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Between rainbows and severed foreskins, there sure are some strange symbols of covenants. Granted, but at least the bow seems to make some sort of sense. Remember, before YWHW was Israel's national god he was identified by some peoples as a storm god (in some respects similar to his arch-rival, Ba'...

Warning: if there is a drinking game based on familiar conspiracy theory themes, this book could absolutely destroy your liver. But if you are a student of history, you may just die laughing. m "The Widow's Son: The Esoteric History of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Origin of Mormonism" ...

Cool! I was concerned that interest in this holiday was tapiring off.

EAllusion wrote: I like the Nozick experience machine argument for this kind of question. . . That's an interesting thought experiment. I'll have to remember that one. This reminds me a bit of the end of Terry Gilliam's brilliant film "Brazil". I used to know a guy who argued that "Br...

Frank Cross offers a scholarly-yet-readable treatment of ancient El/Ba'al/YHWH traditions in his "Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel". m If you are seriously interested in the Canaanite roots of ancient Israel's henotheistic/monotheistic religio...