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Originally Posted by Time
A mini history if judeism (cut and dry for less typing)
Some mixing of old jewish peoples came to the land of cannon, and either fought and took over the land, and or amalgamated.
They have a general pagan tradition, very similar to the canninites (El, Baal, and a few others in that area)
Feeling oppressed with the world around them, they decided to rid themselves of the polytheistic route, and go for one god (or man and woman god being the same thing)
The jews are taken over by the babylonians, and multitudes of them are taken to babylon. The jews feeling more persicuted, want to go "eff you" to the rest of the world they know, and start circumsiscion. Feeling that god is punishing them for being "one god", yet worshiping 2, they dump the female side, and end up using "god" as a male/female combination.
Comming back to isreal (remember the story of jacob comming to isreal from babylon?) They had an almost complete text, which is the original jewish book of worship. Any traditions in judeism are based off of that.
Basically, they wanted to be different from everyone else around them. They were so oppressed, they wrote stories on how they are the "choosen" people, for a moral booster while in babylon. The same way Captain America was made as a moral booster and propaganda for the states in WWII.
The OT of the bible, is based off of those texts.
So IMO the ultimate aim, back then was to be different. Now adays, they are gods "choosen" people, and are decendants of jacob, and are bound to his deals with god. I guess now they think they are the chosen ones because according to history, they are the "true" decendants from adom and eve/jacobs bloodline.
And in reality, it was the basis for christianity. No matter how much people want to deny it, judeism paved the way for christianity/islam. They are anything but the same belief, but christianity wouldnt exsist without it.
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A bit harsh on my part, I know, but learn to spell - or use a spell checker. A grammar checker would not be a bad idea either. It is a real chore trying to decipher what you post.
Understand, I am not a biblical literalist. I do not believe in -
תורה מסיני - Torah from Sinai. I do believe in -
תורה מן השמים - Torah from heaven, which has a different connotation, although some take it to mean the same thing. I know where the seams are. I know the limitations of using the Tanakh as history.
Having said that, however, the truth is that what you have posted betrays both your lack of knowledge regarding Judaism, the Jewish people and the history of both. Except for the fact that someone who knows even less than you do about Judaism might actually think you know what you are talking about, no reply would have been posted by me. I am mindful of the no win situation spelled out in Proverbs in answering such as this:
אל־תען כסיל כאולתו פן־תשוה־לו גם־אתה
ענה כסיל כאולתו פן־יהיה חכם בעיניו
B'shalom,
Peter