Israel's Revolutionary Monotheism

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Part 2 but the title is different

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So?

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Great work 👍

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@@InspiringPhilosophy 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.

[@leonarduskarolusiuliustant7498]

"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!

[@leonarduskarolusiuliustant7498]

@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.

[@Sanctifying]

@@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.

[@moralengineer4051]

@@SanctifyingThat’s your belief. Jews would digress.

[@Kingrich_777]

@@moralengineer4051we know

[@Kingrich_777]

@@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.

[@TelmaFrege]

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!

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I second that. I really appreciate the work that goes in to these videos. Thank you.

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,,You deny existence of 999 gods, but believe in one. Why so?" This video is my answer:)

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There's ONLY one God brother

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There is only one "I AM".

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@@ZacharyCath agreed

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Thanks!

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Same here!!

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The amount of research here is astounding!! Keep up the good work IP. You're the best.

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Thanks!

[@Jim-Mc]

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.

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

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.”

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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?

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

A video like this takes years of accumulating research. Wait until you see the one in March!

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@@InspiringPhilosophy I have to usually watch these videos 2 or 3 times to absorb the content. Keep up the good work!

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InspiringPhilosophy can’t wait IP!

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@@InspiringPhilosophy Can't wait for it!

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@@InspiringPhilosophy "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?

[@yndsu]

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.

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It always gets better, thumbs up Michael Jones.

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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. 😔😔😔.

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

It’s okay, I’m not here to win their favor.

[@parktol02]

InspiringPhilosophy Yeah, I know. I personally love these videos. I’ve just been on Twitter too much. Twitter anti-theists are worse than KZbin anti theists in my opinion. Just the same old canards and the same old arrogance. Imma stick to this quality content. 👌👌👌

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Let them go, they are blind leading the blind

[@jacobpilavin7056]

@@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.

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

@@jacobpilavin7056 Michael and his cohort have already "let you go" and declared you blind. They are oblivious to your sycophantic supplication.

[@lionhound2506]

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!

[@pmmm712011]

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.

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Thanks!

[@akimoetam1282]

You’ve come a long way, IP. Your videos keep getting better and better. We are very proud of you.

[@qcbtbx]

This is right on time, as I'm having a related discussion regarding ancient African religious traditions.

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You should check out Tru-ID Apologetics he helps clear up the misconceptions that our African American Community has on Christianity.

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@@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.👍🏾👍🏾

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@@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.

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@@305thief8 no doubt! 👍🏾

[@terrencejones5748]

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.

[@FreeRadical7118]

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!

[@rlund3]

You broaden my knowledge in good ways.

[@rlund3]

I should have said Godly ways.

[@rlund3]

OK I'm saying both.

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Thanks!

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@@InspiringPhilosophy I'm Increasing my patreon. Excellent effort, excellent results, excellent production both in the number of videos and the quality.

[@rlund3]

@Free Thinker Honestly I don't have enough faith to be an atheist.

[@baberoot1998]

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.

[@lifeisnow3944]

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.

[@cheesdog]

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.

[@Ashish447]

You can move away from the Truth but you can't destroy the Truth!!!

[@docwiz]

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.

[@joshuaestrada6042]

I mean there are other reasons to dislike a video... Besides religious disagreement...

[@4jgarner]

And now 2 years later we'll never even know how many people dislike it.

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Says the alternate IP account.

[@PopulusVultDecipi]

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!

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Thank you!

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Man, you are really fine tuning your craft. Thanks for all you do.

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Another excellent video with lots of background information to support the presentation. Thumbs up!

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Spectacular videos of yours, Michael.

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Thanks!

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By Far your greatest work. I had to pause the video after every point you made. Keep up the great work.

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"The Exodus: How it Happened and Why it Matters" by Rick Elliot Friedman is a must read!

[@paradisecityX0]

@@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

[@paradisecityX0]

@@justchilling704 They acknowledged the existence of lowercase-g gods -- members of the divine council

[@AlbertM170]

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.

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

You are really going to like a video I have planned in March. The Kikuyu will be mentioned again.

[@AlbertM170]

@@InspiringPhilosophy thank you very much. I can't wait!!! God bless you, brother!!!

[@ericgatera7149]

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.

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

What people groups in Rwanda are monotheistic?

[@ericgatera7149]

@@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

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Appreciate your work. God bless.

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I love your videos so insightful! You are a blessing!

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Thanks!

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Great job showing how revolutions led by old Jewish guys bring amazing things. (Actually, Moses was a Levite, but you get the idea).

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G Black is this a Bernie sanders reference?

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This was highly comforting and intellectually satisfying. You're the man, IP!

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Man this channel is one of my favorites thank you so much brother

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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!

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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.

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So there will be a part 3?

