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You are contradicting yourself though, you say that nobody would come up with the concept of Yahweh independently, but then you say that the Israelites came up with Him independently and forced Him on other people they conquered.
I would argue that a monotheistic God is a very logical conclusion just by examining Creation itself. I think people could come up with a single, eternal, all powerful, all knowing God on their own which is exactly what scripture says (Romans 1).
I am sorry but atheism is not a consistent position at all, atheists contradict their positions all the time (i.e. Dawkins).

Right I did not say that no one could come up with the idea of jahweh, I was saying that people would not come up with THE SAME IDEA TWICE, I actually explained this in what i thought was simple language, but obviously not simple enough.

I'm thinking of something now.

Now you think of something.

Bet its not exactly the same thing.

Religions are like that.

There are lots of them and they are all different.

If they were all based on a universal truth then they would be the same.

Do you get it now, do you, do you get it now, do you..........