{"id":31582,"date":"2015-08-30T06:55:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T10:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=31582"},"modified":"2015-08-30T06:55:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T10:55:39","slug":"akhenatens-boardroom-suggestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/08\/akhenatens-boardroom-suggestion.html","title":{"rendered":"Akhenaten&#8217;s Boardroom Suggestion"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-31585\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2015\/08\/Akhenatens-idea.jpg\" alt=\"Akhenaten's idea\" width=\"501\" height=\"658\"><\/p>\n<p>I really love this ancient Egypt version of the well-known <a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/boardroom-suggestion\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">boardroom suggestion meme<\/a>! You need to know that meme, as well as the basics about Amenhotep IV, better known as the pharaoh <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usu.edu\/markdamen\/1320Hist&amp;Civ\/chapters\/10AKHEN.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Akhenaten<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Historians and scholars have long wondered whether there was any influence from Akhenaten\u2019s monotheism upon the emergence of ancient Israel\u2019s. I\u2019m not sure how to work an answer to that into the meme cartoon, however\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really love this ancient Egypt version of the well-known boardroom suggestion meme! You need to know that meme, as well as the basics about Amenhotep IV, better known as the pharaoh Akhenaten. Historians and scholars have long wondered whether there was any influence from Akhenaten\u2019s monotheism upon the emergence of ancient Israel\u2019s. 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