Yahweh was just one deity in the Canaanite pantheon
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IsraHell — 8 months ago(July 07, 2025 12:48 AM)
In early passages of the Bible, there seems to be allusions to that. Like, other gods aren't talked about as if they don't exist. It's just stated that Yahweh is a jealous God and sees himself as the one true God.
Since it's all made up **** anyway, my headcannon is that Yahweh was an abusive narcissist who killed the other Gods, and made up lies about them. -
sheetsadam1 — 8 months ago(July 07, 2025 01:52 AM)
Which Bible though? The Protestant Bible with 66 books? The Catholic Bible with 73? The Ethiopian Orthodox Bible with 81? And which translation are you using? All of those issues
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the ambiguity in the Bible are the reason we have so many hundreds of denominations, many of them ostensibly "right" on whichever minor nitpick made them branch off and form their own church.
Speaking as someone who still attends Mass occasionally (I enjoy the aesthetics and sense of community and the priest at my local parish is a fellow literature nerd), I don't believe that all of the answers are found in a sacred book or in a church. While I do make an effort to follow the moral teachings of Jesus, there is plenty of wisdom to be found in Buddhism, Taoism and other eastern traditions as well. Alan Watts, as a former Anglican priest, was a great translator of these ideas into a framework familiar to Westerners. I'd highly recommend his books and especially his taped lectures.
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️ — 8 months ago(July 07, 2025 03:18 AM)Prot Bible.
I love Alan Watts. Ive listened to his lectures on YouTube. Some of his stuff is on Spotify too.
I'm a Pantheist. Love Spinoza and Hegels concept of God. I think Hegels is more precise. Its also very controversial and some people say he wws basically an atheist but I guess it all comes down to definitions.
I got into Buddhism thought through Arthur Schopenhauer. I used to consider myself like a secular Buddhist. I wasnt very good at it. I like the whole ideal of non attachment. Hard to do though.
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sheetsadam1 — 8 months ago(July 07, 2025 03:29 AM)
At this point I would say I'm basically a Christian Taoist, but in a largely secular sense, since I would also consider myself something of a hopeful agnostic.
I've not attended any meetings, but I am sort of intrigued by what I've read of progressive Quakerism. Not only are they the sole group in the U.S. to be on the right side of every social issue since the colonial era, but they're also non-creedal and non-hierarchical. It strikes me as a very eastern form of religion which seemed to somehow emerge in 17th-century England.
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IsraHell — 8 months ago(July 07, 2025 02:03 AM)
The ambiguity was less of an issue for me than the lack of rationality and just knowing where a lot of these beliefs come from. It's wild that people are still believing a version of these ancient ideas. These delusions definitely had to evolve with the times. We're more civilized and we know more. The mental gymnastics people have to go through to still believe is almost impressive… or just really dumb, depending on the person.
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IsraHell — 8 months ago(July 07, 2025 02:35 AM)
Here are a couple
https://books.google.com/books?id=uDijjc_D5P0C&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=3T9eWJuM7EcC&pg=PA145#v=onepage&q&f=false -
IsraHell — 8 months ago(July 07, 2025 04:06 AM)
It's often interpreted to not be literal, and more about human leaders, but given the roots of the Abrahamic religions, a literal reading makes more logical sense.
Even if not, it seems likely that the more poetic interpretation still stems from Canaanite beliefs that predate Judaism. -
sheetsadam1 — 8 months ago(July 07, 2025 04:15 AM)
I'm not sure about that particular psalm, but knowing the book as a whole I would lean towards a poetic interpretation. The Bible is a book comprised of many genres and literalists often miss the broader points being relayed while attempting to "prove" historical accuracy.
But, to your larger point, there is indeed plenty of evidence that they were, at times, polytheistic, and even instances where other gods are shown to have some limited powers (I believe in one of the Books of Kings and Elijah is involved somehow, and definitely in Exodus where Egyptian gods are shown to be able to replicate some of the same miracles Moses performed through Yahweh).
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