Disproving Odin - An Experiment in arguing with a theist with Theist logic

[Jenny A]

Sorry, the point was how very different in  both detail and world view the Norse are from the Greeks.  Just who in Norse mythology would you trace back to Adonis?  If you can't link the Norse to Adonis, tracing Adonis to Babylonian is irrelevant.

Easy enough.

http://www.academia.edu/6376330/The_Hebr..._Etymology

Here we report that there is no need to invent *Wodinaz and similar words to “explain” the origin and meaning of the theonym Odin. Odin’s representations with one eye provide the key to his name: Odin’s one eye is the code for his name, “One I.” “One” in Hebrew is echad, and “I” in ani. Echad ani — i.e., Odin or Adonai — in the Magyar language is egy én, meaning “one I” or “one self.”

The Old Church Slavonic ѥдинъ (jedin), “one”, and Russian один (odin), "one", are related to the Magyar egy én, "one I".

The significance of echad, egy, jedin, odin – i.e., “one” – in Odin’s name is indicated in Deuteronomy 6:4:

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.”

The finding that Odin means “one I” or “one self” is significant because it indicates that Odin was by no means a pagan god, but the God of Israel, who is “one.”

What happened to Adonis?

The one argument is flimsy. . That the word one is similar across all indo-European languages does not mean that thier myths are related merely because the all use the word one. Indo European languages share many words. In Odins case one eye and only one eye is why Odin is one, not because like El he is singular. El is one because he is the one and only god. "Thus hear o Isreal the Lord our God is one." Odin is one of many, the head of a group. He is not even the ruler of that group. The Norse Gods decide by consensus after discussion and debate.

He created the world, but he didn't do it single handed. He had help from his brothers. Similarly, he created people, but his siblings clothes them and taught them.


But, even if Odin were a variation of other myths that does not make him non-existent. All of the myths have some truth. But Odin is the correct one. It's lack miraculous help for mankind, and it's vision of the end of all this that make that clear.

Besides, I just know Odin exists because I feel him.