If you could ask any question of GOD....

do you really exist?

He would say, Buddhism is the answer to that question,

and i yours gabsta *mischievous, allegiant smirk, nod, and wink*

yahweh's wife - well, i had to look that one up, and it's fascinating!

"....her worship by the women of Judah was condemned by Jeremiah, although those to whom he preached responded

"As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you. Instead, we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the Queen of Heaven and pour out libations to her, just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials, used to do in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. We used to have plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no misfortune. But from the time we stopped making offerings to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out libations to her, we have lacked everything and have perished by the sword and by famine" (Jeremiah 44:16-18).

From the ensuing verses (20-21) we learn that the practice was widespread and had official sanction by both "kings" and "officials". From other sources, we know that the image of Asherah was, at various times, worshiped in the Temple at Jerusalem along with Yahweh as well as at various shrines around the countryside. Her worship, especially by women, involved offering her both drink and food, the latter being cakes that were "marked with her image" (Jeremiah 44:19). But by the third century BCE, the Hebrews had come to view Yahweh as the only god and he eclipsed the other gods until they disappeared from view. In this process, the various names of El came to be thought of as referring to Yahweh, not his father, the other sons of El that survived were reduced to the stature of mere Angels, and Asherah disappeared from view.

cc.usu.edu/~fath6/bible.htm

booted by jealousy, looks like. no wonder godd's been screwy since then.

i'm reminded of a classic monty python line:

Is there someone else up there i can talk to???

yeah it's pretty grand .. but what's with the hate, famine, prejudice, war thing?

>> is god dog spelled backwards?
Elementary my dear Cameron... because that's how the letters are arranged.

Think before you ask these questions... ;-)

is there a dog?
( asked the dyslexic-agnostic.)

god speaks to a man;

god: My child, I will grand you one wish... tell me your heart.

man: Well... I would want something that would be useful for all humanity... I would not want to be selfish. hmmm... build a bridge from here to the Asian continent to unite the world.

god: my child, do you know how dificult that would be?? Do you know what a massive undertaking that you ask for??

man: oh, sorry... well... perhaps I didn't think it through carefully enouch... hmmmmm... OK, for the sake of all men, explain to me the mind of woman...

god: uh, ok... about that bridge...


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