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I am a Catholic, but this channel is so amazing! Great for using to debate athiests

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Catholics are Christians!

[@Navii-05]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/opPFZautjs9kb8k 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

[@jackhohne6163]

@@Navii-05 I’m away of basic Christian theology, but thank you for the refresher! Also I encourage you to convert to Catholicism

[@Navii-05]

@@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

[@jackhohne6163]

@@Navii-05 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)

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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!

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

What an incredible video. Truly incredible

[@Adeptus_Mechanicus]

Fascinating. I enjoy your debates with other atheists. I find that you give a certain nuance lacking in their circles.

[@Adeptus_Mechanicus]

@BMore Any particular reason? It looks like you need to. More so! I am myself an atheist.

[@305thief8]

You should be a scholar honestly!!! Great vid God Bless!!

[@yndsu]

@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.

[@nicholaswheeler507]

Amazing as always. The LORD is God.

[@MicMan03]

Nicholas Wheeler are you King James?

[@nicholaswheeler507]

@@MicMan03 I am Nicholas Wheeler the first I am.

[@yonimediamaven]

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.

[@alanr745]

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!

[@johnraju9816]

My personal relationship with Jesus is what matters to me. However I find this post very interesting. God bless.

[@zachindes]

Of course you released videos like this Mike! Was waffling between articles and “what about Yahwhism” posts for some time and couldn’t find a complete and wholistic takedown or such a popular argument. Hard to articulate all the info that’s out there. Thanks for doing the hard work! About to watch all three !

[@hmeisa595]

I'm muslim but I love your videos... And good to learn something new with you.... ..

[@shlomicohen2341]

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.

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Jews are always welcome here. St. Paul taught Christians must always remember the origin of our faith.

[@shlomicohen2341]

@@InspiringPhilosophy I accept Jesus (Or Yeshua as I would call Him) but I still observe the Torah 😊

[@efrainderuyck6181]

@@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.

[@NotChinmayi]

@@shlomicohen2341 Nice brother

[@gabrielviana008]

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.

[@KaoXoni]

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.

[@samuelnewberry4567]

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"

[@ambassador_in_training]

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.

[@pizzaw0lf489]

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?

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

I would start with the books I mentioned like “in search of God” but mettinger

[@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet]

So the holy Name is in the third person, and Jesus said it in the first? No wonder they got so mad.

[@SyoDraws]

That just clicked for me. 😮

[@Siamesemama1]

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.

[@allie_678]

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.

[@DLAbaoaqu]

The specter of the alleged Ugaritic origins of Yahweh fades like the night before the dawn.

[@lookatmepleasesir]

there's no alleged ugaritic origins of yahweh

[@waitingandwatching9328]

Thanks IP for this awesome video.

[@anaarkadievna]

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....

[@boguslav9502]

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.

[@IndyDefense]

Brahman doesn't have a creation story. It is presented as the uncaused cause of all things.

[@anaarkadievna]

@@IndyDefense even so... the other Hindu gods are ...

[@IndyDefense]

@@anaarkadievna 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.

[@anaarkadievna]

@@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...

[@orondahwali5852]

This was so good and well researched, i didn't want it to end. well done IP

[@TheNinjaInConverse]

I appreciate all this research.

[@DerMelodist]

I’m attending Denver Seminary and am currently studying with Hess. ;) He’s great.

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Tell him I said hello and thanks for the picture I took with him at ETS 2019

[@DerMelodist]

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.

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@@DerMelodist How can I get in?

[@HodgePodgeVids1]

Thank you for always citing your sources in the video

[@theboyisso6960]

For years I've battled athiests and anti Christians or some sort of pagan in the comment sections of your videos. I'm glad to see that they've diminished greatly. They too I believe have realised that they cannot challenge the truth. It's all thanks to the immense research and work you put into your videos.

[@trevor2830]

Isn't it interesting though, that many have denied atheism but have accepted the very thing is video is about, by they believing in another god or claiming to worship the true God but worships the word of the pastor instead?

[@bryansphere6359]

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!

[@kapytanhook]

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

[@marcelh.8357]

This was excellent and informative (so much content!). Your content and ministry is a huge blessing. Keep up the great work!

[@PaulVanderKlay]

This is a good video. Thanks again!

[@Convexhull210]

IP you are such a great researcher! Hats off to you sir!

[@ibook6037]

That was a good video with a lot of good info

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Thanks!

[@RyonLION]

Sorry, I'm still stuck on the size of the pogo sticks these two guys have hangin in the drawing...their sack is almost as big as their fist! 8:29 Seriously though, this video is packed with solid research. Good job!

[@lionhound2506]

First time doing this, I have just become a Patreon Member of InspiringPhilosophy! I'm on board!

