Interesting post.
I've always found the 5000 odd year evolution of the Abrahamic god quite fascinating. About 5000 years ago ,the nomadic goat herders who became the Jews didn't actually have god of their own.So they pinched one no one would miss. They chose a minor Babylonian deity they just called "El" which means " god". He lived on a nearby mountain,much like the later Greek gods living on Mt Olympus.
Sometime around the C4th BCE,he changed from "eL" a rather insignificant little mountain god of an even more insignificant little people,to YHWH ( I AM WHO AM) creator of all things.The ONLY god,creator of all things and lord of the universe.The little tribe now numbered about a dozen tribes,they became his "chosen people." That meant they could invade a foreign a country and murder/enslave the inhabitants with God's blessings. So they did that,and renamed the country the stole "The promised Land".
This practice had so many practical advantages,it continues to this day;with pretty much every tribe eventually getting a turn.Some more than once. Currently it's America's turn,but that's nearly finished. It's almost time for China to have yet another turn.
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
I've always found the 5000 odd year evolution of the Abrahamic god quite fascinating. About 5000 years ago ,the nomadic goat herders who became the Jews didn't actually have god of their own.So they pinched one no one would miss. They chose a minor Babylonian deity they just called "El" which means " god". He lived on a nearby mountain,much like the later Greek gods living on Mt Olympus.
Sometime around the C4th BCE,he changed from "eL" a rather insignificant little mountain god of an even more insignificant little people,to YHWH ( I AM WHO AM) creator of all things.The ONLY god,creator of all things and lord of the universe.The little tribe now numbered about a dozen tribes,they became his "chosen people." That meant they could invade a foreign a country and murder/enslave the inhabitants with God's blessings. So they did that,and renamed the country the stole "The promised Land".
This practice had so many practical advantages,it continues to this day;with pretty much every tribe eventually getting a turn.Some more than once. Currently it's America's turn,but that's nearly finished. It's almost time for China to have yet another turn.
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
