95:2.2 It was [[political]] and [[moral]], rather than [[philosophic]] or [[religious]], [[tendencies]] that rendered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt] more favorable to the [[Salem]] teaching than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Each tribal [[leader]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pharaohs Egypt], after fighting his way to the throne, sought to perpetuate his [[dynasty]] by [[proclaiming]] his tribal god the [[original]] [[deity]] and creator of all other gods. In this way the Egyptians [[gradually]] got used to the [[idea]] of a supergod, a steppingstone to the later [[doctrine]] of a [[universal]] [[creator]] [[Deity]]. The [[idea]] of [[monotheism]] wavered back and forth in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egypt] for many centuries, the [[belief]] in one God always gaining ground but never quite [[dominating]] the evolving [[concepts]] of [[polytheism]]. | 95:2.2 It was [[political]] and [[moral]], rather than [[philosophic]] or [[religious]], [[tendencies]] that rendered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt] more favorable to the [[Salem]] teaching than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Each tribal [[leader]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pharaohs Egypt], after fighting his way to the throne, sought to perpetuate his [[dynasty]] by [[proclaiming]] his tribal god the [[original]] [[deity]] and creator of all other gods. In this way the Egyptians [[gradually]] got used to the [[idea]] of a supergod, a steppingstone to the later [[doctrine]] of a [[universal]] [[creator]] [[Deity]]. The [[idea]] of [[monotheism]] wavered back and forth in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egypt] for many centuries, the [[belief]] in one God always gaining ground but never quite [[dominating]] the evolving [[concepts]] of [[polytheism]]. |