neologist wrote:Sorry. I cited what I considered to be the most relevant of many passages.
That, of course, ignores the issue of authorship. It also ignores the development of religion among the Jews. Initially, the Jews were very likely not majority Jawists, and it would have behooved anyone attempting to recruit among the majority Baal/Moloch worshipers to acknowledge more than one god. Quite apart from that, there is no reason to assume that the Jawist song and dance has gone unchanged from the beginning. It is seen in many middle eastern religions that the existence of other gods is initially recognized, then that the home-town god is alleged to the the superior god, then the only "true" god, and finally the only god. That exact sequence appears in the Zoroastrian religious development.
Quote:That trinitarians eagerly quote chapter 1 and forget the rest is not surprising. That you would cling to it makes me wonder. . .
I'm not "clinging" to anything, and that was a snotty shot below the belt. I abandoned Catholicism at age 13, and had only myself then recently read the bobble straight through, twice. I came to the conclusion that Genesis One is about polytheism without reference to anyone's theological doctrines.
Quote:You're just pulling my chain, right?
With regard to the very high probability that Jews were originally polytheistic, not at all.
Quote:As far as the consequence of 2 Timothy 3:16:
If not true, the entire Christian religion is a sham.
I'll go a long with that.
Quote:If true, the world blender switch is set to puree, waiting for the 'on' command.
Both profound.
Oh please, have you ever heard of a religious confession which did
not assert that their scripture was divinely inspired? "Uhm . . . we know that our god is the one true god, but we ain't exactly sure about this book here . . . we're pretty sure it's all the straight skinny . . . but, Hey, don't quote us, 'K?"
The only thing i see which is profound is the stubbornness with which the religiously devout defend their beliefs, in the face of any criticism, evidence or scorn.
They then account that a virtue and pat themselves on the back.
