Egyptian Religion essays

Egyptian Religion essays Religion played a much greater role in Egyptian society than it does in ours today. Everyone in Egypt was required to be the same religion as everyone else. All Egyptians had religion in common, so this made religion something the people could openly discuss and celebrate together. In our society, we are of hundreds of different religions, and we cannot share religion with one another. In Egyptian society, pharaohs could build many religious temples and shrines, so religion was also a part of the government. Here if our president put money towards anything remotely religious, he would not be treating everyone else in the country fairly. He would be supporting one religion which would make others think that the president thinks the supported religion is the best and does not like the others. This would cause quite an uproar! Under most rulers, all Egyptians were forced into one religion and made to worship the same gods. Pharaohs could and would do anything in their power to have all people under his or her rule worship their same way. In this society, there are laws that make it illegal to use any type of force to push anyone into joining a religion. This would be breaking the First Amendment which says everyone is entitled to freedom of religion. In this society, forcing anyone into a religion or cult is a criminal offense, and those who do so can be put on trial or even put in jail. All Egyptians could celebrate religious holidays and traditions because they shared the same religion. This would put religion as a very talked about subject. Here our religious beliefs are very diverse and we have many different rituals, so we cannot talk about religion as often. ...