Religiosanity

Pastor Andrew Stehlik talks about the effects of monotheism on society, and how the roots of those effects still permeate our faith today.

There are even some malevolent gods in the Hebrew bible! Pastor Andrew talks about some of the places where these gods, such as Reshef, have been translated out of the text.

#Asherah #Goddess, #GreatLady, #QueenofHeaven, #MotherofGods, these are all titles for Asherah, the wife of the god El. Pastor Andrew talks about her characteristics and what remnants of her divine persona were carried into the #HebrewBible. Which leads to a conversation about the #genderofGod and divine #androgyny. #Ugarit #Ugaritic #ANE #Semitic #Polytheism #Monotheism

In this episode, Pastor Andrew examines the sometimes confusing textual DNA of the Semitic god "El" and how he relates to biblical God, Elohim, Eloah and Allah. We continue observing the process of "monotheisation" of West Semitic religion.

The god #Baal (#Baʻal) had his name stripped from the religion of the #HebrewBible, but not many of his characteristics. They remain. In this episode Pastor Andrew talks about how multiple Gods can be detected in the roots of monotheistic religion and how understanding this and #ANE #AncientNearEast #Religion in general can make for a richer approach to life and #faith. And studying these ancient...

90 years ago ancient texts were discovered, a "snapshot" of the city of Ugarit. Rev. Stehlik, Th. D. tells us why we should care about this extremely interesting polytheistic ancient literature, and how studying it helped put him on the road to a more open-minded faith.