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Praise the sun! (lemmy.world)

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[–] arken@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, Michelangelo got paid for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel as well. Who's "they" and what's your point?

[–] rekorse@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That people weren't tricked into work. They were paid for it and likely held great pride in it.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I reacted to, paraphrased: "you can't control people with sun worship".

During his reign, Akhenaten instated monotheistic worship of Aten - the sun disc - and did away with all other gods worshipped in Egypt at that time. Whether or not the workers who built his monuments were paid well I do not know - I suspect you have the Diary of Merer in mind, but remember that Khufu's and Akhenaten's respective reigns were more than a thousand years apart - as a pharaoh, Akhenaten could most certainly control people. And if you believe religion can be used as a means to control people, this is definitely a historic example of sun worship being used to this end, wouldn't you agree?