Originally posted by: dderidex
And that YHWH was originally merely one of many pagan gods - in fact, a sky god (a god of thunder and lightning). He was called by enemies of Israel 'a god of the hills'. Once ancient Israel sufficiently conquered their neighboring tribes, they took to re-writing their history, and setting YHWH up as a single deity.
I'd like to see links to back up your "facts" here please. The word for "god" in ancient Hebrew was "El". "Elohim" is not the plural for "El", but means "the many that think/act as one." YHWH means a singular god -- the unchanging, eternal, self-existent God, the Exodus 3:14 "I am that I am" (but that "am", the "to be" verb, could be past, present, or future tense) -- similar to the Arabic word Allah. It cannot exist in plurality.
It is true that the word Jehovah has no Biblical basis whatsoever.
Originally posted by: azazyel
Originally posted by: Vic
It reminds me that there is no "J" in the Hebrew language.
But in the Latin alphabet, "Jehovah" begins with an "I
And in the Hebrew, it begins with a "Y". The word was never used though, and the ancient Hebrews called their God, Adonai ("Lord").
Originally posted by: exilera
Originally posted by: jumpr
Originally posted by: exilera
Reminds me of Jehova's Witnesses, aka morons.
Don't you just love religious intolerance?
Religious intolerance? Hardly. I know quite a bit about their religion; I dated one for over a year. Judging by what I've learned about their hypocricy and BS, I stand by my assumption.
It doesn't matter what know about them, a sweeping derogatory generalization like that is religious intolerance no matter how you want to slice it. No matter what you think, it is fact that the most important right of all is the freedom of belief.