If God was Jewish and Jesus Was Catholic who made up these other religions?

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Anonymous wrote:God created Earth. He was Jewish.

His son Jesus acted up and sent his 12 Apostles out to start Catholic Church.

But what’s up with all the other religions? Did people just make them up and folks blindly followed?

God wasn't Jewish. He formed a covenant with Abraham and some of his progeny, but lot's of other peoples around at that time had their own gods.
And yes, almost certainly "people [did] just make up [these other religions.]"
Most religions pre-dating Judaism were polytheistic

There is a good argument that Judaism was polytheistic prior to the Babylonian Captivity and the writing of the Torah.

really? I'd like to hear the rationale for that

Here is a basic explanation

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1097/ancient-israelite--judean-religion/

and here is a more scholarly one

https://books.google.com/books?id=IEYhAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

From the first link:

"Additionally, attentive readers may notice that there was no discussion of Judaism. Generally speaking, the scholarly consensus is that the religion of Judaism was distinct from ancient Israelite and Judean religion."

That seems to say pretty clearly that Judaism came after the polytheism, not that Judaism was polytheistic.

Jews, like Christians, adopted traditions from older traditions. Calling the Israelites who first practiced those traditions "Jewish" makes about as much sense as calling ancient Roman traditions "Christians" because the people who followed them were the ancestors of Christians, and because some ancient Roman traditions such as decorating with evergreens for winter holidays were later adopted by Christians.

Sure, but that means that a lot of Biblical figures that Jews regard as Jews are not actually Jews. To the extent that there is a way to delineate when the change in Judaism occurred, scholars argue between the Babylonian exile and shortly after the return. If you want to call any thing prior not Judaism, then you are left with the absurdity that the Jewish exile did not involve Jews being exiled, in fact, none of the events that most Jews would say are central to Jewish history prior to monotheism involved Jews. Personally, I view it as a religion evolving. Catholicism is vastly different because it was a religion founded in an outlier province with roots entirely outside of Roman tradition. It incorporated some beliefs, but it is ultimately based on Judaism not the classical Roman pantheon or later Roman versions of monotheism

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God created Earth. He was Jewish.

His son Jesus acted up and sent his 12 Apostles out to start Catholic Church.

But what’s up with all the other religions? Did people just make them up and folks blindly followed?

Even Catholics don't believe that.

+1

[Anonymous]

This thread isn't turning out how OP (an obvious troll) intended. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God created Earth. He was Jewish.

His son Jesus acted up and sent his 12 Apostles out to start Catholic Church.

But what’s up with all the other religions? Did people just make them up and folks blindly followed?

God wasn't Jewish. He formed a covenant with Abraham and some of his progeny, but lot's of other peoples around at that time had their own gods.
And yes, almost certainly "people [did] just make up [these other religions.]"
Most religions pre-dating Judaism were polytheistic

There is a good argument that Judaism was polytheistic prior to the Babylonian Captivity and the writing of the Torah.

really? I'd like to hear the rationale for that

Here is a basic explanation

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1097/ancient-israelite--judean-religion/

and here is a more scholarly one

https://books.google.com/books?id=IEYhAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

From the first link:

"Additionally, attentive readers may notice that there was no discussion of Judaism. Generally speaking, the scholarly consensus is that the religion of Judaism was distinct from ancient Israelite and Judean religion."

That seems to say pretty clearly that Judaism came after the polytheism, not that Judaism was polytheistic.

Jews, like Christians, adopted traditions from older traditions. Calling the Israelites who first practiced those traditions "Jewish" makes about as much sense as calling ancient Roman traditions "Christians" because the people who followed them were the ancestors of Christians, and because some ancient Roman traditions such as decorating with evergreens for winter holidays were later adopted by Christians.

Sure, but that means that a lot of Biblical figures that Jews regard as Jews are not actually Jews. To the extent that there is a way to delineate when the change in Judaism occurred, scholars argue between the Babylonian exile and shortly after the return. If you want to call any thing prior not Judaism, then you are left with the absurdity that the Jewish exile did not involve Jews being exiled, in fact, none of the events that most Jews would say are central to Jewish history prior to monotheism involved Jews. Personally, I view it as a religion evolving. Catholicism is vastly different because it was a religion founded in an outlier province with roots entirely outside of Roman tradition. It incorporated some beliefs, but it is ultimately based on Judaism not the classical Roman pantheon or later Roman versions of monotheism

DP and I agree that Judaism, as we recognize it today, didn't emerge until the Babylonian exile.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:God created Earth. He was Jewish.

His son Jesus acted up and sent his 12 Apostles out to start Catholic Church.

But what’s up with all the other religions? Did people just make them up and folks blindly followed?

Massive troll.

+1

Huge.

[Anonymous]

LOL, Jesus wasn't Catholic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL, Jesus wasn't Catholic.

The OP didn't say that. They said Jesus sent the 12 apostles out to start the Catholic Church. And that is pretty much what happened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, Jesus wasn't Catholic.

The OP didn't say that. They said Jesus sent the 12 apostles out to start the Catholic Church. And that is pretty much what happened.

And then, a few centuries, some folks concluded that the Catholic Church no longer represented Christianity and started their Christian churches.

[Anonymous]

They existed long before your god and Jesus did, sweetheart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL, Jesus wasn't Catholic.

The OP didn't say that. They said Jesus sent the 12 apostles out to start the Catholic Church. And that is pretty much what happened.

And then, a few centuries, some folks concluded that the Catholic Church no longer represented Christianity and started their Christian churches.

Right, but that wasn't "a few centuries," more like 12 centuries later if you're thinking of the Protestants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They existed long before your god and Jesus did, sweetheart.

This is probably true, The Egyptian religion is much older than Abraham

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God is all religions with different names and presents themself differently to different people.

Ironically, Omnism is one of the most recent religions.

[Anonymous]

There is only one God, if there is one. He/She/Them created humans and that was not a wise but fun experiment. Humans created different religions but they all pray same power and want same blessings, just stupid enough to fight over how to do it and whose way is better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They existed long before your god and Jesus did, sweetheart.

This^.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is only one God, if there is one. He/She/Them created humans and that was not a wise but fun experiment. Humans created different religions but they all pray same power and want same blessings, just stupid enough to fight over how to do it and whose way is better.

How do you know this?