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   SuperLutheran (kicky half) (superlutheran@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 21-Mar-2025 10:15:54 JST SuperLutheran (kicky half)
   100 years or so after the Exodus, Pharaoh Akhenaten decided to make Egypt into a monotheistic state and destroy its idols. He destroyed the power of the priesthood and insisted that "Aten" was the true and sole creator deity which all Egyptians were to worship.
   
   The more I think about it, the more I wonder whether this was an attempt to get Egypt to repent and worship the true God. After Akhenaten's death, the country went right back to idolatry and paganism. Why? I suspect their lack of revelation (e.g., the Pentateuch) contributed to it, making Akhenaten the only authority on this monotheistic revolution. Couldn't last, especially since he ticked off the entirety of the pagan priesthood.
   
   But there's another element at play - everyone in Egypt would have known that this creator deity, "Aten" was the same deity that wiped out their armies and killed their firstborn a century prior. Telling them to submit to that same God was telling them their ancestors were *wrong,* and pride got in the way.