(March 4, 2019 at 12:01 pm)MilesAbbott81 Wrote: As to your argument, there is no archeological information that predates other gods to Yahweh. Anything you might cite is mere conjecture, as discussed elsewhere in this thread. Pretending as though it's anything other than that is foolish.
Not that this means anything to you or anyone else. You still have to see the evidence that is readily apparent for what it is, instead of dismissing it as theory or somehow not totally logical.
Again with the simple assertions, try two very respected sites.
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.pre...-1.5992072
https://www.ancient.eu/Yahweh/
here's a clip from one haaretz
Roughly from the 19th century, biblical scholars began looking at scripture less as records of divine revelations and more as historical and literary documents. This has led, for example, to the so-called “Documentary Hypothesis,” which considers the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, to be a compilation from multiple sources, each produced by different authors with their own beliefs and agendas.
Microscopic magnification (x60) of woolen textile from Timna dyed in red and blue stripes (photo taken with Dino-Lite microscope). Dr. Naama Sukenik, Israel Antiquities Authority
But mysteries remain: where did the YHWH cult originate? Who were the first people to worship him? And how did he end up being the sole deity of a group called Israel, who, as their very name says (in Hebrew), didn’t even start out as a Yahwistic people, but as followers of El, the main god of the Canaanite pantheon?
You really need to get out of your head that you can simply assert things, all evidence points to the Yahweh myth being a minor god and a subordinate to El.
When the Most High [El] gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of men, he fixed the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the Sons of God. For Yahweh’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage. (Deuteronomy 32:8-9, Masoretic Text).
'Those who ask a lot of questions may seem stupid, but those who don't ask questions stay stupid'