• HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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      Yahweh was a war god before a schism in the faith. “He” consolidated power and did away with the other gods.

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        “He” meaning the society and politics at the time which needed a war god to rally support against suppression and invasion. Before such events Yahweh still had believers (Yahwists) but they were a smaller group compared to other god worship. Until wartime, of course.

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        There is no yahweh and there never has been. Humans badly need to reconcile with their history of running their world by scammy skygod myths.

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          Never said Yahweh existed just a comment about the origins of the myth.

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      “was”. He’s dead, according to Dr. Nietzsche’s diagnosis - and the man originally was a theologist so he knew what he was talking about.