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Definite nod from me on the hint at polytheism in Christianity. Moreso, in fact, than Judaism and Islam. I don't want to get into the reasons for that, though if you'd like to PM or create a new topic, I'm game.
One idea that I've been toying with completely on my own is that Judaism is derived from worshiping the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter god.
What if those four letters initially represented four separate gods? Or four separate ideals? In a few Middle Easter languages, specific letters of the alphabet aren't just letters, but are actually words that represent a concept.
What if the deepest origins of Judaism came from worshiping an amalgamation of multiple gods, or a god who was the embodiment of four complex ideals represented by four symbols? |