It’s show business’ biggest night. It’s where the world recognizes the merits of the most talented artists and honors them with a golden idol. Typically, 40 million people tune in annually to this ritual. Most people get caught up in the glitz and glamour and don’t realize what it is they are actually participating in.
The Academy awards was birthed shortly after the formation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. The fledgling organization held a dinner in the Crystal Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to set out its goals. Among the topics discussed that night was how best to honor outstanding movie making achievements and thereby encourage excellence in all facets of motion picture production. The first banquet was held on May 16, 1929 in which they handed out the first statues. Officially they are named the Academy Award of Merit. The statuette has become the most recognized trophy in the world, known by its nickname, Oscar.
What’s fascinating about the design of the statue is that it is an art deco version of the ancient Egyptian god Ptah [1] (pictured at the top right). In Egypt, there were two major gods in charge of PICTURE MAKING, CRAFTSMEN, AND ARTISTS. One of them was Ptah. The ancient scribes and sculptors who created the best sculptures and pictures of the temples were granted a statue of the god Ptah from the Pharaoh himself. This ritual would take place at the capital at MnNfr/Memphis in the HutKaPth/Temple of Ptah. Likewise Hollywood’s award ceremony was held in a temple (The Shrine Auditorium) from 1947-2000 where it is now currently held at the Kodak Theater.
The term Oscar also dates back to the Egyptian god Osiris who ruled over the underworld in the constellation Orion. According to pyramid text, the Pharaoh’s soul would ascend into Orion to be reborn as a ?STAR? to live for an eternity, but there was a catch. The Pharaoh’s soul would have to transform into a spirit to reach Osiris. Once the spirit reached the Osiris, it was immortalized and remembered forever. I find it a fascinating parallel that a person has to become an ACTOR (transforming your spirit into another) to win an Oscar. These stars are then immortalized by placing their names in a stone star on the Hollywood walk of fame.
What’s also interesting about Orion is that NASA has discovered it has a Star Nebula where they believe that stars are born [2]. Ellen G. White wrote of Christ second coming in the direction of Orion.
Dark, heavy clouds came up and clashed against
each other. The atmosphere parted and rolled
back. Then we could look up through the open
space in ORION, whence came the voice of God.
—Early Writings, 41 (1851).
So here we have an ancient religion looking to the belt of Orion, modern science believing that is a star nursery, and Christianity looking for Christ’s advent to come from the direction of Orion. Is it possible that the devil is deceiving the world with a shift in focus?
Just like the Pharaoh was worshipped as a god who became a star, our modern culture has adopted this same practice by worshipping those who become stars. The Webster dictionary definition for worship is: extravagant respect or admiration for or devotion to an object of esteem.
The Bible is very clear about whom deserves our worship.
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Matthew 4:10
Beware of Idolatry
Deuteronomy 4
15 “Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth. 19 And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them…”
The devil has not changed his ways… only his tactics. What worked in the ancient world to get people to worship the stars has now taken a modern form but is still star worship. Even those in the industry are aware of this worship connection. For example, at the 2006 Emmy’s award (the Emmy’s is another similar award ceremony like the Oscars), Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart were introducing the award for “Best Reality Show” when all of a sudden Stephen Colbert blurts out “kneel before your god Babylon…” [3] as if to joke about how people can now worship the “reality stars” just as the film actors are worshipped. When comedian Kathy Griffin won an Emmy award she states in her acceptance speech “This award is my god now” [4]. Academy Awards Presiden Hawk Kock thanks the “Oscar gods” in an interview for having such great films to choose from [5].
Don’t be seduced into watching the world’s worship ceremony this year. The only one who deserves our worship is the God of Heaven and Him alone. For more research, just type in “oscars” and “ptah” into google and read the articles yourself.
[1] http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/481879/Ptah
[2] http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2442.html
[3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGi8jSGpr5U
I’m thinking about this today. If I ever win an “Oscar”, I think I’m going to have to refuse it. That’s not a joke.
I praise God and give thanks for your searching out these truths and sharing them with others. Today I was reading His word and guided to seek out and learn better, what it is as a culture we do against the Lord. Not because we are intentionally trying to be disobedient but being blind nonetheless.
I have taken the liberty of sharing this information with others and again, want to give thanks for this treasure of information. God bless!
I am finding it very hard to substantiate the claims made in this article. The word Oscar is a Irish name……
So some white people that make an award using an Egyptian god as inspiration wouldn’t possibly name it something relatable other than an Egyptian name, right?? “A rose by any other name.” – William Shakespeare
There is no set in stone story as to how the award got it’s name, because it wasn’t originally called an “Oscar” to begin with, it was first officially called “Academy Award of Merit”. One story says that the librarian (who eventually became executive director) of the Academy Margaret Herrick felt the statue bared a resemblance to her Uncle Oscar. Then in 1934, Sidney Skolsky used the name in his Hollywood column to describe Katharine Hepburn’s first best actress win. The name caught on and the Academy made the name “Oscar” official in 1939.
So the origin of the name Oscar has absolutely zero to do with the official name of the award today. Nice try though.
Why is the false prophetess Ellen G White being quoted? She was a mason and satanist. Let’s not talk about light when we are deceived ourselves. The only way is Jesus. Ellen denied his resurrection and His redemptive blood. ONLY The Word of the LORD is truth. NOT her heretic writings. Please open your heart to seek Jesus and the Holy Spirit to be led by truth and not be seducing Spirits. Go to exadventist.com for revelation on the deception of the denomination.
Jesus did not exist! And, check that Bible that you read and discover that the blue eyed long haired hippie on that wooden cross in a lot cloth IS NOT the man described in your Bible.
Sampantishka Taylor … In the presence of Christians and sceptics Ellen White passed tests that reveals a true messenger of God. The sceptics were amazed and silenced because of what they witnessed.
Ellen G. White was not a Mason, however the Holy Spirit showed her the Mason handshake for a specific purpose for a moment in time. She wasn’t a Satanist either. Only ever did she uplift Jesus Christ and always point people to Him and His word … the Holy Bible, and she certainly never ever denied his resurrection or His redemptive blood.
It is very unwise to simply accept the word of people who are disgruntled because only will they give a view of their own ill-informed, negative opinion and make it sound like truth. God Himself has a warning for us all … Isaiah 5:20 NKJV “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
There is a quote from Herbert Spencer (can be Googled), and it’s this:
“There is a principle which is a bar to all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance; this principle is Contempt prior to investigation.”
There will always be people who, instead of surrendering to Jesus, and with the help of the Holy Spirit learn to develop a character like Him, will always find fault with those who are warning a dying world of the imminent return of Christ.
I think we should let them people do their thing and others do their own, the ancient Egyptians didn’t believe in a devil so there’s no such thing to them. We can’t keep making everything Christian-centric. Plus Jesus takes inspiration from Egyptian culture because the original Christianity had reincarnation but had to be written out because people didn’t like the concept. Christianity and ancient Egypt had a lot in common, there’s no denying that
I find this very interesting and can’t help agree with the writer. Hollywood would not reveal the origin as they enjoy keeping people blinded to real truth because that would hit them in their pocket.
It does appear to be modeled after an Egyptian god. Look at the baldness, near-naked figure, upright pose, scepter held from chest to toe….Could PTAH even be a pagan symbol?
The Staff of Osiris… Is the Bishop’s crosier just the modified version of it? Pine cone(The eye?) was replaced with the cross? If so, why?