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Three of the worlds largest religions trace their origins in great detail to a guy you say never existed. And he wasn't a member of any of those religions. His religious upbringing was an offshoot of whatever practices his ancestors followed. And much like Buddha, he went searching for a different truth and was led to Judaism. The rest is history

That's dogma and incorrect at that. Abraham was not led to Judaism. His chronology predates the creation of the Jewish people at Mount Sinai. He was a Noahide, until God promised his descendants would inherit Israel and he was the first Hebrew, but he was never a Jew.

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Let us not even get into the WELL DOCUMENTED trail of Judaism, becoming Catholicism, becoming Protestantism, becoming Baptists, Greek Orthodoxia, Mormons, Pentecostals, Episcopalians, Methodists, 7th day Adventists, snake handlers, Presbyterians, etc.

It is well documented. Everyone knows those connections. Are you saying the branching of Judaism into Catholicism then the multitude of offshoot Christian denominations is analogous to the differences between Judaism and the Norse pantheon or Native American animistic beliefs?

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You cant look at Judaism and see anything remotely akin to a snake handling church

Except that they worship the same God. That's a pretty big link.

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All evolved from the first religion observed by men.

I get the feeling you want to tell me what this is, but you don't want to ruin your "credibility"

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Wow, how dumb are you?

lol

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Posted by RobbBobb

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Posted on 11/8/19 at 8:55 pm to WildManGoose

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Abraham was not led to Judaism ... but he was never a Jew.

Reading its an important skill, because I clearly said

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And he wasn't a member of any of those religions.

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Are you saying the branching of Judaism into Catholicism then the multitude of offshoot Christian denominations is analogous to the differences between Judaism and the Norse pantheon or Native American animistic beliefs?

Again, if you asked a Jew from 2000 years ago if a snake handling church was an eventual possibility, he would be enraged. So if you add an additional 5000 years to the founding of Judaism to get to snake handlers, then yes you can expect the branchings to get even more broad as in Nordic religion, and animalistic beliefs

Because it is a certainty that sects of Jews worshipped idols of animal. How much time would you really need to get to the worship of cows in India, or nature in a new world from a migrating tribe?

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Except that they worship the same God. That's a pretty big link.

Wow, you missed the entire point. Again. For the Bible to be correct, we all once worshipped the same God. But due to cultural migrations his name has been changed, as well as the rituals in observing him. Heard of the trinity? 3 gods, yet the same? How long has that been around? A whole lot less time than it would have taken to go from El Shaddai to Buddha