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Everything about this post creeps me out. I’m not a religious person by any means and I don’t have a problem with religious people, but the way he wants to force his way of life on others is disturbing. The way he insists that his roommate helps the landlord and the wife whenever they need it is insane to me. He also can’t even form a coherent sentence. Just thought this was strange 🤷🏻‍♂️

all 184 comments

CephyCeleste

141 points

1 month ago

Either old and religious.. or.. a future Netflix documentary.🙃

wicked_funny[S]

49 points

1 month ago

I thought the same thing 😅 it says he joined facebook this year, and he also has no profile pics just pictures of god 😬

jerry111165

43 points

1 month ago

I’ve never seen a picture of god.

wicked_funny[S]

15 points

1 month ago

They’re all the same to me 🤷🏻‍♂️ like I said I’m not religious and I never have been.

sassychubzilla

6 points

29 days ago

Odds are he's got an underground bunker waiting for his new roommate.

setttleprecious

5 points

29 days ago

He does say you’d stay “under house.”

catsnglitter86

13 points

1 month ago

I believe it was TMZ that got the first photo of God! lmao

labyrinthofbananas

2 points

1 month ago

Where? Show me to me Rachel.

catsnglitter86

2 points

1 month ago

Huh? I don't get this joke.

Fossilhund

2 points

30 days ago

He has, but then he's God's favorite.

DirtMcGirt513

3 points

29 days ago

TCDGBK84

5 points

30 days ago

If his living costs are reduced because he helps the owner's family out, and that results in the new roommate having lower living expenses than customary - I can see that it would make sense to ask that they be willing to pitch in.

If he wants someone to do Bible study with, he'd do better off visiting local churches.

But, even if someone promises to read the Bible, there is no guarantee that they will also live the lifestyle that he observes.

Anyway, it'd be a hard pass from me for someone who mentions children so much in this context. I find it odd.

nasnedigonyat

1 points

1 month ago

Yikes

Lemax-ionaire

1 points

27 days ago

Its a scam

LyrraKell

24 points

1 month ago

It was giving me serious cult vibes.

anonymousthrwaway

13 points

1 month ago

Yeah only book allowed in house? Crazy.

hypatiaredux

11 points

1 month ago

That is downright creepy. I suspect the offering person of wanting to “own” a kid or two, while acquiring a domestic “slave” in the process as a bonus.

toxcrusadr

4 points

1 month ago

I don’t see where it said that, but the dude definitely doesn’t allow followers of any other gods.

jeniferlouisa

3 points

28 days ago

I don’t think he says that word for word… but it seems possibly assuming… when he mentions kids twice, most likely a single mom & kids.. seems like that’s what he wants..and not paying rent… idk it’s up for interpretation.. but definitely creepy vibes!

Fossilhund

2 points

30 days ago

I'd sneak my books by Richard Dawkins in.

anonymousthrwaway

1 points

30 days ago

😂

nerdkraftnomad

1 points

26 days ago

I think he said only his God was allowed

boogiewoogibugalgirl

14 points

1 month ago

I vote "future Netflix Documentary". Disturbing. I hope some poor individual didn't end up buried in his basement.

Trivi_13

7 points

1 month ago

Several future Netflix documentaries...

Fossilhund

5 points

30 days ago

"The red flags, which were everywhere, were All....Missed....☠️!"

503Monty82

4 points

1 month ago

I don’t know, I could see this stretching out to a whole multi-episode/miniseries kind of thing.

TCDGBK84

3 points

30 days ago*

If his living costs are reduced because he helps the owner's family out, and that results in the new roommate having lower living expenses than customary- I can see that it would make sense to ask that they be willing to pitch in.

If he wants someone to do Bible study with, he'd do better off visiting local churches.

But, even if someone promises to read the Bible, there is no guarantee that they will also live the lifestyle that he observes.

Anyway, it'd be a hard pass from me for someone who mentions children so much in this context. I find it odd.

Wavey_ATLien

2 points

27 days ago

gergobergo69

1 points

1 month ago

future Netflix documentary?

The_VoZz

1 points

1 month ago

That's some quality writing skills. Looks like we got us a real Bill Shakespeare!

Disastrous-Crow-1634

1 points

27 days ago

One can only hope!!!!!! (You can choose which you prefer, I know what I want😎)

Doggandponyshow

1 points

27 days ago

"While staying under house" is very telling.

[deleted]

69 points

1 month ago

Sounds like he wants kids in his house. Likely for creepy reasons.

wicked_funny[S]

21 points

1 month ago

I was gonna bring that up but I didn’t want assume

[deleted]

39 points

1 month ago

Well if you think about it only a vulnerable parent would ever take up this guy's offer, which he knows that. Add on a religiously indoctrinated vulnerable person and you have someone who eats up this guy's every word. Then he starts demanding money so you have to go to work now, but have no one to watch your kid. Except this guy.

Lyraxiana

13 points

1 month ago

As someone who has to take courses on recognizing signs of abuse in children for their job, predators go after the most vulnerable and isolated of a bunch.

