RE: History of Yahweh
July 18, 2014 at 9:34 am
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2014 at 9:46 am by Mudhammam.)
(March 13, 2014 at 12:30 pm)Chad32 Wrote: No wonder they felt the need to demonize and destroy the Canaanites. The Canaanites didn't think too much of the Yahwists saying their god was the best one and didn't want word to get out that Yahweh was just the Canaanite version of Ares instead of the big creator god the genesis writers made him out to be.
And then Mohammad came along, a devout follower of Abraham who basically thought he was restoring the covenant, returning to the true faith that Abraham had in God. And guess what? The surrounding tribes didn't like what they heard and mocked him... you can probably assume what that led to...
Islam was to the Arabian Peninsula what Yahwism was to Canaan.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza