originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 10 months ago
its almost like the whole thing is an amalgam of thousands of texts edited and repurposed across thousands of years by human beings with various motivations.
The book of Job is literally written in different parts in entirely different dialects that were spoken hundreds of years apart. The opening and ending is from the older dialect, and written much like a folktale. The middle is newer and written much more like an epic poem.
Even the a single book of the Bible comes from numerous sources.
Not just single books. Single chapters.
And yet they persist, so it’s almost like it’s not quite that simple either, eh? Funny how the devil stays in the details, no matter which side you lean
absolutely correct. humans have been scamming humans since inception, and the best methods last the longest.
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bigfondue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The religion of the Israelites wasn’t even monotheistic at first. Yahweh was one of many gods.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
And Christianity isn’t technically monotheistic either, as it has the trinity of God, Christ, and the Spooky Spirit… errrm… I mean Holy Ghost.
ethaver@kbin.earth 10 months ago
And trinitarianism specifically is basically just a reason to wage wars. I was raised in a trinitarian denomination and I still mostly consider myself Christian but I can't reconcile my morals with waging literal wars over fucking metaphysics.
its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
It really is tho. The 3 are the same thing. Different parts/names of one entity. Probably wasn’t originally, but def is now
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Depending on the exact denomination of Christian. There is no big difference between how many christians view satan and how polytheistic religions view some of the less nice gods.
Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
“That’s Modalism, Patrick!”
Cassanderer@thelemmy.club 10 months ago
Does not make sense to me, but that bit was not doctrine until 350 ad.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 months ago
That’s tritheism, Patrick!
axexrx@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Also, he was a war god.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 months ago
source?
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 months ago
source?
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh
You should have just looked this up yourself. It’s going to be the first result in most search engines.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 months ago
wikipedia isn’t a source
bigfondue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahwism
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 months ago
wikipedia isn’t a source