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

[Anonymous]

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?

Your premise is flawed OP, making your question meaningless.

[Anonymous]

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 is Jewish? No, God is God. He chose the Jewish people (according to some beliefs), then he sent his son, the Christ (according to other beliefs).

OP, you're incredibly ignorant even for a DCUM troll.

[Anonymous]

Satan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Good evidence that the ancestors of the Jews were polytheistic? Or good evidence that there lol were polytheists who identified themselves as Jewish? I am skeptical about the latter.

I can read Biblical Hebrew, and Aramaic pretty because I attended Orthodox religious schools before becoming secular, and that background let me take some grad-level classes on the history of the Hebrew Bible as an undergraduate. My recollection is that there are very many references to multiple gods. For starters, the Hebrew Bible mostly references “Elohim” which is literally “gods”. Also, the very word for God in Hebrew (“el”) is the name of a Canaanite god, and the Hebrew Bible consistently refers to both “el/Elohim” (“god”) vs the god of Moses (YHVH, usually translated as “the Lord”). Then there are references to the goddess Asherah (אֲשֵׁרָה), a word the religious will tell you refers to “poles” in the Hebrew Bible and not the goddess, despite that being the meaning in every other Semitic language and dialect.

There is also the fact that the psalms are full of praise for “El ‘elyon” (God most high)… which happens to be the name of the chief Ugarittic god, and the phrase is used explicitly to refer to that god in Genesis.

Then, of course, there are the demigods in Genesis 6:1-2 (בני האלהים).

There are dozens of similar examples, and my impression is that it’s pretty broadly accepted in academic biblical archaeology that monotheism didn’t among Israelites until post-Babylonian exile.

[Anonymous]

In all seriousness, this is really a history question, not a religion question. The fact that OP asked the question in this manner makes one question educational quality in America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In all seriousness, this is really a history question, not a religion question. The fact that OP asked the question in this manner makes one question educational quality in America.

And the fact that you responded in that non-substantive and as hominem way settles that question.

Where I attended school they stressed there was no such thing as a stupid question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In all seriousness, this is really a history question, not a religion question. The fact that OP asked the question in this manner makes one question educational quality in America.

And the fact that you responded in that non-substantive and as hominem way settles that question.

Where I attended school they stressed there was no such thing as a stupid question.

Are you unable to google Hinduism or Lutheranism or whatever “other religions” you are asking about? Wikipedia is very informative. Best wishes on your spiritual journey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In all seriousness, this is really a history question, not a religion question. The fact that OP asked the question in this manner makes one question educational quality in America.

And the fact that you responded in that non-substantive and as hominem way settles that question.

Where I attended school they stressed there was no such thing as a stupid question.

Are you unable to google Hinduism or Lutheranism or whatever “other religions” you are asking about? Wikipedia is very informative. Best wishes on your spiritual journey.

I’m not the one who asked the question. I am simply the one pointing out your petulance of your response.

[Anonymous]

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?

You're coming perilously close to stumbling upon a real point.

[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?

You're coming perilously close to stumbling upon a real point.

Haha how true

[Anonymous]

I don't know the exact names of the inventors, but they each owned a penis, and saw the business opportunity of religion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know the exact names of the inventors, but they each owned a penis, and saw the business opportunity of religion.

Abraham got his for 5% off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Good evidence that the ancestors of the Jews were polytheistic? Or good evidence that there lol were polytheists who identified themselves as Jewish? I am skeptical about the latter.

I can read Biblical Hebrew, and Aramaic pretty because I attended Orthodox religious schools before becoming secular, and that background let me take some grad-level classes on the history of the Hebrew Bible as an undergraduate. My recollection is that there are very many references to multiple gods. For starters, the Hebrew Bible mostly references “Elohim” which is literally “gods”. Also, the very word for God in Hebrew (“el”) is the name of a Canaanite god, and the Hebrew Bible consistently refers to both “el/Elohim” (“god”) vs the god of Moses (YHVH, usually translated as “the Lord”). Then there are references to the goddess Asherah (אֲשֵׁרָה), a word the religious will tell you refers to “poles” in the Hebrew Bible and not the goddess, despite that being the meaning in every other Semitic language and dialect.

There is also the fact that the psalms are full of praise for “El ‘elyon” (God most high)… which happens to be the name of the chief Ugarittic god, and the phrase is used explicitly to refer to that god in Genesis.

Then, of course, there are the demigods in Genesis 6:1-2 (בני האלהים).

There are dozens of similar examples, and my impression is that it’s pretty broadly accepted in academic biblical archaeology that monotheism didn’t among Israelites until post-Babylonian exile.

Angels are pretty non-controversial in Judaism. So what does "monotheistic" mean, specifically?


"I am the Lord your God. The Lord is One. You shall have no other gods before me" means that one God is in charge, not that only one god exists.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Simple. We don't believe in your 'God'.

What you believe in has no bearing on the truth.

I believe magical unicorns and leprechauns are real. Are they just because I believe it.

"There are no atheists in a foxhole." Ernie Pyle. WWII war correspondent.

If your child was terminally ill would you pray to your unicorns?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Simple. We don't believe in your 'God'.

What you believe in has no bearing on the truth.

I believe magical unicorns and leprechauns are real. Are they just because I believe it.

"There are no atheists in a foxhole." Ernie Pyle. WWII war correspondent.

If your child was terminally ill would you pray to your unicorns?

As a parent who has faced terminal illness in a child, and who has known others who have walked the same path, I can assure you that there are many people who lose their faith along that journey. Few things seem more likely to make one doubt the existence of God.