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FatherMithras · 05-30-2007, 06:44 AM

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WTF

It´s called word salad.

driver8 · 05-30-2007, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Loomis

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Originally Posted by Cheerful Charlie

Yes, this is also one of my biggest WTF parts of the OT.

That's nothing.

My biggest WTF moment is Deuteronomy 32:8-9:

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When the Most High (Elyon) allotted peoples for inheritance,

When He divided up humanity,

He fixed the boundaries for peoples,

According to the number of the sons of El:

For Yahweh's portion is his people,

Jacob His own inheritance.

In this episode the god named El (El is called “Elyon” in the first line) is dividing up humanity among his 70 sons. It says Yahweh inherited the ‘tribe of Jacob’ from El because Yahweh was one of El’s sons.

In other words it says 'God' had a dad.

This page offers a good explanation of the polytheistic origins of the bible, and specifically addresses these passages:

http://cc.usu.edu/%7Efath6/bible.htm

There's a link to the table of contents if you want to see the context.

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