You tug at strings, pretty soon you realise, the whole conception of God is wrong. AND that fact is right there in the first LINE of the Bible, which talks openly of Gods - plural (Elohim).
The awakening is a long drop from there. (But it's OK)
It's OK. Thanks for sending the link, interesting and useful to know. I do see that explanation as metal gymnastics, but it's OK for you go on believing it. Good to see you looked into it.
Genesis 1:26 "Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness"
This is clearly the grammar of more than one entity - and the bible does have the vibe of more than one personality acting. Not warn man of flood coming - vs - also help one of them to build an ark. It suggests more than one actor.
Then there is the big problem of pre-bible stories matching the bible, proving the bible to be real, but being different just in the number of Gods. A single God is not the god of all bible stories in the bible, the conclusion is inescapable, given the evidence.
Doesn't mean there is not one primary God, just that the bible is about more than one character playing god, it could be none of them are the ultimate one primary god.
You tug at strings, pretty soon you realise, the whole conception of God is wrong. AND that fact is right there in the first LINE of the Bible, which talks openly of Gods - plural (Elohim).
The awakening is a long drop from there. (But it's OK)
EDIT: I love Vigano
I thought the first line of the bible is "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth"
That's right. That's the English translation. In Hebrew the word translated as God is "Elohim" which is the plural of Eloah.
https://jewsforjudaism.org/knowledge/articles/oneness-of-god-the-meaning-of-elohim
This first paragraph states "In biblical Hebrew, many singular abstractions are expressed in the plural form, e.g., rachamim, “compassion”"
It's OK. Thanks for sending the link, interesting and useful to know. I do see that explanation as metal gymnastics, but it's OK for you go on believing it. Good to see you looked into it.
Genesis 1:26 "Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness"
This is clearly the grammar of more than one entity - and the bible does have the vibe of more than one personality acting. Not warn man of flood coming - vs - also help one of them to build an ark. It suggests more than one actor.
Then there is the big problem of pre-bible stories matching the bible, proving the bible to be real, but being different just in the number of Gods. A single God is not the god of all bible stories in the bible, the conclusion is inescapable, given the evidence.
Doesn't mean there is not one primary God, just that the bible is about more than one character playing god, it could be none of them are the ultimate one primary god.