemet, became known as 1 of the 7 sages of Greece.
Proculus (A Commentary of Euclids Elements, book 1) gives credit to Kemet for being the origin of the arts and sciences, and more specifically- geometry.
Pythagorus (570bce-495bce) Studied
astronomy and geometry in Kemet for 22 years. Anybody else remember the "Pythagorus Thoery"
from grade 9/10 math class?
Herodotus - (484bce-425bce). The "father of history" to the western world had some comments about the natives of Kemet, They did not attempt to adopt customs of others outside of Kemet. But Slater admits that this is still debatable, and acknowledges Summer/Mesopotamia have supporters as well.
11:00-18:00 - Slater
addresses the belief that Ancient Kemet was originally a polytheistic society. He disagrees and explains why. He goes further and recounts an ancient Kemetian creation story, and claims that it is the earliest know spiritual writings in Human history. He refers to the "Shabaka Stone" and "Leiden Papyrus" to describe the Creator and Creation story. The main jist is that there was originally 1 supreme force, but many manifestations came out of it. This also shows that Africans believed in 1original creator, before Judaism, Christianity, or Islam existed.
18:05-22:25- Ma'at/ The law
42 Negative confessions (predate 10 commandments by at least 1000 years), Abraham (Father of Hebrew nation circa between 2000bcc and 1700bc), Moses (circa 1570bce/17th Egyptian Dynasty) are well known Hebrew characters and a lot of faith is based on their interactions with God.
Theres few more notable questions and points Slater brings up regarding Jesus/Yeshua, the dates and authors of certain holy books, the "false" prophet argument, women speaking in the church, working on the Sabbath,
Yea this is info most of us know or maybe came across. But I don't feel we give enough credit to the spiritual aspect and outright genius of these people. We often label "religious" people as uneducated or assume they're scientifically challenged--- yet, some of our greatest accomplishments were due to the minds of people who believed in "God" and practiced religion.
Questions:
Do Black Christians of the Coli believe in the 6,000 year old earth theory?
Question for Black Jews, Christians, and Muslims - Do you believe Moses received the 10 commandments from God? Do you understand why others would question your beliefs seeing as the ancient Egyptians were already practicing (or told to practice) the laws of Ma'at/42 negative confessions?
Thoughts on the video itself?
