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Atheists & Agnostics

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6. The Yahweh of the OT was a pretty standard middle-eastern god.

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 05:51 AM

Jul 2015

He was a war-god, a protector of its people. He even had a wife, Asherah, a goddess of fertility whose symbol was a tree, but she was retconned in 500BC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asherah#In_Israel_and_Judah

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Batman Vs. God [View all] Capt. Obvious Jul 2015 OP

Yahweh is a loving god. Arugula Latte Jul 2015 #1

The Yahweh of the OT was a pretty standard middle-eastern god. DetlefK Jul 2015 #6

Ah, c'mon! Who wouldn't worship the guy? beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #2

That sermon deserves a classic pissed-off woman song... onager Jul 2015 #3

Joyce Green? beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #5

She's your virtual neighbor! onager Jul 2015 #7