Israel's Revolutionary Monotheism
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Sources:
B. E. Becking, Meindert Dijkstra, Marjo C. A. Korpel, Karel Vriezen - Only One God? Monotheism in Ancient Israel and the Veneration of the Goddess Asherah
Jan Assman - Monotheism and Polytheism in "Religions of the Ancient World: a Guide,"
by Sarah Iles Johnston
Tryggve Mettinger - In Search of God
Bernecker, S., & Pritchard, D. - The Routledge Companion to Epistemology. Routledge.
Richard Hess - Israelite Religions
Patrick D. Miller, Paul D. Hanson, S. Dean McBride - Ancient Israelite Religion
Gerlinde Baumann - Trendy monotheism?
Christine Hayes Lectures - oyc.yale.edu/religious-studie...
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Yehezkel Kaufmann - The Bible and Mythological Polytheism
Roland De Vaux - Ancient Israel
Edward Surman - Mobile People, Mobile God
H.H. Rowley - The Faith of Israel
Herbert Brichto - The Names of God
Jean Bottéro - Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods
Jean Bottéro - Everday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Jean Bottéro - Religion in Ancient Mesoptamia
John Walton - Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament
W. G. Lambert - Babylonian Wisdom Literature
A. Lenzi - Reading Akkadian Prayers and Hymms
Frederick E Greenspahn - Essential Papers on Israel and the Ancient Near East
Karel van der Toorn - Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel
Richard S. Hess, Gordon J. Wenham, Philip E. Satterthwaite - He Swore an Oath: Biblical Themes from Genesis 12-50
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Part 2 but the title is different
So?
Great work 👍
@@InspiringPhilosophy lmao. Come on. Thanks for the content tho
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Hi Mike. Will you be posting a video of the evolution debate that you had in Hamilton? I am really interested to see it. I was hoping to go in person, but I was unable to get out of work.
,,You deny existence of 999 gods, but believe in one. Why so?"
This video is my answer:)
There's ONLY one God brother
There is only one "I AM".
@@ZacharyCath agreed
@@safewalker2158 That is why I put this comment:)
@@user-yj9qq2zd9i cool brother
"Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one" (Deuteronomy 6:4). Christianity is too unique to be a product of human thought. Thanks for all the good work you are doing, Michael. God bless!
@Nissim Levy Since Christianity and Judaism have some common background (the Old Testament ), this alone is not a proving argument for Christianity, I'll give you that.
@@leonarduskarolusiuliustant7498 That isn't a debunk. I think he's saying the whole entire Bible, old and new testament, are way too unique to be a human creation. All of the factors and aspects of Christianity, historical, biblical, literal, ECT. After all, the new testament is just finishing the old testament.
@@SanctifyingThat’s your belief. Jews would digress.
@@moralengineer4051we know
@@JLane-pj4lr the whole point is the YHWH is the only one is the clouds for no one can do what He does, even the mythical pagan gods. It’s a rhetorical question bc only God can do those things.
This is by far my favorite TH-cam channel
Thanks!
Same here!!
Atheist: “Yahweh existed far before Israel as a nation”
Christians: “Yes, that’s the point.”
Atheists: “Israel had a pantheon of Gods that they worshipped at times during the deuterocanonical writings”
Christians: “Yes, **grabs tissue** that’s the point.”
This video is packed with stuff I have never considered about the Bible and the ancient world. Thank you for putting this together. I can’t wait for future videos. God bless!
I second that. I really appreciate the work that goes in to these videos. Thank you.
In the Egyptian Book of the Dead the gods frequently declare their secret names for the reader to memorize. Usually a descriptive phrase. Really adds some gravitas when Moses asks the name of the spirit in the bush and gets such a cheeky answer.
It’s a true shame that months to years of research done by Michael will nonetheless be deemed “Bronze Age superstitious nonsense” by so many internet gnu atheists. We live in a fallen world gentlemen. 😔😔😔.
It’s okay, I’m not here to win their favor.
InspiringPhilosophy Yeah, I know. I personally love these videos. I’ve just been on Twitter too much. Twitter anti-theists are worse than TH-cam anti theists in my opinion. Just the same old canards and the same old arrogance. Imma stick to this quality content. 👌👌👌
Let them go, they are blind leading the blind
@@InspiringPhilosophy Unfair statement their body I am atheist who is a fan of this series. I really couldn't care if the Israelites were monotheistic or polytheistic my atheism is not dependent on that.
