Saturday, 24 January 2015
YAHWEH, the DIY God
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As if that was not enough, God promised them the lands of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites AND he gave them permission to slaughter, rape, take slaves and pillage to conquer these lands. Incredibly lucky that God was so understanding.
God gave the Israelites laws to live by and they were lucky AGAIN! He turned a blind eye to the cruel habits of these Iron-Age herdsmen and allowed them to continue holding slaves, selling their daughters, stoning brides for not bleeding on their wedding night and even killing their children if they were unruly. God really wanted his chosen people to be happy.
To top it all, God stayed totally hidden until he revealed himself around 3,500 years ago. No-one knew anything about him before that moment (they already had plenty of other gods to worship). And who were the ONLY people on the planet he chose to reveal himself to? The Israelites!
It all worked out so well.
To top it all, God stayed totally hidden until he revealed himself around 3,500 years ago. No-one knew anything about him before that moment (they already had plenty of other gods to worship). And who were the ONLY people on the planet he chose to reveal himself to? The Israelites!
It all worked out so well.
It couldn't have been any better if the Israelites had made the whole thing up.
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And yes, it was all made up. And they (the old men) saw that it was good.
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