Akhnaton vs. Martin Luther

History has shown throughout time that man has always believed in some type of higher being or supernatural power greater than himself. This is the essence of religion. All religions have had doctrines that govern the people of that religion; these doctrines are the principals presented for acceptance of belief. Over time the doctrines need to be changed to better suit the people at that time. These changes are known as religious innovations. Egyptian Pharaoh …showed first 75 words of 2745 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2745 total…saved and enter God's kingdom. This brings up another point. Akhnaton did not have any principles about what would happen after one's death. What would happen to a person after he or she died? Luther, being of the Roman Catholic Church, believed in a heaven and hell. Even being centuries apart from one another, both men did shared common viewpoints, but they also share many variations in their perspectives of religion in a person's life.