@@jacobpilavin7056 Michael and his cohort have already "let you go" and declared you blind. They are oblivious to your sycophantic supplication.
It always gets better, thumbs up Michael Jones.
I haven't even finished the video, and I still can't get over how much research you do. Approximately how long does it take to complete a video?
A video like this takes years of accumulating research. Wait until you see the one in March!
@@InspiringPhilosophy I have to usually watch these videos 2 or 3 times to absorb the content. Keep up the good work!
InspiringPhilosophy can’t wait IP!
@@InspiringPhilosophy Can't wait for it!
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"Moses infant story is a copy of Sargon story 100ds of years before the Hebrew scriptures!"
"Moses didn't exist there for the Torah(5 books "of Moses")is a kind of "Lord of the rings" story"
The one in March,about the Tanach(hebrew bible)or the NT?
The amount of research here is astounding!! Keep up the good work IP. You're the best.
Thanks!
You broaden my knowledge in good ways.
I should have said Godly ways.
OK I'm saying both.
Thanks!
@@InspiringPhilosophy I'm Increasing my patreon. Excellent effort, excellent results, excellent production both in the number of videos and the quality.
@Free Thinker Honestly I don't have enough faith to be an atheist.
Man this is one of the absolute best channels ive come across. Thank you.
What a wonderful piece of research. We are supremely blessed to be born in the age of internet, where we can find powerful, understandable, and easily accessible rational evidence for God. IP you are doing God's work, thank you.
Thanks!
Man, you are really fine tuning your craft. Thanks for all you do.
Who is disliking this video?! People, you may disagree with Christianity, but you can't argue that IP's videos aren't very well researched and put together. Stop disliking like a child.
You can move away from the Truth but you can't destroy the Truth!!!
Some are afraid of information, no mater how surmountable it is. I have always been quite curious as to why people dislike videos and their reasoning behind it.
I mean there are other reasons to dislike a video... Besides religious disagreement...
And now 2 years later we'll never even know how many people dislike it.
Says the alternate IP account.
By Far your greatest work. I had to pause the video after every point you made. Keep up the great work.
What IP says at 17:55 applies to modern people just as much as it did to the ancients.
We humans do not like to owe anything to anyone. We want to be in charge, we want to be the masters of our own destiny, we are the beginning and the end.
That is the reason why eastern religions and atheism are getting more popular in the western world.
We love the idea of works righteousness better than the idea of radical grace and mercy, because that will force us to take a look at ourselves and recognise our own weakness and need and our utter depravity.
Another excellent video with lots of background information to support the presentation. Thumbs up!
This is right on time, as I'm having a related discussion regarding ancient African religious traditions.
You should check out Tru-ID Apologetics he helps clear up the misconceptions that our African American Community has on Christianity.
@@305thief8 he is actually and new friends of mine and had him come to my city last week for an apologetics event. We run in the same circles and I've been following him for quite a while now. Good to see another brother supports him and his ministry.👍🏾👍🏾
@@qcbtbx Of course you already know brother I'm always on that support lol. I'm glad more African Americans like you, me, Adam, John, and others are discovering this it's really gonna change the community forever lol.
@@305thief8 no doubt! 👍🏾
Yes it is , not sure if you follow truthunedited he just drop a video 11 hours ago about is Christianity stolen from kemet (African spirituality) . It's a Intro to a series he's gonna do on it.
What a stunning revelation. An idea that I had never thought of; that being the idea if the origin of the name of the Israelite Deity. Evolutionary Monotheism vs. Revolutionary Monotheism. A grand case for the reality of origins of monotheism. This evidence lends credence to the idea. Pretty amazing.
Man this channel is one of my favorites thank you so much brother
Keep up the great work Mike! This Genesis series is so so great and important. Thank you for all you are doing! Keep your philosophy and ministry going!
You’ve come a long way, IP. Your videos keep getting better and better. We are very proud of you.
Fascinating history lesson, proving that there is nothing like the Living God in the universe. He stands above all other gods we read about. I remember the night of my salvation, I had a 30 minute drive home, and thought, 'I've never had anything like this ever happen to me before', and that was after God had only introduced Himself to me; I hadn't seen anything yet!
Spectacular videos of yours, Michael.
Thanks!
You have spent a lot of time researching and learning lot of knowledge. Praise God for you Mike.
I watch a lot of your videos lately even the ones with DW.
Appreciate your work. God bless.
I love your videos so insightful! You are a blessing!
