Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis

[Bucky Ball]

Um no, they all worshiped "variants of" does not mean they are worshiping the same god under different names. It says humans compete, like Coke and Pepsi.

The religions of the early Hebrews were merely a form of competition that lead to a new religion. 

The Jewish God Yahweh was stolen from prior polytheism in which it was not the top god. It got elevated by the splinter sect to replace the old head God El to become, for the new sect the only God.

Not to mention claims of super natural creator beings are far older than Jews or Muslims or Christians.

Yes. They worshipped various gods from the region, including Egyptian mountain (volcano) gods, (probably where "Jehova" started out, from the south of Canaan), and many gods from the Babylonian pantheon, (where Yahweh came from .. the brother of "Sin" who became Allah in Arabia, and both were sons of El Elion). The Hebrews chose Yahweh as they wanted help with battles, and he was the god of the armies.... that was the "deal" they struck .. among the many gods they recognized, they agreed to worship only one, if he would assist them in battle. Monolateralist polytheism. Technically it wasn't a "new religion", as at that time (the specific) culture included the generally accepted deity .. it was not at all what it is today. One did not "believe" in a (specific) deity. It came as an unquestioned part of the cultural package.