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Thank you so much, man! I appreciate it so much!

[@lionhound2506]

@@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!

[@whitemat76]

@InspiringPhilosophy you should do a video on the authorship of Isaiah and Daniel!

[@ajgibson1307]

Amen and God bless

[@MrRobfullarton]

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!

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

I’m not a pastor, and I don’t think I’d be good at that

[@MrRobfullarton]

@@InspiringPhilosophy Well, fair enough. Good job wth apologetics anyway.

[@ReasonedAnswers]

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!

[@ddf5878]

The wikipedia page for Yahweh seems to be terribly out of context. Thank Yahweh that i remembered this page!!!!

[@RadicOmega]

You are a juggernaut bro

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

I’m actually only like 5’8” but thanks anyway

[@sexii3292]

This is a very good video, I'm enjoying every second of it. I'll listen to it again when I got to sleep

[@PaulRossOnline]

I appreciate the research. First time I watched something on this channel. Loved it.

[@sunpro9146]

Powerful! Thanks for all your hard work.

[@ChristianLight1746]

I think you are the best KZbinr I have see. Amazing.

[@theosib]

In my recollection, the vowels in Yahweh don’t match any grammatical form of the verb for “to be.” If those vowels are right, it’s probably an unrelated word. I seem to recall that some scholars think it’s a borrowing from another language. The association of Yahweh with war and volcanism seems to suggest that Yahweh is just another typical Urban Revolution storm god. (Yahweh replaced El the way Zeus replace Uranus.)

[@Actuary1776]

I can’t find it for the life of me, but I recall a video stating there was an early Canaanite village with letters very similar to YWH.

[@ericgatera7149]

Any anncient sources or scholarship to substantiate your claim? IP gave his in the video.

[@sb5403]

According to Wikipedia, the explanation presented in Exodus 3 (and this video) is a late invented etymology, and the Wikipedia article provides sources as well. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh (this article seems to be very well sourced so you can read more if Wikipedia isn't enough for you) The earliest plausible attestation of the name YHWH seems to be the Egyptian inscription mentioned in the same article. From what I have heard (but my Egyptian is rusty) it is there used as a topological name, so possibly some village or region.

[@zhihanlim3500]

Great research and informative video, really answered some of my doubts

[@jedediahmyers7495]

Highly disagree with the interpretations presented here. Particularly because you are presenting Monotheism as a synonym for Henotheism. As you said yourself in the video on Abraham, the Israelites knew their early Semitic pastoral ancestors were henotheists rather than monotheists. And in fact, what you describe as monotheism in this is, in fact, henotheism. The Psalms, the Exillic Books, and the Pentateuch do not ever express the idea that there are no other gods but rather that YHWH is the highest god and the only one worthy of worship. And there are many strange textual anachronisms that show this. The most famous of course being the phrase "bn'lim" or "sons of el" which occurs many, many times in the bible, particularly in the psalms in some rather telling verses. Psalm 82 places Elohim amongst the council of El, just as El, the god of the local Semitic cultures would be. Psalm 29's structure and content are very similar to Ugaritic hymns to their version of Baal. The idea that he does not manifest in nature to the Israelites is also disingenuous because he is often clad specifically in storm deity imagery. This is the biggest example of syncrentism. The acknowledgement of the existence of other gods and henotheism is acknowledged most obviously in God's command is that you will worship no other gods before him. This is not the monotheism of the later books or Jesus. And given the lack of evidence for an exodus, that the Israelites likely always lived in the holy land after travelling from their initial homelands and the accounts of polytheistic rituals in the Bible, they likely were originally polytheist (El worshipping) with a huge unique henotheistic current that syncretized and separated and changed. Assorted complaints: There is this bizarre idea that the gods weren't the foundation of morality. Anyone who's read the codes of Ur-Nammu or Hammurabi knows that they were indeed (supposedly) a divine intervention through the character of the priestly king. The gods care enormously. Furthermore using the poem of the Righteous Sufferer to show near easterners didn't know what their gods wanted morally would be as disingenuous as me showing Job and saying that god is unjust. The reason near-easterners struggled with not knowing what their gods wants when they were suffering is the same reason the Jews did: Because the nature of the universe is fundamentally indifferent and simple moral cause and effect like we find in the bible and elsewhere fundamentally dissatisfy people.

[@SamAdamsGhost]

He went over this in the first part of the series

[@animalcart4128]

That's not how monotheism is defined. 1. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3vQdKCHi5t7Z5o

[@organic1776]

Excellent video as usual.

