Greetings,
On the identity of the Old Testament Yahweh; This is from Genesis 2: 9-19 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The SERPENT beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the LORD God said unto the SERPENT, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
OK, well that Yahweh sounds like a really pissed off Enlil, angry that Enki had seduced and taught 'Eve' about sex, thus elevating humanity and allowing us to reproduce. And if you'll remember, Enki was a major skirt chaser many times seducing women and was also associated heavily with dragons, or serpents. Also, the way Yahweh in these passages speaks to Adam/Adapa and Eve, it seems almost as though he's talking to someone else's creations, I.E Enki's newly created humans. Now, i can't exactly remember which text it was, but when the Gods decided to create man, it was Enki who would do it, but on the condition brought forth by Enlil, that they not become to numerous. So naturally Enlil would be really annoyed if Enki went and taught us how to do that anyway. The nature of the Serpent in the above text really fits Enki's nature. Enlil wanted us kept on the level of animals, Enki raised us up. Enlil wanted us destroyed by a flood, again Enki gave him the finger and saved us. So i really feel the Enlil to Enki, or Enlil to Marduk transition theory of the Biblical Yahweh fits pretty well. And as you mention Smasher, Baal being Marduk makes a great argument for the New Testament Yahweh being Marduk. Just look at how 'Yahweh' until the end of the Old Testament, would just go off the handle when his people encountered Baal worshipers. He was doing everything he could to keep Marduk from gaining followers and thus taking his throne. The perfect example is the unmitigated hatred the Old Testament Yahweh and his people had for Babylon, Marduk's major city. Another interesting thing to be looked into would be the arguments between 'Yahweh' and 'Satan' in the Book of Job. Especially since in the original Hebrew, yahweh isn't arguing with 'Satan', he's arguing with someone called 'Ha Sa-tan', which means 'The Adversary'. In fact, this may have been the point in which Enlil and Enki switched places. In this account it is Yahweh who gave Job and his family many blessings and a good life, while the satan is all jealous about and thinks Job will turn his back on yahweh if he's stricken. And all the crap done to Job certainly seems like something Enlil would do. but that's just a quick thought.lol Enlil to Enki, or Enlil to Marduk?hmmm Peace.
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