Chez Lopez
Neo-Abolitionist
Which is exactly why no one should be referring to the Creator as "god" which really means fortune (gad: same pronunciation)...
The NT is whats fukkin up peoples mindstate. In the OT its about God and God alone. No partners. No equals. No mediators. When did David pray in the name of some mediator? Moses? Abraham? Noah? That all changes when the NT comes around. Suddenly theres this "messiah" who is given god like properties who is now here to die for our or save/absolve us from our sins..... And now, unlike our ancestors, we have to make our prayers, thru him?
I aint buying that anymore. And when you combine that with dum diversas, then you clearly see whats going on. This was a ploy to get at Israel and their land. It was written to get them to disobey to which would make them easier to over take...
Judith (KJ1611) 5
20 Sir, if these people (Israel) are now sinning against their god, even unknowingly, and if we can be sure that they are guilty of some offense, we can successfully attack them. 21 But if they have not disobeyed the law of their god, then you should leave them alone, or he will defend them, and we will be disgraced before the whole world.
Once you start introducing some other entity into your relationship with the Creator, then you're disobeying the law. When you're disobeying the law, the other nations are allowed/able to take advantage of you.
There are alot of issues with the NT but it is because the understanding is not there from the original hebrew. However the Messiah is mentioned, by name, in the OT