- Did God have a wife? Scholar says that he did
- Archeologists Make Rare Discovery West of Jerusalem
- 2,750-year-old temple found near Jerusalem
Posted on 09/18/2013 12:19:58 PM PDT by the scotsman
'Female figurines and inscribed prayers to a "divine couple" found in temples in Israel suggest that the “one God” of the Bible may not have been entirely alone.
A recent excavation in Tel Motza, not far from Jerusalem, found what archaeologists believe to have been a ritual building - with clay figures of animals and men from the time of the First Temple, according to Israel's Haaretz news site.
The find suggests that Iron Age religion in the area around Jerusalem may not have been monotheistic just before the time the Hebrew Bible – the basis of the Old Testament - started to be written.
Now experts are increasingly suggesting that far from there being “one God”, there were many.
One expert, Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou of the University of Exeter, says there is “increasing evidence” of Israelites worshipping several gods - including one who may have been seen as Yahweh’s “wife”.'
(Excerpt) Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com ...
Chapter 23 is coming up soon, then. That’s the account of Aholah and Aholibah.
It is silly to believe God is male. No male God would have created human men where the testicles were held in a thinly-walled sack outside the body. God is obviously a pissed off lesbian female.
it was freaky listening to him- even Art Bell was surprised- occasionally stopping to say “boy you’ve really got your act together”
That’s omne of the things I love about Art Bell that George Noury lacks. Art has this kind of breathless, excited “can you believe this, folks!!” that draws you in (wether he actually believes it or not)
I got the impression, for one of the few times, that he did not believe John Titor except even he was surprised at the level of deatil in his story and how he could not shake him from his story one bit
George Noury is a very talented and 100% conpetant interviewer, knowing his topic very well before he begins any show, and prepared with good questions, but he lacks that excited edge. You almost suspect he is thinking “man I can’t believe I have to interview these morons”
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20.3) does not necessarily mean that the other gods do not exist—only that the Israelites should give the greatest honor and worship to Yahweh.
LOL! I think it held that distinction way before I left!
If your in San Anselmo, I used to lease a great hilltop house overlooking SA/ Ross/ Mt. Tam when I was doing the college thing. It was at the very top/end of Sequoia Rd right next to the water tower... GREAT times and the best view in Marin that didn't have a Bay/Ocean theme.
The natural beauty that makes Marin Marin still abounds.
The headlines in the Marin I.J...are still regularly about HOME PRICES....and Fairfax is still a NUCLEAR FREE Zone.
BBC’s face of religion is a self-proclaimed atheist
who claims God had a wife and Eve suffered from sexism
By Hannah Roberts and Paul Revoir
UPDATED: 21:50 EST, 8 March 2011
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1364018/Atheist-Dr-Francesca-Stavrakopoulout-BBC-face-religion.html
Did God have a wife? Scholar says that he did
MSNBC | Viegas | Jennifer
Posted on 03/19/2011 11:21:29 AM PDT by caldera599
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2691422/posts
I can't believe we dated the same woman named Karen.
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