There is a theory, I think, that Yahweh was once part of a trinity with two goddess-wives.
Who are you addressing this to? You didn’t say. I hope that was just carelessness on your part.
One stone carving mentions Him and his “spouse” or companion or?
One Asherah. The “Queen of heaven” is mentioned in Jeremiah 44:19.
But in Deuteronomy 12 all her names, temples, shrines ect are ordered destroyed.
Not certain what the relationship was.
Post #791.
Post #790.
Nope, not there.
Not there either.
The post numbers that show on the slider bar are different from the post numbers that are visible if one clicks on the time of the post.
It’s 793 and 795 according to the latter.
Thank you. I didn’t know post numbers could be seen that way. The slider numbers annoy me, because of their ambiguity.
And I’m willing to drop this hijack, if it’s so important to @DrDeth that he didn’t say in Post 793 that the Israelites were henotheists - meaning, believing in the existence of multiple gods, but only worshipping one - but not polytheistic - meaning, believing in the existence of multiple gods.
I have a question for DrDeth: do you believe that the ancient Israelites worshipped more than a thousand different gods?
I did state they were henotheistic.
This is technically true, but simply saying they were polytheistic gives the wrong impression and is not precise.
Henotheism may be a type of polytheism, but Henotheism is the more correct and precise term.
No, do you? They seem to have worshiped only one, but perhaps before recorded history things were different. There is no record of them worshiping more than one, except of course occasional heretics and backsliders, roundly condemned by the priests.
Well, no; if someone asks me whether I believe they worshipped more than a thousand gods, I have no problem replying with a “no.” And when you’re asked whether you believe it, you respond in much the same way; you lack that belief, and so your answer sensibly kicks off with a mundane and workmanlike ‘no’.
Which is, as far as I can tell, the same way that atheists reply when asked whether they believe there’s a god: if they lack that belief, they can sensibly kick off their answer with a mundane and workmanlike ‘no’.
Oh, for Og’s sake. You said they were henotheistic but not polytheistic:
I assume you thought polytheistic meant only “worshipping multiple gods”. I merely pointed out that you were mistaken, that henotheism is one form of polytheism, which is, as @Czarcasm showed, “belief in, or worship of, multiple gods.”
You simply made an error, just as when you thought atheism was strictly “the positive belief in the non-existence of God or gods.” Just say “Whoops, I was wrong”, and move on.
Sheesh.
Henotheism is different than polytheism , which is why there is a different word for it.
Polytheism implies worship of more than one god. Indeed, that is part of the defintion, while henotheism makes it clear.
It is a more precise term and more correct.
Not did i ever say "atheism is the positive belief in the non-existence of God or gods.” I quote a cite that said one form of atheism is that.
Just say “Whoops, I was wrong”, and move on.
The kind of relationship where you burn all your ex’s pics.
See Ezekiel 23. Quite the bitter divorce.