[Glorantha] Re: Gods and evolution

Mikko Rintasaari :

> Isn't it strange that nobody takes the angle that Yahweh is just one
> > tribal god among thousands. The tribal god of the Jewish people, who is
> > jealous and possessive, violent and vengeful. Later his worshippers have
> > strayed really far from the original thinking, and have built a
> > monotheistic worldview around him. Still, isn't it ultimately still the
> > same tribal god?
>

Hmmm, I think that they in fact distinguished God as the Creator and single God of the whole world, and God the Lord God of Israel, the distinction being that they are the Chosen People, and others are not, so that they have an extra relationship with him, ie the tribal bits.

There are some subtle shades of meanings of the words "Lord" and "God" in the Old Testament, according to which Aspect if you like of God is referred to, further confused by the fact that "Lord" is sometimes used to refer to the Master(s) of an enslaved people, in Books written during the time of exile...

But really, he was never considered as just one tribal god amongst many, at least not in any of the Scripture...

ob-Glorantha, there might be some strange Malkioni heresy saying that there isn't a single God, but Several...

Julian Lord Received on Fri 04 Aug 2006 - 12:45:51 EEST