Thanks!
Thank you for the time, effort, and research you put into these videos. You may recall from a previous comment from your other video I'm not fully convinced Yahweh and El are truly one and the same. I do enjoy learning; particularly from sources who put forth real effort. Thanks again!
Thank you!
Thanks IP for this awesome video.
This was highly comforting and intellectually satisfying. You're the man, IP!
Great job showing how revolutions led by old Jewish guys bring amazing things. (Actually, Moses was a Levite, but you get the idea).
G Black is this a Bernie sanders reference?
This was excellent and informative (so much content!). Your content and ministry is a huge blessing. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for always citing your sources in the video
This was so good and well researched, i didn't want it to end. well done IP
Powerful! Thanks for all your hard work.
I can confirm 13:44. I am a Kikuyu (a Kenyan ethnic group) and my ancestors were monotheistic long before Europeans showed up in our homeland.
You are really going to like a video I have planned in March. The Kikuyu will be mentioned again.
@@InspiringPhilosophy thank you very much. I can't wait!!!
God bless you, brother!!!
Same as in Rwanda where I am from. It has always been monotheist long before colonial time or the arrival of Christian missionaries. Looks that we share at least this with the Maasai tribe.
What people groups in Rwanda are monotheistic?
@@InspiringPhilosophy Actually they were all monotheist. The ancient kingdom of Rwanda-Urundi (which became two African countries: Rwanda and Burundi) had 3 social classes which also was regarded as ethnic groups during the colonial time, namely Tutsi, Hutu and Twa.
These 3 groups share the same language (Rwanda has always had one language for all its people), and hence one form of spiritual expression. They believed in an impersonal force known as "Imana" that was immanent in all creation. It is this word, "Imana" that the missionaries (Catholics, Protestants) later translated as God. Even Rwandan Muslim use the word 'Imana' to refer to Allah.
At time though, Imana was referred not as an impersonal force. As one of our popular 'imigani' (cultural proverb) says, "Imana yirirwa ahandi igataha i Rwanda", which can be translated as "Imana spends the day elsewhere but spends the night in Rwanda". Hence, Imana was regarded as having a special link with the Rwandan people (Abanyarwanda) but nevertheless, its divine immanence interacted with other human groups beyond Rwanda.
www.kimenyi.com/imana-in-rwanda.php
Shared. Nice work, Mike! It would appear that you're diving into the data that Heiser (hopefully) will get into in The Unseen Realm 2. Keep it up Bro!
This is a good video. Thanks again!
What an incredible video. Truly incredible
Excellent video as usual.
I really appreciate these videos. Well researched and thought out. The comstant backing up of statements with historocal and scholarly resources is exceptional. I have learned a lot, especially the "vicissitudes of history"
I appreciate all this research.
"The Exodus: How it Happened and Why it Matters" by Rick Elliot Friedman is a must read!
@@justchilling704 He's a stalker.
And IP is well aware of the the theories around the so-called "origins" of YHVH; the leading proponents of which are Christian and Jewish scholars who are just relaying what the early Israelites thought about God, not what is actually the case. IP only deletes village-Atheist - and fundagelical - comments that don't come in good faith.
No, Allah is not a moon deity either
@@justchilling704 They acknowledged the existence of lowercase-g gods -- members of the divine council
Thank you for giving me the concept of adopting "more useful deities" and the ideas of convenience, bargaining and instrumentalization behind it. Ist was a lightbulb moment all of its own.
Your work is such a blessing to us all! I plan to send links of this and many other of your videos to my Christian friends/family as well as my Non-Christian friends and family. Thank you for all your hard work and research, IP.
Great research and informative video, really answered some of my doubts
I am truly grateful to you for making this video.
I don't think a lot of people of the three theistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, are understanding monotheism as good as you explained very well in this video.
Thanks!
Great information. Very engaging.
Thanks for the video. Honestly I was not really conviced by the last video. I thought it was lacking something. I didn't know it was going to be a "trilogy". So I'm glad you're going to developp more your arguments.
So there will be a part 3?
Thank you so much Michael for your research.
IP you are such a great researcher! Hats off to you sir!
I appreciate the research. First time I watched something on this channel. Loved it.
I think you are the best TH-camr I have see.
Amazing.
This is a very good video, I'm enjoying every second of it. I'll listen to it again when I got to sleep
Thank you Michael for these videos on monotheism. I thoroughly enjoyed and shared with my children. God bless you richly!!! God has not left us without good evidence of Himself and His ways. Skeptics are truly without excuse.
