Religion: What it means to you

a_priori - The BreakDown of the Word Micha'EL and all names in Hebrew Ending in (EL). I had a interesting site i used to read about this, and it also gave names of books to read - and of people who had worked on translating old Hebrew language and other semetic languages. If i recall the main Theme of it was this. That the El was tooken from the EL'OHIM word. If i recall the Translation of Micha'el's name was more in the line of POWERFULL GOD. And some of the books that i had read outlined references and similarities in the Hebrew old testament - to Semetic religions of the region. Ill have to look up the names of the books and sites, as i read alot of this stuff when i was in highschool.

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And i do kinda of agree wth Minion about the hipocrasy thing. If god exists he obviously is not on our level so his Understanding of everything would be perfect. So God can be angry and it would be perfect anger. But this is one thing when i was young that made me want to leave the Church, I would always ask - How can one apply human emotions to something perfect. For the bible to state we are created in his image - and to also give god human characteristics makes him seem somewhat flawed, seem somewhat human.

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I dont know if they would be easily refutable, I think they broke the word up but some of our syllables dont exist in Ancient Hebrew. They where trying to prove that the hebrews conisdered them selves a nation of gods or beings of heaven. I dont know about all this but i thought the research into Ancient Hebrew was interesting. I mean there are millions of interpretations of the bible, all seem interesting to me anyways. I mean there is the House of David A Black Hebrew group that has a unique interpretation into the bible. Also Sufism, and kabalh schools are very interesting. and also alot of the Black oriented groups that came into being The Nation Of Islam - The 5% nation of Gods and Earths, all present some interesting ideas, although some may be wacky they force people to research and think in different ways. Kinda like Menvies, Theory about ZHang Ye discovering america And Mapping out the World in 1421 in his navy of Junk ships. I personally like that idea, i never believed Columbus discovered America.

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Weird. i will look for the Article - If i can find. Either way the interpretation of Elohim is what should be considered. And how it was used at that time in other languages in the Region also. And it doesnt make any sense to me that Ancient hebrew would not differ in anyway from modern. Look at English how it has changed and how long it has been alive. Do Jews know a secret about preserving language in its exact form for thousands of years we dont?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Ahh indeed. Sorry dude i dont buy it. change is a constant. And just because something is sacreligious, doesnt mean some self righteous person could not have changed it. And there is not always agreement on the translation of texts, there never is. Anyways i will try to find the book or article i read about that, if your interested if not ill leave it at that, i dont read into religion much anymore, although im kinda interested in Eastern Religions and philosphies right now.

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Not all scholars accept the plural nature of the Elohim.
"Biblical Hebrew occasionally employs something scholars call the 'majestic plural'. In effect it is a plural ending added to a deity's name to confer status or majesty. In the Old Testament the best example is Elohim which does not mean 'the gods' but is rather the god El with the majestic plural im appended."
- David M. Rohl, A Test of Time: The Bible from Myth to History (1993), p. 228

On the other hand some Scholars speculate that it did indeed mean many gods - And they use for example the different names applied in the bible Like Yaweh, and Michael. They also atempt to relate yaweh to The gods of the cananites, Like Baal or Ishtar. While i have not researched all they state my self, it is interesting.

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