Comment on Not to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• bigfondue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The religion of the Israelites wasn’t even monotheistic at first. Yahweh was one of many gods.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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    • ethaver@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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    • its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨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

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      • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Shiggles@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        “That’s Modalism, Patrick!”

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    • Cassanderer@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Does not make sense to me, but that bit was not doctrine until 350 ad.

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s tritheism, Patrick!

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  • axexrx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also, he was a war god.

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      source?

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      • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    source?

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    • RunawayFixer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        wikipedia isn’t a source

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    • bigfondue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahwism

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        wikipedia isn’t a source

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • GandalftheBlack@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not just single books. Single chapters.

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• Ging@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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

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  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    absolutely correct. humans have been scamming humans since inception, and the best methods last the longest.

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• Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ♥️

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