CT: "btw I'm still waiting for your extensive references to 'priest of Re', 'followers of Re' etc that would be clear evidence of an exclusive cult of Re at Dyn 4 Giza. Dyn 5 had priests of Re, so how about Dyn 4 when according to you, there was, a massively dominant, exclusive cult of Re."


AS: ".......... I'm the one who is still waiting for evidence of the OCT. I have been waiting longer."



Don't wait for evidence from me - the OCT is not my theory, and I do not have to defend it - I'm not an apologist for it either, so if you want evidence, ask RB. However, the 'exclusive, massively dominant cult of Re at Giza', is your 'theory' and and the actual 'theorist' has been asked to back it up with evidence.


I assessed the OCT many years ago and found much of it fascinating in a 'what if it were true kind of way' but after some research, I soon found many aspects of it, although intriguing, were ultimately untenable. The core theory however, I examined to see if it would work in a Dyn 4 context (constructive criticism) without the need to go back thousands of years to an unlikely 'Atlantean' or as yet unknown highly advanced civilization responsible for the design of the site layout. Technically, I made it work after a fashion for Dyn 4 - it was a simple technical exercise that investigated possible alternative scenarios. However, not enough textual evidence on the design rationale behind the royal funerary complexes has survived in the archeological record to validate or invalidate it, so I put it aside in the 'wait and see category' and went on to other things.



There it would have stayed were it not for the few people who seem obsessed with the OCT, endlessly coming up over the years with nitpicking 'arguments' they excitedly believe finally demolishes the OCT once and for all. Of course I speak out against obviously untenable arguments - I want to see high standards set for true skepticism, real substantive arguments, real critical, impartial thinking.


But this is not about the OCT. This is about your 'theory' - an exclusive, massively dominant cult of Re at Giza you are enthusiastically promoting here on Maat. I ask you for evidence but you don't give any. If you see it as your mission in life to "demolish" the OCT at every opportunity you find, then do it honestly with real substantive arguments that you can back up.


The bottom line is, you don't have any real evidence to back up your claims of an exclusive massively dominant cult of Re at Giza. All you have is evidence of a solar aspect to the royal funerary beliefs that we knew all along - but no one is disputing that - agreed?

CT




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/03/2007 12:19PM by Chris Tedder.