You should be a scholar honestly!!! Great vid God Bless!!
@BMore so how exactly is IP's logic flawed?
Do you have any actual arguments for the flaws, some examples of it, or are you just saying it without anything to back it up with.
I'll just remind you what Hitchens use to says: that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
That was a good video with a lot of good info
Thanks!
Wonderful video
First time doing this, I have just become a Patreon Member of InspiringPhilosophy! I'm on board!
Thank you so much, man! I appreciate it so much!
@@InspiringPhilosophySeriously thank you Mike! For all you are doing I am truly encouraged and learn so much from you. I seek to direct my ministry in how you conduct yours! Blessings!
I am a Catholic, but this channel is so amazing! Great for using to debate athiests
Catholics are Christians!
Hello. So, what I want to do with this message is to simply show what the Gospel is. I am not trying to force my belief down people's throats. It's your choice whether you want to accept it. So, a question: Do you think you are a good person? If so, have you ever stolen anything, lied, looked lustfully, watched adult material? All of those are sins and anyone who sinned is not good(on God's standard). You, I and most( most because babies don't sin, and maybe specifically mentally Ill people) purely human beings have violated God's moral law. Since God is just, He can't let sin go just like that.So is there any hope? Yes, there is! Out of love and mercy, God became a human being, Jesus Christ. Jesus lived a sinless life and finally died on the cross to bear the punishment we deserve, we deserve to be punished because we have sinned. The reason why blood must be spilled for remission of sins is because the life of the flesh is in the blood, in the Old Testament Jews sacrificed animals for sins but the sacrifice of animals were enough for remission of some sins, not all. It wasn't infinite, unlike Jesus's. Jesus is the Lamb of God, the ultimate sacrifice for sins which is enough for all sins that have been done, are done and will be done. The Old Testament sacrifice of animals, the spilled blood of those animals could cleanse people from some sins but not ALL, unlike Jesus's. He was buried and rose again. His resurrection proved that His death was enough to pay our penalty, the penalty for our sins. Jesus paid our penalty and in order to accept the free gift of salvation from God, we must trust in Jesus's spilled Blood, His finished work on the Cross for our Salvation. And then your sins will be forgiven because of what Christ did, you will be saved. See: Romans 3:10 KJV, Romans 3:23 KJV, Romans 5:12 KJV, Romans 6:23 KJV, Romans 5:8-9 KJV Romans 10:9-10 KJV, Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV, John 3:16 KJV, Leviticus 17:11 KJV, Ephesians 1:7 KJV, Colossians 1:20 KJV, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV.
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Evidence for God's existence: Kalam Cosmological argument, Contigency argument, Modal ontological argument.
Regarding Christianity, check out InspiringPhilosophy's videos about the Ressurection of Jesus and the reliability of the New Testament. Together, they show good evidence that Christianity is true.H
@@Ivann1005 I’m away of basic Christian theology, but thank you for the refresher! Also I encourage you to convert to Catholicism
@@jackhohne6163 And yet a lot of Catholics don't believe in this Basic Christian theology. Many believe Works are needed to save them, or the Eucharist for example is neccesarry. Both of which are unbiblical. I was raised Catholic and eventually discovered how unbiblical it is. But chances are that you value what the Church says over Scripture
@@Ivann1005 you seem to be unaware of what Sacred Scripture teaches. You also seem unaware of what the Church teaches. For instance in the Gospel of St John, Chapter 6 it states, “ Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him.” And also the Church Does not teach salvation by works. (Council of Trent Session) “Canon i. If any one shall say, that man may be justified before God by his own works, whether done through the strength of human nature, or through the teaching of the law, without the divine grace through Jesus Christ; let him be anathema.” However we must refrain from GRAVE sin in order to stay justified: “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects, Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God.” (Galatians 5:19-21)
Fascinating. I enjoy your debates with other atheists. I find that you give a certain nuance lacking in their circles.
@BMore
Any particular reason? It looks like you need to. More so! I am myself an atheist.
my right ear is loving your voice IP
Thanks for this
wonderful! thanks.
My personal relationship with Jesus is what matters to me. However I find this post very interesting. God bless.
This is a great video! I'm kinda interested in studying more stuff when it comes to Theology and Bible related stuff. Do you know any good way to start? Like any info books I should know about and read?
