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archaeopteryx commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"I believe Ward, that the order is Sumerian, Akkadian, Amurrite, then the whole thing (as regards the Hebrew Bible) was transplanted to Canaan, where it was further mingled with their gods."
Ward Cressin commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"It seems like religions have been doing that forever: this god gets re-interpreted as that god by later people. The whole convoluted Sumerian/Babylonian/Akkadian/etc line (I don't the the correct order), Egyptian line (I know there's at…"
archaeopteryx commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"I'm sure you're right Ward - Jeremiah and Isiah are right next to each other - I knew it was one of those whose name ended in "iah."
The Bible gives us Asherah, but the biblical characters originated in Ur, a city in Mesoptamia…"
Ward Cressin commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"@archaeopteryx (if I'm doing this correctly) Re: Asherah in the Hebrew Bible
I took a quick look at Wiki and it quotes Jeremiah 7 & 44. (Yes I know Wiki is not 100% accurate.)
I then followed a link to a page on sacred prostitution which…"
archaeopteryx commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"Sorry for the mith-nomer - I'm staggering around on very few hours sleep. My brain stopped typing before my fingers got the message.
pax vobiscum,archaeopteryxwww.in-His-own-image.com"
archaeopteryx commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"@Mithra - RE: "But I digress...." -- Ah, my most oft-used phrase.
I believe it is in Isaiah, but I could be mistaken, that all of the monuments to Asherah were ordered torn down. (She was a fertility goddess, her monuments were poles,…"
Mith Barnes commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"@archaeopteryx: You're absolutely right about the dual nature of God for the Hebrews. Yahweh was not originally all that different from any of dozens of other tribal gods with sacrificial cults, and offhand I can't think of any others who…"
archaeopteryx commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"@Mith - RE: "the very foundation of the patriarchal claim to authority comes from the fact that God, a male being, has power of and over procreation"
But here's the rub Mith - the original god of the Hebrews, "El Shaddai,"…"
Colleen commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"Kevin, Fox TV and the GOP primaries look just as crazy from the inside. I would argue just the opposite in terms of your reason to claim agnosticism over atheism. I, too, worry about and wish to refrain from becoming a fanatic, but I…"
Mith Barnes commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"@Ward: Mith Barnes, thank you. I have been wondering if this was really happening or just my imagination. I have noted that the religious "right" has been denigrating science for quite a while now and that American test scores in math…"
Mith Barnes commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"@archaeopteryx: In that instance, I'd rather not see, if you take my meaning. I've been interested in this topic/phenomenon/whatever since the first Bush term, and looking back, no one ever dreamed the conversation would get this far…"
archaeopteryx commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"@Mith - but you would think that those on this site wouldn't be apathetic, still there was only one response to the forum in the space of a week, and that I solicited, so, as I said, I took it down for lack of interest.
Maybe as Santorum edges…"
Kevin Barton commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"Mith, you make a lot of sense, I enjoyed reading your comments. Thanks to the other commentators too, it’s interesting reading. My favourite quote is: “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are…"
Ward Cressin commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"Kevin, are you feeling pressure from other people in your life? I understand that very well – I have been too timid in talking with others (including my family). But I have not let that change my viewpoint. It is very influential but is not…"
Mith Barnes commented on Kevin Barton's blog post 'USA - religious fanaticism?'"@archaeopteryx: Indeed. As an academic, I have been researching and writing on right-wingism in the US, and even in the academe, the extent of the dominionist activism and theocratic movement is stubbornly, resolutely ignored. One would expect that…"
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USA - religious fanaticism?
Posted on March 5, 2012 at 5:46pm 28 Comments 0 Likes
As an atheist, I am doubting that atheism is the right answer...as Einstein considered, nobody knows the answer, and being an Agnostic is the only reasonable approach.
As a British atheist, I am also concerned that the USA is becoming increasing religious and towards an inevitable conflict with the Muslim world, and a modern day 'crusade'.
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