Birth of Monotheism - Origins of God

[thone2008]

The original Jews where polytheists, it was the Persians that turned them monotheists 

[canabe100]

I 'm am an amateur archeologist with an interest in origins of monotheism. If you look @ the time frame Hebrew belief in one God might not have been that concrete but in the "Exodus" period Akhenaten shook Egyptian culture to it's roots. After "Tut" the Pharaohs that "knew not Joseph" ruled, thus Exodus & an argument could be made Akhenaten.

[Elibobbob]

@canabe100 Yes I completely agree, it is suggested that Moses was Ramesses I (Ra-moses) and Abraham was Akhenaten, the hebrews not the slaves, but the conquering tribes of egypt. There are too many parallels in the bible & ancient egypt history/mythology to be ignored. The book 'SECRETS OF THE EXODUS - DID THE PHAROAHS WRITE THE BIBLE' by Sabbah, is an extremely interested examination of the subject, I recommend.

[Aanthanur]

Akhenaten is the inventor of monotheism.

and there was no first exodus.

[bigheadrascal]

how about there is no god and both the arabs and the jews are insane.

[mexivato210]

@bigheadrascal not cool :(

[Ambelghan]

@bigheadrascal completely agree

[Ambelghan]

@bigheadrascal also "jews" are those that follow a religion, the ethnicity is Hebrew; Hebrews are a type of Arab, it's all one ethnicity causing issues in the world through religion. Three separate factions, splitting the same story three ways, getting the rest of the world to kill themselves over these myths they plagiarized from the Egyptians.

[Quiltinguk]

When & how did a belief in one God begin?

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I can see clear and obvious historical progressions; From Judaism sprang Christianity, and then Islam.

All three are monotheistic Abrahamic faiths.

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I can not see how a monotheistic (one God) Jewish faith developed from the polytheistic (many gods) faith of the Egyptians. I know Abraham is regarded as the first Jew at a time when the Jews were living in Egypt.

[gugamilare]

@Quiltinguk The stories in the bible were changed to fit monotheism, but originally the Jewish people used to believe in the existence of other Gods, although Yahweh was the God they worshiped the most and many people worshiped only Yahweh (which is called monolatry).

[Quiltinguk]

@gugamilare

How interesting, thanks for your reply.

I had no idea Jewish people believed in more than one god.

I am really keen to find answers to my original question above.

Could you recommend any sources?

[gugamilare]

@Quiltinguk There is wikipedia (Yahweh#Early_history_of_Yahwe­h_worship)

and the youtube video MlnnWbkMlbg

[Quiltinguk]

@gugamilare

Thanks

[busysignal2006]

@Quiltinguk read about Akhenaten and his radical religious reform of egypt. it is believed he may be in relation to Joseph and an influence on Moses

[fgah]

Agree

[heathenholiday]

Monotheism is the most evil idea ever thrust upon humanity. ONE GOD = TOTAL CONTROL. Polytheism was more in line with the laws of Nature where you were trying to become a God, not just worship one.

[GodsWordFirst]

Nova makes good documentaries. 

[bazebongwater]

That doesn't surprise me, all religion is a patchwork of borrowed faith. If you look at the origin stories from all the worlds surviving belief systems, you will see more than a few similarities.

[lazyperfectionist1]

How did they determine the age of the silver scrolls?

[fgah]

@lazyperfectionist1

By scientific method ,not fucking Bible and Koran which slaughter human and animal in the name of God or Allah;they are both the same entity worshiped by possessed demons.

[lazyperfectionist1]

@fgah What I'm asking is what method was used.

[freedomrecordsmusic]

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