Yahweh the fertility war god of the gods

[666Nanoko]

God really sucks.

[Kargoneth]

Sounds kooky enough... must be true ;)

[91jgphonecall]

i like to testify,... alot.

[DaveZev]

As a Religious Study Student and a Jew... I find you quite interesting and quite funny. The things you are saying sound pretty much correct in several areas... in other areas I'm still learning. You aren't a joke... as funny as your video is this stuff is pretty true. You actually are stating things that have been on my mind for a while...that I wasn't sure about. I am a religious/spiritual Jew... but I do however worship the Hebrew/Canaanite Goddess whether her name be Asherah or Shekhinah...

[JoakimfromAnka]

Now this was a funny one. Never stop making videos please. I discovered your channel yesterday. :)

[memalephyudth]

this guy is a joke! He was paid by the Governments to put this crap on here to turn the people from YHWH. What! Ah! Dip

[DanHale74]

Ishtar is pronounced like easter. But you really are pretty rite on; there is little difference between the polytheistic "pagan" practices and symbolism of Sumer, Babylonia, Canaan, Egypt etc, and the early practices and symbols (and magick?) used by the Israelites. It is all quite mythological yet according to them it was superior. At the time it made sense to them one might suppose.

[ikerzgrove]

Jeez it's rather sexual isn't it?

[KayBeeEee1983]

@ikerzgrove Power is sexy. God is omnipotent. Do the math.

[jugifu]

Thanks for making me hear this morons pitiful voice...when he dies only his fleas will mourn him.

[DoctorX101]

The meaning is not certain. FM Cross made a very detailed argument that it was originally the part of El epithets such as 'il ḏū yahwī ṣaba'ōt or "El who creates the heavenly armies," (Cross). Cross would argue yhwh represents the ". . . the causative imperfect of the Canaanite-Proto-Hebrew verb hwy, to be, (Cross).

Cross' view has fallen out of favor. Day notes that his idea of "cause to be" or "create" does not occur in the Hebrew. Further:

[DoctorX101]

"Yahweh in any case more likely means 'he is' (qal) rather than "he causes to be/creates" (hiphil): to suppose otherwise requires emendation of the Hebrew text in Exod. 3.14 ('ehyeh, "I am'), which explains the name Yahweh," (Day). To make a long story short, there is evidence that YHWH arises out of the area of Midian. There are extra-biblical references to him and his consort, Asherah.

Asherah, then, is not a masculine symbol; it is a symbol of a goddess.

[DoctorX101]

You are most welcome. There is, of course, a relationship between Arabic and Hebrew not to mention all of the various Semitic languages. This is the sort of thing that makes graduate students cry and start kicking cats!  False cognates abound!

Incidentally, Mk has Junior pun on understanding of YHWH in Greek by having him proclaim ἐγώ εἰμι--Mk 14:62a--"I AM!"

[DoctorX101]

I think your text editor messed up the Hebrew--not an uncommon problem!

ויאמר אל תקרב הלם של נעליך מעל רגליך כי המקום אשר אתה עומד עליו אדמת קדש הוא

Would recommend a better translation than the KJV-it does not reflect textual criticism nor were better witnesses available.

[DoctorX101]

REFERENCES:

Cross FM. Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973.

Day J. Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan. London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.

[Desertphile]

Thank you very much. The book "The Hebrew Goddesses" covers the issue well, though I do not always trust the author.

[DoctorX101]

YHWH, himself, does not "diddle the females" in extant texts, but the tradition most point to is the introduction to the Flood Myth in which the "sons of the gods" come down and dance the light fantastic and found a race of heroes. It parallels a lot of stories but would disturb far later readers as the religions developed. We are dealing with El traditions rather than YHWH, and YHWH was one regarded subordinate to El as preserved in Deut 32:8-9.

[DoctorX101]

You need a modern translation that reflects the textual critical issues unknown to the translators of the KJV, for example:

When El the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,

When he separated humanity,

He fixed the boundaries of the peoples

According to the number of sons of gods.

