13 Questions

[Statler Waldorf]

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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..........

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Sure I get what you are saying; I just think it is inaccurate. Many Native American tribes had a concept of the Creator that was very very similar to the God of the Bible. So not only do I not think it is an accurate statement that no two groups would come up with the same concept of God, but I don't really get the point of your argument. I would expect the Israelites to have the most accurate understanding of God because they were His chosen people and had direct revelation from Him. If scripture said that God had directly revealed Himself to all the groups on Earth and then we had later found contradicting concepts of Him we may have a problem, but it is quite clear He only did that for one group, His people.