Weird S*** In The Bible, interesting stories Options

god in the bible is called the 'god of gods', recognizing other gods exist, yet is to be held supreme - now the 'an', on which this 'big god of gods' is built, is aloof, but is proud and jealous, hence the commandment to 'have no other gods before (is in ahead of, or in front of) me' - if one recognizes another god/dess/form, one should still recognize that the 'god of gods' is above all - you can think zeus (another, later version of the same thing) far-away military general or company headquarters management, with their powerful absence- you only hear from them occasionally and usually only bring trouble to the way you do things locally - 'big god' has his own problems, is not to be messed with lightly, and your problems are best handled by a local deity unless they affect the whole structure

noah, (pre-flood), under command from this absent-commander-type 'god of gods' proves that the god of gods is more powerful than even the local sun god by turning back time for a full hour - noah said he was, the king said prove it, noah said 'forward or backwards?', and the king said 'backwards' as that should be harder, and noah did it (with the aid of the god of gods), and the king understood that the 'god of gods' was even more powerful than their solar deity, so he did some sacrifices in honor of the 'god of gods', and his own god too

the witch of endor (a friend of the god of gods, this 'big god', or an enemy?) - a man ignores his local god's warning against consulting ghosts (no using necromancy), but he goes and sees a witch anyway, who brings up the ghost for him to converse with (necromancy), and eventually dies by the sword for violating the command of his local god, did his local god do him in, or was it the god of gods?

balaam (friend of the big god, or enemy?) - talked to big god (and animals, plus sees and talks to angels) via meditative trance, but wanted so much to do a certain thing (for a whole lot of money) that he actually nags big god into letting him go to do the thing, is finally deceived into thinking he has permission (himself or an astral ghost?), then big god messes with him to turn it his way

any more?

edit: the transmission of 'the power' from one priest to the next - angels going up and down a ladder from heaven to earth - nebo-kinesar' s fiery furnace - moses does a whole lot of stuff, from using pharm to talk to god, to bringing water from a rock, to using a serpent-headed staff to ward off snake bites (when the folks looked at the serpent staff), to making white powder gold to fix the folks when they put another god (the golden calf?) ahead of the big god

very interesting



This post has been edited by esoterica: Apr 12 2009, 08:10 AM

As long as you're stuck accepting religious fables as historically accurate you'll miss the underlying myths that produced them. Of course, some of that may be extraterrestrials. Or the God of Gods.