For YHWH's portion is his people,

Jacob his allotted heritage.

Asherah appears to have been considered a consort to YHWH.

[DoctorX101]

She has her own iconography which includes a tree, and she is connected with El and Ba'al. There are extrabiblical blessing in the name of YHWH and "his asherah." There is controversy since it seems that a concerted effort to diminish her came about which is reflected in the biblical texts--reducing her to a symbol. This may have been reflected in reality where it became understood that "asherah" was a cultic symbol connected to YHWH.

[preludetogn1]

The first 12 seconds of the video explains everything........

[truthprojected]

read first one first ya?

2. This is the story Of God Namiking his nations. He did not nessisarily have sex with the girls. God, as any believer will tell you, Uses People a lot to do His will. It is a common interpretation, and well known that these children were bore with human Fathers.

3. It is silly to Claim ignorance in your first sentance, and then completely ignore comments that speak truth, though most were mean, and non-informant. God bless you.

(try the new testament sometime)

[truthprojected]

Well since you are not a bible scholar, i shall inform you on important facts.

1. Genesis is part of the oral torah. This means it was originated long before any sorf of printing press or anything of this nature. It was spread as Jewish text by word of mouth. It is not soul doctrine of Christians. It is simply a basis for study. Jesus preeched contradictions to even the book of genesis. Take all issues with this book you might have to the new testament for real answers.

[00clouds00]

oh and sweetie,,,if you are compiling information from wikipedia ,,um half of that is lies also..beware!!!

[Desertphile]

"oh and sweetie,,,if you...."

"Sweetie?" Go find your dates elsewhere, faggot.

[00clouds00]

You mock God and in the end you will be the one mocked.

[Desertphile]

"You mock God (sic) and in the...."

No.

[00clouds00]

you are a blasphemer,, that is all I see. You are right about a few things, but then you are like the devil...you intertwine lies with the truth.

"Let those who love the LORD hate evil...

Psalms 97:10

ps I am not frustrated because I knew which parts were the truth and which parts were not.

you are a deceiver and spread lies about the Creator.

[Desertphile]

"you are a blasphemer...."

No.

[00clouds00]

Read the Bible more closely and pray for God to help you understand. All of these deities you are speaking of are man-made. Men that worship the creature more than the creator. Men still worship women more than God. You can not love something more than God. If we choose sin over Him ,we lose, always.

[Desertphile]

"Read the Bible more closely a....."

Translation: you were unable to spot any error in my video, and that frustrated your tiny little occult-befuddled cult ego. Come back when you can spot anything in error in my video.

[nickdby]

thanks for posting, people should know that the early hebrews were not monotheists, Yahweh and El were seperate gods

[deoxykid5]

uhhh.....no....they weren't.... the only reason people get STUPID and POINTLESS ideas like that is because they read the torah in ENGLISH. in hebrew, it makes sense. english derives too much from other languages to have any accurate translations.

[Desertphile]

"uhhh.....no....they weren't.... the only reason...."

Ah, yeah, "el" means "power" and the god yahweh was created during the captivity and back-dated during the reign of Josiah.

The Hebrew versions as just as much bullshit as the English versions.

[deoxykid5]

yeah...LEARN HEBREW! yes, el means power, but it is in context to yahweh, so it means something along the lines of yahweh is powerful

[Desertphile]

"...so it means something along the lines of yahweh is powerful"

Not just the god yahweh but all the rest of the gods too. That's what el-ohim means after all.

[Cheesemind]

Strange, it says there are 666 views, and it didn't change after I viewed it. Conspiracy I tell ya.

[stubowl1]

i like you desertphile. your subtle wit is quite amusing. take it easy man God bless.

[Desertphile]

Why, did I sneeze?

[stubowl1]

aye, in your opinion.

[Desertphile]

"aye, in your opinion."

What? Are you learning impaired? If so, please leave your parent's computer alone.

[stubowl1]

whoever.

[Desertphile]

"whoever."

You have a godthing named "whoever.?"

