A Whisper

Why?
Many centuries ago, thousands of years before the birth of Christ, human beings were already searching for the Truth. Why? Because they felt the need to get an answer to the questions "Who are we? What are we?" You cannot get the answer unless you know what God is.

Adoring Animals As Gods Was The Beginning
Thousands of years ago, the human beings in their search started to think, "What is the relationship between men and animals, and why should men worship animals as gods?" They made that mistake. The Ancient Egyptians were adoring certain animals as gods, for example [Anubis|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis]. It did not satisfy them, however. How had they come to the point of adoring animals as gods? Because they saw them living and expressing strength. And, instead of understanding the meaning of the phenomenon of life, they simply recognized the shape and form of them. That was a mistake.

Ikhnaton Got New Insight
They worshipped many animal gods until one day a Hierophant felt that this practice should stop. He asked himself why the sun should be adored as Amon Ra. He started to think about Life, why we are living and how we live. Amenophis the
Fourth (Amenhotep IV, Akhenaten, Ikhnaton) got new insight in a state of ecstasy. His nephew Khor Amon, also a Hierophant, agreed with him and together they denounced the many animal gods and even [Amon Ra|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun]. They said "God is Life, infinite Life.". Instead of Amon Ra they adored [Aton|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aton], the one and only God, the Incomprehensible. In the old Egyptian language Aton meant "incomprehensible". Amenophis gave himself a new name: "Ankh-en-Aton" (the one beloved by Aton) and Khor Amon was to be known as "Khor Aton".

World Was Not Ready
They declared a new system of worship - worshipping Aton, the one God, being everywhere, giving light and heat to the sun and life to the human beings and the animals. But the world was not ready for that. The High Priests of Amon Ra, Anubis and the other gods did not want to lose their importance and revenue. So they killed both; Khor Aton, by stabbing him to death, and Ankh-en-Aton by poison. This is what always happens to the pioneers who reveal the Truth.

History Is Recycling
If you study ancient civilizations you find many (similar) stories, e.g. in the history of [the Aztecs|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztecs], [the Incas|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incas#Religion], and the [Hindus|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindus].

Ankh-en-Aton (or Ikhnaton), in ecstasy, revealed the Truth and said "I feel Aton within me, talking to me"

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