[@daveunbelievable6313]

great vid, could you link to some of those books, id love to read more on the subject

[@tomy8339]

Fantastically informative video. More importantly, correcting a lot of other videos from atheist channels about similar topics. I watched another channel that had a long video claiming the exact opposite as you did. That polytheism morphed into monotheism. There was just one thing I wish you addressed. Could you do this in another video? This other atheistic channel claimed proof of polytheism progressing into monotheism from the word Elohim, which is plural. This other channel stated that Elohim appears even in the Psalms, and also claims God being plural in the very beginning of Genesis at the beginning of creation. Eg, let "us" make in our own image. This other channel therefore claimed that polytheism is embedded in the OT. Could you do another video addressing this topic of the name of God being plural? And debunking polytheism from it as a result.

[@taitusituenuku4476]

Thank you so much Michael for your research.

[@superjam18]

Wonderful video

[@user-nb9xi5lb2s]

Glory to our true Lord God Jesus Christ, not only for His great ineffable mercy and loving-kindness, but that He has granted individuals like Michael, the ability to truly promote the Holy Gospel, and the truth of Christ. Thank you, Michael. Also, I love how you have scholars reviewing your videos. This reiterates your will to promote the credibility behind the undeniable information you are conveying to the audience. It is a true blessing to have amazing individuals like you, designing these videos for the glory of Christ. I can't seem to figure out why you only have 136K subscribers-the truth is that you deserve so much more. May Christ Jesus our true God bless you, brother.

[@davidblack3173]

Great information. Very engaging.

[@01marcelopaulo]

Brother can you use your video to produce my video in portugues and Spanish I think gonna put you channel name on it but in português and Spanish

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Use whatever you want.

[@edwardtbabinski]

Do a video on the parallels with ancient cultures some day. You mentioned if I recall after having watched the video that the Israelites did not ask what they had done to offend God when they suffered, but a whole Hebrew book is devoted to that question, the book of Job. See also the earlier Mesopotamian Poem of the Righteous Sufferer, and a few other writings older than what Israel produced. Also, as for Israelites not bargaining with their God, they did. They also imagined that making plenty of sacrifices and worshiping Yahweh brought blessings, while not doing so brought curses. Of course a lot of what happened to them individually and nationally was simply interpreted retroactively as Yahweh’s blessing whenever they succeeded at something, and a curse when they failed at something. Or they would discover some scapegoat to blame for having “offended Yahweh” whenever things went wrong. Were the ancient Israelites so much more ethical than surrounding people? See Thom Stark’s summation of the data in his book and response to Paul Copan.

[@eldruidacosmico]

Ohhh :-( for a moment I thought you were going to talk about the revolutionary spirit of those who rejected Christ. But being InspiringPhilosophy I'm sure it's mindblowing anyways 🙂God Bless you!

[@VidBint]

Thank you & may God bless you for your exhaustive work on this channel! This work is instrumental in deprogramming me of 2 decades of lies. I fell away from Christianity in my late teens & by my early 20s I was an ardent follower of the so-called “New Atheists”. About 3 years ago, I started to move towards more New Age beliefs, which was a big step for me to admit that maybe there was some sort of “god”. But I still held onto the belief that I knew one thing for certain: the God described in the Bible was NOT a True God, but rather a cruel human distortion. And yet I gradually kept being drawn to flavors of New Age thought that reinterpreted the Bible & recontextualized Jesus & Christianity. About 3 months ago I started to think “oh no! Am I a Christian now? I think I’m a Christian now!” This is the point where the narrator would say “she was not a Christian. Yet.” About a month ago I returned to the Catholic Church & now I’m very seriously considering converting to eastern Christian Orthodoxy. And the more I commit to this path, the more old devils pop into my mind, especially during prayer, attempting to rekindle my old doubts. Your channel helps shut the bastards up!! So your work is helping to keep me on the path to salvation & I thank God for guiding me to your channel on the nights I stubbornly stay awake far to late scrolling KZbin shorts!! May God grant you many blessings!💖🕊️

[@wotbgameplay1013]

This is one of the biggest topics that made me doubt the origins and truth of the bible. This video is a godsend.

[@RaffyART1995]

YHWH shouldn't really be pronounced Yahweh, no one knows the right way of pronouncing it even Jewish people themselves. It's better to call him Father as it is written in ISA 63:16 Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our Father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. Even Jesus repeatedly calls Him Father. That's just his name from eternity.

[@agentclol]

my right ear is loving your voice IP

[@Kj_3304]

Michael Jones is my favorite apologist

[@StandOnTruth2010]

I think IP sometimes can overstate his position with his maximalist approach. Some positions just don't have that much evidence to stand on and IP stretches his case past the evidence's natural boundaries. HOWEVER...this same maximalist approach is an absolute lethal blow whenever IP is standing on a position with a plethora of evidence such as in this video. This is an absolute slam dunk and I don't think it's possible to maintain a cohesive position that can comprehensively address all the evidence IP brings to the table here.