Ressentiment and Affirmation at the Beginning of Monotheism

[@stevenconder8394]

Thank you for sharing. Very interesting points you have raised.

[@randomchannel-px6ho]

I don't think it is possible to have an elaborate theology and not introduce some dualism. Even some sufis known to be quite radical monist emphaisze the human beings duality. I think that's just part of the paradox of existence.

[@gpxavier]

I think you're spot-on: every monotheistic or monist theology is going to need to harmonize with duality somehow, considering how integral the latter is to human experience. The crucial point would be just how this is done and the relative weight given to each.

[@bf99ls]

It is undeniable that the Hebrews and even the later Israelites, were henotheistic, and that is even clear in the ‘ten commandments’: ‘you shall not worship other gods’, as opposed to ‘there are no other gods’.

[@gaypigeon5365]

The bible says to not worship false idols, thus excluding any other deity then the hebrew god considering it's not mentioned what other real gods are unless we consider gods like Asherah and the other hebrew gods.

[@Tanjutsu4420]

thats logic and you're on to something as opposed to the Egyptians who were monotheistic. wouldn't happen to be related to theogony by any chance would it?

[@ADEpoch]

@@gaypigeon5365 Could you please provide a reference for the term you use, "not worhip false idols". Thanks. Because that's not the words used in the 10 commandments, so I'm guessing it's elsewhere?

[@gaypigeon5365]

@@ADEpoch exodus 20:4-5 and 20:23, deuteronomy 4:15-19, 1 john 5:21, romans 1:25 and exodus 32

[@ADEpoch]

@@gaypigeon5365 As expected, most of those do not mention "false" idols. The only one that pertains to what you say is in fact Romans 1:25. Written by a time where monotheism had well and truly been adopted by the Jews (around the Hasmonean period). I sugegst a study of Deuteronomy 32:8-9 and Psalm 82. But use a combination of the DSS and MT to see the details, not an English translation.

[@geoffr4018]

The second I see a beard I stop listening

[@donnievance1942]

I'll bet you stop listening on all kinds of impulses.

[@randomchannel-px6ho]

@@geoffr4018 so in otherwords you irrationally hate men?