[stubowl1]

so determined to mock God! Try reading the bible for what it is. not what your twisted mind wants it to be. Dont take the mark. God bless you desertphile

[Desertphile]

"so determined to mock god!"

Who?

[nickdby]

this is exactly what he's doing though, try reading the bible in hebrew as opposed to english, which is a second hand translation at best. There are many ways to interpret scripture but only when we know the history of the ancient semites do we realize that the things this guy is saying are not really all that crazy

[CDestined]

homosexuality, idolatry, etc is forbidden under the torah, so how is it possible for the law to permit it. it doesn't! the israelites were sent into slavery numerous times for doing wrong. don't think the whole book is an example of how to live. that's what the torah is for. stop taking things out of context.

[snouter]

The Hebrew scriptures are some crazy shit.

[Antitheistguy]

Your humble self-deprecation is touching, but I believe you are smart enough to recognize you have a superior intellect. Or is it just willingness to do the research required to publish intelligent, well-reasoned videos (an indication of high intelligence)?  At any rate, I really enjoy your videos. I'd be interested in your take on memetics (hint hint)

[Desertphile]

"At any rate, I really enjoy your videos. I'd be interested in your take on memetics (hint hint)"

Thank you a dozen times. I make videos to amuse myself, and if anyone else enjoys them then certainly that is a plus.

As for memes, maybe I can talk Keith Henson into doing a few videos on the subject: he is far better informed than I.

[Desertphile]

"i think it was mark twain who said "the best cure for christianity is reading the bible""

LOL! I dare say he was right. He also had some witty things to say about "Christian Scientists."

[TheGreatestGreatApe]

Seems true to me. :)

[Bodhitharta]

Why, simply make up false stories about God?

[Desertphile]

"Why, simply make up false stories about god?"

Where else will they come from?

Also, are you claiming my facts are wrong?

[TheGreatestGreatApe]

How many gods do they believe in. I noticed that oddity when talking to Jehovah witnesses. I also do not know why most Christians don't call their god by its name.

[Desertphile]

"I also do not know why most Christians don't call their god by its name."

Danged if I can figure that out.They just seem to assume other people know what they mean by the word "god," which of course is a job description and not a noun.

[NomadSoul76]

I'm still a bit surprised to learn that the ancient Hebrews were polytheistic. And now I'm told that the details of this are still in the texts held sacred by the monotheists today. Freaky.

[Desertphile]

"I'm still a bit surprised to learn that the ancient Hebrews were polytheistic."

Certainluy the Bible says they were. Later they went from polytheism to henotheism under Josiah.

[anmoose]

Boy! Had I known about all of this when I was 13, I wouldn't have needed Playboy!

Mom: "Son, what are you doing in there that's taking so long??!!"

Me: "Nothing, Mom. [squeek] I'm just [gasp] reading the [grunt] Bible." :-P

Moosie

[NotSoOldHippy]

It's amusing how people who actually believe in the contemporary versions of the Christian gods and goddesses can pretend to read their paper myths and still fail to actually see what they're reading.

[Grimlore]

I came.

[ltzippy2]

Bet you didn't learn about any of this in Sunday School!

[GodlessLife]

Those old fertility cults do seem a lot more fun then our current death/virginity cults of Christism/Mohamadism.

[TheGreatestGreatApe]

aye

[WizardJim]

I thought that only the babylonians had sacred prostitutes...they were priest/esses of Ishtar.

[jogayot]

stone dildos, that's so not iron ago... LOL, come on! welcome the rubber age.

[Desertphile]

"stone dildos, that's so not iron ago... LOL, come on! welcome the rubber age."

I suppose the stone ones were more durable.

[jogayot]

well i suppose if one used condoms the iron ones would not rust so much... now we clearly see the logic of evolution (technological one i.e.)

[lyndsaywzl]

Wow, those are some hot bible stories.

[hanzo138]

5 stars! Great vid! Still don't think yahweh has anything on zues though. However those sacred dildo's do add points on yahweh's side.