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To: mark silvers who wrote (917)	9/9/1998 2:58:00 PM
From: wallacestevens	of 1542

Mark, this is a great question: why does the god in the Hebrew bible order the death of people? From what I have learned, it is useful to remember that at the time these stories were written Yahweh was not the only god. Yahweh was the god of the Hebrews who came out of Egypt and returned to Canaan after many generations (from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses -- both Egyptian names, by the way.) Yahweh chose these people to be his. Now this is a brand new thing in the history of gods. Up to this time, gods were associated with geographical places, not with people. That is why it was always good form and, at the least, polite to pay respectful attention to the local gods. You could still keep your own personal gods in your home. No one would suggest that you ignore them; that would be dangerous! More to follow . . .

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