Old Testament God is a big mean motherfucker and he will fuck you up unless you follow his very strict rules. In fact, he won’t just fuck you up, he will fuck up your entire tribe collectively because you didn’t follow the rules.
Largely because he wasn’t the only God kicking around. Jehovah was originally just another local deity, but he beat up the others. You really were supposed to be afraid of the awesome power your god wielded. Ties back to the language of “you shall have no other gods before Me” - they were around, and they were real, but Jehovah was the baddest of them all.
Moses didn’t try to convince the Egyptians to worship Jehovah, he tried to make them scared of Jehovah.
The funny thing is that they were enslaved by the Babylonians. And they did wander through the desert back to their homeland once they were freed. A much bigger desert.
Because if it took them 40 years to cross the Sinai, something was seriously wrong.
So my guess is that at some point, some Hebrew King was like, “you know what? I like the Persians. They run Babylon now. And FUCK THOSE EGYPTIAN MOTHERFUCKERS! We’re changing the story!” And since the King was the voice of Yaweh on Earth, now they were freed from Egypt.
You’re thinking New Testament God.
Old Testament God is a big mean motherfucker and he will fuck you up unless you follow his very strict rules. In fact, he won’t just fuck you up, he will fuck up your entire tribe collectively because you didn’t follow the rules.
Largely because he wasn’t the only God kicking around. Jehovah was originally just another local deity, but he beat up the others. You really were supposed to be afraid of the awesome power your god wielded. Ties back to the language of “you shall have no other gods before Me” - they were around, and they were real, but Jehovah was the baddest of them all.
Moses didn’t try to convince the Egyptians to worship Jehovah, he tried to make them scared of Jehovah.
I propose a new cinematic universe, and/or game series of wrestling matches between the gods.
have you heard of ‘hinduism’? pretty sure this is just, like, cannon.
now if you really want to go nuts with it, find a hindu community in mexico.
I think the greeks may have also had something like this but it was kinda cringe if it happened.
I like how the Egyptians considered the Israelite god to be an evil spiteful desert war God that lied about how his people were treated.
There’s zero evidence that they were enslaved by the Egyptians and then revolted. But thanks to one king and centuries of retoric, here we are.
The funny thing is that they were enslaved by the Babylonians. And they did wander through the desert back to their homeland once they were freed. A much bigger desert.
Because if it took them 40 years to cross the Sinai, something was seriously wrong.
So my guess is that at some point, some Hebrew King was like, “you know what? I like the Persians. They run Babylon now. And FUCK THOSE EGYPTIAN MOTHERFUCKERS! We’re changing the story!” And since the King was the voice of Yaweh on Earth, now they were freed from Egypt.
Occams razor applies here too, your theory sounds spot on
The super power of Jeovah is propaganda.
I feel like, the modern approach, if one reads the bible, believes it, and isn’t a sick perv or completely nuts, is misotheism.
“God fearing” is generally used in the context of Christianity and the New Testament God. If you believe in Hell, fear makes perfect sense.
He’ll also spontaneously change the rules at anytime and then kill your family.
“God fearing” is a train of thought for a reason.