I would start with the books I mentioned like “in search of God” but mettinger
How to do Biblical theology without going to seminaries and universities? Watch InspiringPhilosophy everyday haha
Watching this makes me pray the Shema this time with conviction and confidence:
Hear O Israel! The LORD is our God! The LORD is one!
Excellent!!!
I like how u do ur research. U got urself a subscriber
Thanks!
great vid, could you link to some of those books, id love to read more on the subject
I'm muslim but I love your videos... And good to learn something new with you.... ..
Thanks!
Amazing as always. The LORD is God.
Nicholas Wheeler are you King James?
@@MicMan03 I am Nicholas Wheeler the first I am.
I finished deconstructing the toxic, fundamentalist mindset I grew up with. Now it’s time for me to reconstruct, and this channel is singlehandedly helping me rebuild my faith.
Thank you for making this video it's helped me tremendously. I am a Jew and to me Y--H--W--H is the pillar that upholds my universe.
Jews are always welcome here. St. Paul taught Christians must always remember the origin of our faith.
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I accept Jesus (Or Yeshua as I would call Him) but I still observe the Torah 😊
@@shlomicohen2341 Shalom brother, much respect to you and G-d bless, I'm glad you accepted Yeshua and hope to see you in the kingdom of heaven at the gates. God bless you.
@@shlomicohen2341 Nice brother
The Bible literally says that Israel worships only ONE GOD, YHWH, and then, because of the infidelity of the people, pagan gods (demons) started to be worshiped. I really don't understand why the critics say this is evidence of some falseness of the Bible or something like this. The complete ignorance among the critics of the Bible as CLEAR evidence makes all of them seem idiotic.
@InspiringPhilosophy you should do a video on the authorship of Isaiah and Daniel!
We still don’t agree on everything but gotta admit this one was pretty insightful. Good job!
The specter of the alleged Ugaritic origins of Yahweh fades like the night before the dawn.
there's no alleged ugaritic origins of yahweh
Thankyou for this info xx
I studied other mythologies, but it never crossed my mind that only Yahweh was not created....but in Greek, Roman , Nordic, Babylonian, Hindu Gods have creation stories....
Depends some traditions have a concept of the oeiginal uncreated one that crestes all there is and gods populate the universe as his highest creation. However the gods were worshipped whilw God took a back seat.
Brahman doesn't have a creation story. It is presented as the uncaused cause of all things.
@@IndyDefense even so... the other Hindu gods are ...
@@memememememe515 The other Hindu gods are analogous to Jesus eminating from the Father. In other words, they are gods with a lower case G and Brahman is God with an upper case G.
@@IndyDefense "Jesus eminating from the Father"
Dude, Jesus is Yahweh.... There is only one Yahweh.... What are you trying to do here? To equate the Trinity with all those hundreds of Hindu Gods? Nice try... Now I know you don't understand the Christian doctrine, because saying that Jesus had a beginning is a heresy...
Amen and God bless
Are you a pastor Michael? You seem to possess a fantastic knowledge of both the arts and sciences, brilliant scholarly knowledge of the Bible, the Hebraic and Greek meanings to words and concepts and the correlations with ancient civilizations. Very Good! Consider studying for the ministry!
I’m not a pastor, and I don’t think I’d be good at that
@@InspiringPhilosophy Well, fair enough. Good job wth apologetics anyway.
Actually, if you have a good knowledge of Hebrew, (modern and ancient), and have some understanding of the underlying principles of Kabbalah, the source of the name YHWH ( יהוה ) is not so mysterious. Hebrew, like all Semitic languages, is a root based language. Every word is derived from a root word, which is conjugated into different structures by adding one of several letters, usually a Heh - ה , a Nun - נ , a Vav ו, a Yod -י or a Taf - ת , and vowels which are not letters as is Indo-European languages, but signs (dots or lines) below or above a certain letter. for example, a Bet ב with a dot beneath it will be Bee. If it has a line below it, it becomes Ba or Bah. If three dots in a triangle, it becomes Beh. Put a vav in front of it, and it becomes Boh. In Semitic grammar (Arabis as well as Hebrew,) some letters are interchangeable. The most common interchangeable letters are: heh to yod /yod to heh, heh to nun (Solomon In Hebrew is Shlomo, in Arabic Salman), vav to heh/heh to vav. This is important to keep in mind.
