YHWH was a cannaanite war and weather god adopted by the Israelites as their tribal god.The Israelites adopted Yahweh because it justified Mose’s plan to invade cannaan and take the land of cannaan by violence. The Israelites learned of Yahweh from the Shasu. We have ancient artifacts of...
Im trying my best to keep up with you, I know that there are some "Gods" from a more ancient period such as "Baal", who by the way isn't the "God" the bible makes him out to be. There are others too, my question to you is, would you say these other "Gods" are members of the divine counsil?
There was no other siblings till after Seth the 3rd child. Adam and Eve were created after the 6th day. Ppl had already populated the earth. This is why Cain was worried PPL would hunt him down for what he did.
I get what your saying, I've heard it time and time again. I don't believe it's complicated at all. I choose to understand as it is in the text and with logic, or at least with as much logic as one can put into a "belief". Plain and simple, YHWH put the tree there, temptation. The rest is history.
I think the problem is denial, ppl see something that challenges their belief system and as a result, because of denial, it can't possibly mean what it says. The metaphors already included are fairly obvious.
Take it literal. if you do that, you will find YHWH is not who you think he is. be careful with "metaphors", when you stand before the FATHER and he says I told you and you read it, but you changed it with a "metaphor", its then your fault.
I think what makes it the greatest is not necessarily whether you agree with it or disagree with it, or whether you enjoy the read or not enjoy the read. I think what makes it the greatest, more so if it turns out wrong, is that it manages to garner so many followers and continues doing so...