+brenda jackson , I think it is at least in part because the word "god" is used, and Christians, we believe there is only one God. it is a challenge to many, and I have seen, and heard all the justifications and twists to make it be about angels or humans, etc.
Because people cant get past the words 'gods' and i suspect they are so stuck in their own forms of idolatry that it strikes a bit too close to home for them.
This is an excellent presentation. I do, however, have one issue. It appears that are redefining "polytheism," which is "the belief in or worship of more than one god." By definition the Biblical Hebrews were in fact polytheists. Given that there is a hierarchy of rank and power is irrelevant to the definition. The mere existence and belief in more than one god makes the tradition polytheistic. I don't know if you were trying to appease the audience, but it is about time the Church community just accept the fact that there is nothing within Judaism or Christianity that fundamentally separates them from the so-called "pagan" religions.
Nope. Not right. You completely misunderstood just like you completely misunderstand Scriptural texts. What do you think it means when the phrase 'hosts of heaven' appears in a text? What separates the Hebrew God from the other 'gods' was that HE WAS OVER ALL and CREATOR OF ALL even the 'gods' which were really angelic principalities God set over the nations after the Tower of Babel.
why do people so violently oppose the divine council when it is clearly in the Bible I checked even in the English.
+brenda jackson , I think it is at least in part because the word "god" is used, and Christians, we believe there is only one God. it is a challenge to many, and I have seen, and heard all the justifications and twists to make it be about angels or humans, etc.
Because people cant get past the words 'gods' and i suspect they are so stuck in their own forms of idolatry that it strikes a bit too close to home for them.
This is an excellent presentation. I do, however, have one issue. It appears that are redefining "polytheism," which is "the belief in or worship of more than one god." By definition the Biblical Hebrews were in fact polytheists. Given that there is a hierarchy of rank and power is irrelevant to the definition. The mere existence and belief in more than one god makes the tradition polytheistic. I don't know if you were trying to appease the audience, but it is about time the Church community just accept the fact that there is nothing within Judaism or Christianity that fundamentally separates them from the so-called "pagan" religions.
Nope. Not right. You completely misunderstood just like you completely misunderstand Scriptural texts. What do you think it means when the phrase 'hosts of heaven' appears in a text? What separates the Hebrew God from the other 'gods' was that HE WAS OVER ALL and CREATOR OF ALL even the 'gods' which were really angelic principalities God set over the nations after the Tower of Babel.