Nelson
2005-06-29 11:22:11 UTC
Who/What Was/Is "Yahweh"/"Jehovah"?
http://www.universalway.org/anyout.html#Yahweh/Jehovah
Just who/what was/is the entity known as "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" in the Old
Testament of the Bible?
Some people will claim that "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" was/is God/G-d, and that his
word was/is the word of God/G-d. Those people are usually devout
Jews/Christians/Muslims.
But what would, let's say, Captains Kirk and Picard of the Starship
Enterprise (Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation) think about the
entity "Yahweh"/"Jehovah"? And what if we were to ask, let's say, FBI
Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully (X-Files) the question "Who/What
Was/Is "Yahweh"/"Jehovah"?," and asked them to work up a personality profile
constructed from an intelligence analysis perspective, of the entity known
as "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" in the Old Testament of the Bible, such profile to be
provided to Captains Kirk/Picard some time in the future for appropriate
action?
In order to construct such a profile, the agents would necessarily compile a
list of the instructions/actions of the subject, and this list, in order to
be objectively/diligently studied, must be of a general/non-specific nature,
indicating nothing that would directly lead people who would study the
profile (such as Kirk/Picard) to conclude that the subject was
"Yahweh"/"Jehovah" of the Old Testament.
Some of the sample entries in such a list compiled from the Old Testament by
Special Agents Mulder/Scully for intelligence analysis of the personality
profile of "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" might read as follows (not necessarily in
chronological order):
* Instructed his charges to construct a device which when constructed today,
is a radio receiver.
* Instructed his charges to take the constructed device into a secret room
and listen for further instructions.
* Instructed his charges to embark upon a long journey leading them into
occupied territories.
* Instructed his charges to war upon the indigenous inhabitants of a
territory, committing genocide upon the inhabitants and occupying and
possessing all of their lands and property.
* Instructed the leader of his charges to kill his son, then changed the
instructions so that the sons of all his charges should be mutilated at
birth.
Obviously, there would be entries which also described the benevolent
instructions/actions of the subject (such as the Ten Commandments), but
Special Agents Mulder/Scully, being good intelligence agents, would know
that misinformation/disinformation designed to destabilize and destroy a
society must come in the ratio of at least 60% truth and good advice to 40%
lie and bad advice, and the Special Agents, being wise/rational humans,
would be able to separate the benevolent instructions/actions of
"Yahweh"/"Jehovah" from the malicious instructions/actions, and would
determine that sufficient evidence existed to conclude that only a half
portion of the instructions/actions of "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" were of any
short-term/long-term benefit to those who would follow such instructions,
leading the agents to conclude that "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" was an entity that
was spreading misinformation/disinformation to his charges/people.
Continued objective analysis of the personality profile of
"Yahweh"/"Jehovah" by Special Agents Mulder/Scully would lead them (well, at
least, Mulder) to the conclusion that, from all of the
information/intelligence available to the analysts, the entity known as
"Yahweh"/"Jehovah" was much more likely a malevolent extraterrestrial alien
political/military intelligence/governor than any real benevolent/loving
God/G-d. Such conclusion would not be taken lightly by Captains Kirk/Picard,
and their own personal experiences would feed into Agent Mulder's
conclusion.
http://www.universalway.org/anyout.html#Yahweh/Jehovah
Just who/what was/is the entity known as "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" in the Old
Testament of the Bible?
Some people will claim that "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" was/is God/G-d, and that his
word was/is the word of God/G-d. Those people are usually devout
Jews/Christians/Muslims.
But what would, let's say, Captains Kirk and Picard of the Starship
Enterprise (Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation) think about the
entity "Yahweh"/"Jehovah"? And what if we were to ask, let's say, FBI
Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully (X-Files) the question "Who/What
Was/Is "Yahweh"/"Jehovah"?," and asked them to work up a personality profile
constructed from an intelligence analysis perspective, of the entity known
as "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" in the Old Testament of the Bible, such profile to be
provided to Captains Kirk/Picard some time in the future for appropriate
action?
In order to construct such a profile, the agents would necessarily compile a
list of the instructions/actions of the subject, and this list, in order to
be objectively/diligently studied, must be of a general/non-specific nature,
indicating nothing that would directly lead people who would study the
profile (such as Kirk/Picard) to conclude that the subject was
"Yahweh"/"Jehovah" of the Old Testament.
Some of the sample entries in such a list compiled from the Old Testament by
Special Agents Mulder/Scully for intelligence analysis of the personality
profile of "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" might read as follows (not necessarily in
chronological order):
* Instructed his charges to construct a device which when constructed today,
is a radio receiver.
* Instructed his charges to take the constructed device into a secret room
and listen for further instructions.
* Instructed his charges to embark upon a long journey leading them into
occupied territories.
* Instructed his charges to war upon the indigenous inhabitants of a
territory, committing genocide upon the inhabitants and occupying and
possessing all of their lands and property.
* Instructed the leader of his charges to kill his son, then changed the
instructions so that the sons of all his charges should be mutilated at
birth.
Obviously, there would be entries which also described the benevolent
instructions/actions of the subject (such as the Ten Commandments), but
Special Agents Mulder/Scully, being good intelligence agents, would know
that misinformation/disinformation designed to destabilize and destroy a
society must come in the ratio of at least 60% truth and good advice to 40%
lie and bad advice, and the Special Agents, being wise/rational humans,
would be able to separate the benevolent instructions/actions of
"Yahweh"/"Jehovah" from the malicious instructions/actions, and would
determine that sufficient evidence existed to conclude that only a half
portion of the instructions/actions of "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" were of any
short-term/long-term benefit to those who would follow such instructions,
leading the agents to conclude that "Yahweh"/"Jehovah" was an entity that
was spreading misinformation/disinformation to his charges/people.
Continued objective analysis of the personality profile of
"Yahweh"/"Jehovah" by Special Agents Mulder/Scully would lead them (well, at
least, Mulder) to the conclusion that, from all of the
information/intelligence available to the analysts, the entity known as
"Yahweh"/"Jehovah" was much more likely a malevolent extraterrestrial alien
political/military intelligence/governor than any real benevolent/loving
God/G-d. Such conclusion would not be taken lightly by Captains Kirk/Picard,
and their own personal experiences would feed into Agent Mulder's
conclusion.