What is a proper response to this?

[coolduude]

What is the proper response to a person who says that primitive Jews worshiped Yahweh and his wife? I remember seeing this in an article. Archelogists found evidence that early Jews were not monothestic- they worshipped a woman god as well.

Here’s a link:
evolutionofgod.net/q/yahweh

it’s an excerpt from a book but the point is there.

Thoughts?

Coolduude

 

[puzzleannie]

What is the proper response to a person who says that primitive Jews worshiped Yahweh and his wife? I remember seeing this in an article. Archelogists found evidence that early Jews were not monothestic- they worshipped a woman god as well.

Here’s a link:
evolutionofgod.net/q/yahweh

it’s an excerpt from a book but the point is there.

Thoughts?

Coolduude

there is no response to an idiotic allegation that has no scriptural basis whatever except “prove it” and nothing in this link even attempts to do that

this person has already begun with the classic slander that the God of Hebrew scripture is just another version of pagan gods of the time, so since he starts with a falsehood (which incidentally has little support from archeology let alone any other science) it is unlikely that any reasoning process of his will lead to any truth. Bad science is bad science and leads to bad results, just as bad theology leads to bad results. I am not going to even touch on bad writing.

there is only one shred of truth on this site: he wants you to buy his book

 

[Moscati]

Re that particular article: I’m not entirely sure what point they were trying to make with this archeological evidence. Scripture says the Jews went back to worshipping other gods all the time (golden calf? Elijah on Mount Carmel? duh?). It’s hardly surprising (to me, anyway), that there would be communities that tried to mix the worship of Yahweh with the worship of Asherah. Those would be the people the prophets were always being sent to who needed to be set straight.

 

[LARSCOUT0311]

The progenitor of the Israelites, Abraham came from Ur which is a city located in ancient Mesopotamia. The Mesopotamians were polytheistic. This doesn’t mean that Yahweh was actually part of the polytheistic pantheon, but there could have been a similar name.

Something you may find interesting too is that the Egyptians were one of the first people to believe in monotheism. We always associate them with a large pantheon of animal headed deities, but during the reign of Akhenaton, he changed the national religion to a monotheistic one. In fact the symbol was the sun with many rays coming from it and each ray ending in a hand. Normally when a new pharoah came into power he brought his religious views with him. So despised was this change that once Akhenaton died his statues were defiled and so were the symbols of his one god.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle…G.I. Joe!

 

[LongJohnSilver]

There are some good allocations that the Israelites were polytheistic at first, but then slowly moved to a new kind of religion, monotheism. This development is visible in the Old Testament. I didn’t read the article, but I’ve read similar topics about Israel worshipping a wide range of gods from surrounding countries. Hence the many incidents in the O.T. where the Israelites had to learn the hard way to worship just the One God.

 

[LARSCOUT0311]

As Longjohn said but even further in ancient times polytheism was the rule while monotheism was the exception. This was for all cultures throughout the world.

 

[mdgspencer]

If you don’t have to give any proof, you can say anything. This passage doesn’t give any evidence for its claim. I recall coming across one scholar who claimed that the Virgin Mary wrote the Book of Revelation, but with a similar lack of evidence. I have read widely during my years and sometimes have found a book promoting views that are quite odd. This is one of them.
I suggest that you be more careful about what you read in the area of religion, since this book troubles you though it lacks substance. If you do read such a book, I advise you to build up your knowledge of the Bible first.