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**Super-Luser** · 07-10-2008, 11:16 PM

Let me go back into the distant recesses of time (okay, 2002) when I was still studying the Bible with the Anglicans...before I broke away from nearly all Christian beliefs....

The fundamentalist Christians base their beliefs and dogma on a literal interpretation of the entire Bible, with a strong emphasis on the Old Testament, i.e., the Judaic Hebrew texts. If you go back to the original Hebrew texts, which were written over a long period in history, there were a couple of different Hebrew words for God. One was Elohim and the other was Jehovah. A close reading of the texts shows that Elohim behaved kindly and Jehovah was the angry vengeful God.

There were two different names because they refer to two different Gods! It is not well known that there was a time when the Jews were not monotheistic. They had numerous gods, just like the "pagan" religions. In fact they WERE pagan for all intents and purposes.

So uh...if the fundamentalists' God seems a bit, pardon the expression, "schizo"...this is the reason. No offence intended to any Christians on the board. Those of you who live according to the teachings of Jesus are on a beautiful path. The Bible is beautiful literature and has much to offer in wisdom teachings...and mythology that was never intended to be taken literally.

07-10-2008, 11:16 PM	#10
Super-Luser Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 561 Senior Member	Let me go back into the distant recesses of time (okay, 2002) when I was still studying the Bible with the Anglicans...before I broke away from nearly all Christian beliefs.... The fundamentalist Christians base their beliefs and dogma on a literal interpretation of the entire Bible, with a strong emphasis on the Old Testament, i.e., the Judaic Hebrew texts. If you go back to the original Hebrew texts, which were written over a long period in history, there were a couple of different Hebrew words for God. One was Elohim and the other was Jehovah. A close reading of the texts shows that Elohim behaved kindly and Jehovah was the angry vengeful God. There were two different names because they refer to two different Gods! It is not well known that there was a time when the Jews were not monotheistic. They had numerous gods, just like the "pagan" religions. In fact they WERE pagan for all intents and purposes. So uh...if the fundamentalists' God seems a bit, pardon the expression, "schizo"...this is the reason. No offence intended to any Christians on the board. Those of you who live according to the teachings of Jesus are on a beautiful path. The Bible is beautiful literature and has much to offer in wisdom teachings...and mythology that was never intended to be taken literally.
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