(October 4, 2011 at 9:45 pm)padraic Wrote:(October 4, 2011 at 7:40 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:(October 4, 2011 at 7:37 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Scripture also says that the gods were created.
We are not talking about "the gods", were are talking about Yahweh.
Actually Stat,Judaism was not monotheistic until after Exodus. The latest achaeology shows a female deity was still being widely worshipped (by THOUSANDS) in Israel as as late as the seventh century bce.
Actually, Judaism was not before the Exodus unless you consider about 100 people as a nation. God grew the nation of Israel in Egypt. I will agree that the Jewish nation worshiped other gods from time to time and did not need an archaeologist to tell me, it can be found in scriptures, so archaeology has shown what the Bible had already told us. God punished the nation of Israel for this idol worship.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
