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originally posted by: Azzezza
a reply to: Saurus
I'm not Jewish, but Kabbalist Jews are not monotheistic. They were not monotheistic until they became Yahwist and even then they were henotheist until they dropped El Elyon.
originally posted by: Saurus
originally posted by: Azzezza
And the Demiurge is Yahweh. A lesser god yes,.....
Lesser Gods, Greater Gods; just how many Gods are there?
Judaism believes in only one God:
"Hear, Oh Israel, the Lord, thy God is one."
Deuteronomy 32:8-9
Version from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint
"When Elyon (Most High) allotted peoples for inheritance,...
When He divided up the Sons of Adam,...
He fixed the boundaries for peoples,...
According to the number of the Bene Elohim (Sons of El).
But YHWH’s portion is His people,
Jacob (Israel), His own inheritance."
originally posted by: CIAGypsy
originally posted by: Azzezza
a reply to: Saurus
I'm not Jewish, but Kabbalist Jews are not monotheistic. They were not monotheistic until they became Yahwist and even then they were henotheist until they dropped El Elyon.
If you follow the Kabbalistic wisdom, then you would realize that there is ONE God...the others are simply facets, like light separating after going through a prism.
originally posted by: Tsuro
a reply to: Azzezza
your like a fundamentalist aren't you? I can break down Kabbalah to probably a sentence.. But it doesn't fill a purpose if I do..
originally posted by: Tsuro
a reply to: Azzezza
your like a fundamentalist aren't you? I can break down Kabbalah to probably a sentence.. But it doesn't fill a purpose if I do..
originally posted by: Tsuro
a reply to: Azzezza
i can watch the Ancient belief of God almost any day, its amazing knowing who "God" was/is.. God for me today is the State of Sweden, or the aristocratic families who actually provides me with food and shelter..
The only thing they want in return is for me to pay my dues, vote and contribute to society as an obligation, by learning something..
If people could live like Albert Pike idealistic hoped for, well things would be different.. But Plato categorized different ages to a society, to declare, nothing will ever change with humans..
Over 2000 years and that philosopher wasnt wrong was he...
originally posted by: Azzezza
I hate analogies. I understand that monotheistic doesn't mean you only believe in one God, it means you believe in one Almighty God, but you still have other Gods like Jesus, who is admittedly inferior to the Father. So it's not a true Monotheistic faith because Father is superior to Son.
Likewise, God has sons who are lesser gods in Kabbalah. To mask this they call them then 72 names of God. But name and god are both meanings of the word Shem or Ha-Shem. So it's actually 72 gods of God.
Not so simple is Kabbalah.
originally posted by: Azzezza
a reply to: cooperton
Actually, enlightened Gnostics see Yahweh the Demiurge as kind of an evil idiot who orders genocide,commits infanticide and isn't worthy of worship. They believe in a much higher unknowable God, Yahweh is the Demiurge meaning creator of the imperfect world that no true God would have made. You need to read your Nag Hammadi scriptures. Sorry, your wrong about the views of Gnostics.
originally posted by: Saurus
Trying?
God has never struck me as an entity that tries to do something.
If God wants to do something, God does it!