RE: History of Yahweh
July 26, 2014 at 7:27 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2014 at 7:34 pm by Jenny A.)
I'm just speculating, but war gods are popular with people who are winning wars. The all powerful Yahweh, was a priestly explanation for why the Hebrews lost. It's you're own fault folks, you weren't holy enough.
But I think there's a little more to it than that. I just can't figure out what. Like other peoples, the Canaanites had many gods. But most peoples chose one god as the one most interested in their little town--angering Athena leads to bad fortune for Athens and so on. But they don't decide that that god is the only one.
I think the jealous god idea is the answer. What caused the early worshipers of Yahweh to decide that he was so insanely jealous is hard to figure out. But once the jealousy was established, oneness inevitably followed.
I am sure it's not creationism. Other peoples had creation gods that they replaced. How popular was Croons as opposed to Zeus for example?
Who were the Nephilim?
Who are the angles, demons, and Satin?
Who are the god one might have before Yahweh?
Who let the Pharaoh's magicians do any magic however inferior to what god allowed Moses to do?
-----Gods and demi gods of course.
But I think there's a little more to it than that. I just can't figure out what. Like other peoples, the Canaanites had many gods. But most peoples chose one god as the one most interested in their little town--angering Athena leads to bad fortune for Athens and so on. But they don't decide that that god is the only one.
I think the jealous god idea is the answer. What caused the early worshipers of Yahweh to decide that he was so insanely jealous is hard to figure out. But once the jealousy was established, oneness inevitably followed.
I am sure it's not creationism. Other peoples had creation gods that they replaced. How popular was Croons as opposed to Zeus for example?
(July 18, 2014 at 1:03 am)Polaris Wrote: El, Elohim (I believe this was during the time of Abraham and still my favorite), and Yahweh are the same God. Yahweh was a descriptive used for the name El, which later became more popular than the original name itself.
El was the name of God and Yahweh means He who makes (or will make) Himself manifest (kind of like אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, aka I AM that I AM).
Quote:The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.Genesis 6:4-5
Who were the Nephilim?
Who are the angles, demons, and Satin?
Who are the god one might have before Yahweh?
Who let the Pharaoh's magicians do any magic however inferior to what god allowed Moses to do?
-----Gods and demi gods of course.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
