Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-28601337-20170518051547/@comment-28601337-20170519060619
Cris, that's an interesting interpretation, and I am astonished to discover that you indeed know God's name, not many even know this. In fact, if you look into the etymological roots of the name Jesus, it means Jehovah is Salvation.
Thanks SupremeAssassin. That's because a lot of family members of mine are Jevoha's witnesses. So when I visit them, they talk about their meetings and how they preach the Lord's words. I'm very familiar with some of God's names (Jehova, Elohim and Yahweh) too. Hehe.
I'm not sure if I should say this, but from the actions and behavior of God in the Old Testament, he seems like a dictator extreme even for a Templar, demanding absolute obedience from followers and having no qualms about killing anyone on a whim, even Moses (who in spite of all he's done is doomed to not enter the Promised Land because he decided to strike a rock with his staff for water [the method God told him to use previously] rather than speak to it), for the slightest of transgressions. Massacres and genocides are repeated and advocated throughout the text. :-/ The crime of Saul that caused him to lose the favor of God was for sparing the king of the Amalekites when he was told to kill everyone (though I think Saul should've spared the women and children instead -_-). The Midianites, the tribe of Moses's wife, is massacred by the Israelites wholesale for "seducing them" even though Moses had married one... with the only Midianites spared, the virgin girls, being taken as slaves. I'm sorry... it was honestly more than a little appalling for me... so I disagree with the idea that he was a group of Precursors who wanted to help humanity.
Yeah. I also question Yahweh's behavior in the Old Testament. Nonetheless, I believe in Him and his Son because, in my personal opinion, it gives some hope to humanity in this s#!& and crazy world. Because if we were created without purpose or reason, that we just... happen to exist. What hope do we have if we're already condemmed?... Sorry I, I get emotional sometimes.
I also think about the links you expose here: A female among God, Aphrodite as Yahweh's wife, Lucifer as Aphrodite's brother, Lucifer betraying Yahweh. I like to think that it was Lucifer that gave Adam and Eve the Apple of Eden, that this eternal war is that original sin the church talks about.
And about the behavior of Yahweh in the Old Testament. I like to think about "God" as a group of precursor beings. One that was harsh, other that was benevolent, other that was fair, other that was violent, and on and on. Perhaps a divine version of the Seven Dwarfs? Hehe.
Thanks so much for sharing that. It helps me a lot.