Prosperity and technology are not bad in themselves, but in the case of Ur there was a dark underside. Like many ancient religions they worshipped the life force or fertility gods. The rites were like orgies complete with temple prostitutes--male and female. And as also was common in those days, they practiced human sacrifice, including the sacrifice of infants. Their gods demanded the blood of many, many children. It was those hideous gods Abraham was told to leave.
Abraham is our Father in Faith. God asks us to make a decision similar to his: Are we going to serve God or the gods of our culture? Are we willing to even pick up stakes in order to leave behind those gods and go to a land He will show us? The gods of our culture are remarkably like those Abraham renounced when he left Ur. For the folks in Ur the main goal was prosperity. The citizens of Ur were also men of the bottom line. They preferred gods who could, as they say, deliver the goods.
The people of Ur were into technology. They possessed what was most advanced for the beginning of the second millennium B.C. Technology like prosperity is not bad in itself. For example medical technology each year does more and more amazing things. (Those inclined to make our culture into a religion call these medical advances miracles.) The problem however is that our technology is sometimes so brilliant it can blind us to the dark underside of our society.
You are correct. Many left, some stayed. There are representative here now, willing to guide through these chaotic times. Most humans reject them out of ignorance and pride, unfortunately so.
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20217980? ago
Syria, Aleppo, bath house (looks like epsteins little st james island) (https://infogalactic.com/info/Hammam_Yalbugha) and ( https://archnet.org/sites/536/publications/774) temple, the Chaldeans, babylon, mamluk, levant
Syria history https://www.arabicbible.com/for-christians/1827-the-significance-of-syria-in-the-bible-history-and-civilizations.html and https://www.bible-history.com/geography/ur_of_chaldees.html
https://infogalactic.com/info/Mamluk
Aleppo area history:
Prosperity and technology are not bad in themselves, but in the case of Ur there was a dark underside. Like many ancient religions they worshipped the life force or fertility gods. The rites were like orgies complete with temple prostitutes--male and female. And as also was common in those days, they practiced human sacrifice, including the sacrifice of infants. Their gods demanded the blood of many, many children. It was those hideous gods Abraham was told to leave.
Abraham is our Father in Faith. God asks us to make a decision similar to his: Are we going to serve God or the gods of our culture? Are we willing to even pick up stakes in order to leave behind those gods and go to a land He will show us? The gods of our culture are remarkably like those Abraham renounced when he left Ur. For the folks in Ur the main goal was prosperity. The citizens of Ur were also men of the bottom line. They preferred gods who could, as they say, deliver the goods.
The people of Ur were into technology. They possessed what was most advanced for the beginning of the second millennium B.C. Technology like prosperity is not bad in itself. For example medical technology each year does more and more amazing things. (Those inclined to make our culture into a religion call these medical advances miracles.) The problem however is that our technology is sometimes so brilliant it can blind us to the dark underside of our society.
source http://stmaryvalleybloom.org/culture.html
This ties it all together .... moon worship : Hilal Crescent and History of the Moon god
source https://amos37.com/hilal-means-crescent/
Moon Worship http://greatdreams.com/moon/moon_worship.htm
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/gods-goddesses-and-rabbits-surprising-ancient-myths-moon-007635
https://www.everybunnyissomebunny.com/blog-post/rabbit-the-moon-folklore
20219476? ago
The God/s in the bible were extra terrestrials. From what I can gather, the left and may/may not come back
What they left behind on Earth was Westworld on Steroids....
20222065? ago
You are correct. Many left, some stayed. There are representative here now, willing to guide through these chaotic times. Most humans reject them out of ignorance and pride, unfortunately so.
20219427? ago
You Abrahamic Religious people are ALL fucking insane.
Any father that even considered for one second sacrificing his child should be kept as far away for founding a faith as possible..
20218177? ago
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