For example the root for writing is ktv כתב. he wrote becomes katav. he writes becomes kotev. he will write becomes yiktov. A letter is a miktav. Every word works on the same principle, the root becomes a noun or verb depending on conjugation and structure
Now lets go back to YHWH (In Hebrew YHVH because the letter Vav (ו) is a V sound in Hebrew (Hebrew has no W sound letter). The root of יהוה is הוה (HVH /HWH). This means exist is a spiritual abstract sense (physical existence is qym-קים ). YHWH - יהוה in Hebrew is pronounced Yehaveh. This is a combination of the word exist in all three tenses at the same time. Existed is Hivah - היווה. Exists hoveh- הווה, will exist yehaveh - יהווה which later evolved into yiheyeh - יהיה Remember how god described himself to Moses in front of the burning bush? "I am what I am (Eheyeh asher eheyeh - אהיה אשר אהיה). In modern Hebrew, this means not I am what I am, but I will be what I will be (please refer to part about interchangeable letters, at different times one was substituted for the other).
Bottom line יהוה symbolizes eternal existence , a being/deity that has always existed, and will always exist, that can assume any form it wishes to be perceived as.
IP is definitely one of the best channels on TH-cam.
After all this solid research and compelling argumentation, it never fails that someone will come along and dismiss it all by saying, _”na unh”_ and suppose they have won the debate!
A lot of assumptions are made in this video that aren't supported by evidence. It's a good video and informative. The notion that ancient people would prefer polytheistic religion is based around the idea that gods that can trade and aren't jealous are nicer. Therefore monotheism is unlikely to form from polytheism.
It's rather shocking to me that IP thinks that, when clearly the jealousy and low bar of entry is what makes abrahamic religions spread so fast. Religion is like a mind Virus and the one winning in the end will have been the one that spread best.
Be fruitful, reject other gods, recruit etc... it is what you would expect to win after millennia of competition
Fantastic research. I am surprised that so many lines of evidence can be adduced to authenticate the monotheistic story of the text, but maybe I shouldn't be. This always seems to happen with the Bible for "some reason" :) - the more you dig, the more you find Christianity to be true. Thanks!
Well made and thought provoking sir.
Your nuanced approach and educational content that even an old Naturalisticish Heathen like myself can find engaging. It also explains the lack of nihilistic trolls LARPing as Skeptics in the comments.
If you ever get bored, your objective take on Occult Sciences, where they intersect with Abrahamic and Egyptian Theology in particular, would be interesting with your nuanced approach.
This music is really cool
So the holy Name is in the third person, and Jesus said it in the first? No wonder they got so mad.
That just clicked for me. 😮
I’m attending Denver Seminary and am currently studying with Hess. ;) He’s great.
Tell him I said hello and thanks for the picture I took with him at ETS 2019
InspiringPhilosophy I certainly will. It’s fascinating to study under him and watch your series on this. I’ve brought up a few issues you’ve brought up and he has had some interesting things to say.
@@DerMelodist How can I get in?
Thank you dad
Ever thought about starting a podcast, bro? I think you have well more than enough material for it, even if it’s only once per week.
I don’t have the time
It’s cool...I’d probably feel overwhelmed if you did make one, though. Lol in a good way. Videos like this I honestly have to revisit multiple times in a week so that I can memorize the materials.
The wikipedia page for Yahweh seems to be terribly out of context. Thank Yahweh that i remembered this page!!!!
You are a juggernaut bro
I’m actually only like 5’8” but thanks anyway
Can you make a video on the Incident at Antioch?
Jaynes while describing consciousness comes so close to this. He writes "There is in general no consciousness in the Iliad. I am saying ‘in general’ because I shall mention some exceptions later. And in general therefore, no words for consciousness or mental acts. The words in the Iliad that in a later age come to mean mental things have different meanings, all of them more concrete. The word psyche, which later means soul or conscious mind, is in most instances life-substances, such as blood or breath: a dying warrior bleeds out his psyche onto the ground or breathes it out in his last gasp. The thumos, which later comes to mean something like emotional soul, is simply motion or agitation. When a man stops moving, the thumos leaves his limbs. But it is also somehow like an organ itself, for when Glaucus prays to Apollo to alleviate his pain and to give him strength to help his friend Sarpedon, Apollo hears his prayer and "casts strength in his thumos" (Iliad, 16:529). The thumos can tell a man to eat, drink, or fight."
It is as if consciousness and monotheism have some sort of a historical relationship
Are you supporting Monotheism or not?
This is one of the biggest topics that made me doubt the origins and truth of the bible. This video is a godsend.