Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoNot to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??message-squaremessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down16
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareNot to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square160fedilink
minus-squareRedditmodstouchgrass@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·8 hours agoMy take is that it’s a reflection of the Israelite people. It’s easy to be all fire and brimstone when you can back it up with military force. Suspiciously that all went away after they got conquered…
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·7 hours agoYahweh was originally a Levant god of war.
My take is that it’s a reflection of the Israelite people. It’s easy to be all fire and brimstone when you can back it up with military force. Suspiciously that all went away after they got conquered…
Yahweh was originally a Levant god of war.