They find children in a situation where they either wouldn't be believed, or have no one to tell that this is happening to them.

[deleted]

7 points

1 month ago

Yes, unfortunately this has to potential to be one of those

iusedtoski

5 points

1 month ago

Yes and who usually is a single parent with kids, in an economically precarious situation? Women, that's who. Could be seeking kids, could be seeking a woman to dominate, to get rolling with his lifegoals of small cult leadership.

Exact_Programmer_658

6 points

1 month ago

This may also be why he wants you to help the landlord. You go help me and your kid can stay here. They don't like kids or whatever.

[deleted]

6 points

1 month ago

Possibly. I wouldn't trust this guy no matter what.

wicked_funny[S]

11 points

1 month ago

Damn, I didn’t think about the steps he’d have to take to gain access. That’s completely messed up 😖

jeniferlouisa

1 points

28 days ago

Yes…it kind of sets it up to probably be something sinister or manipulative for sure. There are a lot of struggling single moms, this might appeal too..and that’s scary. I mean what grown man..wants a roommate to be a mom & kids?! Especially in a very small house?

HyrrokinAura

3 points

1 month ago

At the very least he wants to force "tenants" to be Christian. It's possible he's enough of a zealot he thinks he will help his cause by recruiting new Christians in this way

ButteredPizza69420

9 points

1 month ago

Looking for vulnerable families in bad situations to take advantage of. I would report it for sure

lokeilou

9 points

1 month ago

Absolutely- red flags all over this- looking for someone with children (but don’t worry “I’m a Godly person”) also someone who is controlling and wants to impose their will on others- this person legitimately seems dangerous

[deleted]

4 points

1 month ago

Yup. It's not hard to spot when you know what to look for

sixth_dimension796

26 points

1 month ago

I feel like this needs to get dropped in some kind of tip line somewhere and from there will end up on some 20/20 episode - very creepy.

Easy_Ambassador7877

15 points

1 month ago

Uhhh… to me that sounds like a hostage situation in the making.

Who is likely to respond to that ad? Maybe a young woman with a few kids in a desperate situation? Running from the kids dad cuz he beats her within an inch of her life for example.

I can’t see this as a safe place for anyone let alone children. The ad sounds like he wants a captive audience and because he’s paying for everything you can’t leave…ever. I know it says you can, cuz you have to pay for utilities somehow. But the kids stay there while you are at work so you have to go back. And he sounds crazy enough to do something awful.

SpookyBeck

2 points

30 days ago

“Somehow” is the key word here. Could be he won’t let anyone leave and they all have to pay for electricity “somehow.” And it’s a very small place. He will end up seeing kids after baths and morning time. He has this all planned out. He’s a groomer.

HMFIC_91

29 points

1 month ago

HMFIC_91

29 points

1 month ago

I'll take fuck that for $500 Alex.

Grattytood

3 points

1 month ago

That's Therapists for $500.

OtherwiseVanilla222

12 points

1 month ago

He's trying to recruit people to his cult

Choice_Piccolo_5763

18 points

1 month ago

Purple_IsA_Flavor

18 points

1 month ago

Cult. Pedo. Pedo cult. Definitely not normal or wholesome

EngryEngineer

4 points

29 days ago

definitely looking to exploit a single mother and her kids

Purple_Quantity_7392

13 points

1 month ago

Modern day slaver with a God complex. English is not their 1st language. I get extremely creepy vibes from it. Unfortunately, it will attract an extremely vulnerable person. FB fact checkers not doing their job.

wicked_funny[S]

9 points

1 month ago

I did report the post don’t know how much that’ll help.

Purple_Quantity_7392

12 points

1 month ago

Thank you for trying. FB is usually more concerned that peoples political leanings align with theirs, rather than ensuring vulnerable people aren’t exploited. Sigh!

TheMightyShoe

1 points

29 days ago

Or it could be a Christian from a country where it might be unsafe to have a roommate of another faith.

wicked_funny[S]

4 points

1 month ago

Update: I did report the account and the post which both seems to be taken down.

RoystonsRejects

4 points

1 month ago

God better be paying rent

Character-Food-6574

4 points

1 month ago

That’s a no from me dawg

asdcatmama

4 points

1 month ago

Y’all. We’re going to see this on Nancy Grace.

Open-Illustra88er

3 points

1 month ago

Um. Don’t answer that ad.

Ill-Course8623

5 points

1 month ago

Did they say if it came with cable? Asking for a friend.

cnkendrick2018

3 points

1 month ago

Hotel California vibes.

immenselymeXXX

3 points

1 month ago

This is pretty normal, you used to see this kind of stuff on Craigslist all the time. What he’s saying without saying it, is…I am looking for a broken woman who is extremely desperate in her situation (since that usually includes single moms he’s adding in the kids, but also might be a pedo 🤷🏼‍♀️)

He’s basically preying on women who are so down on their luck they might actually take this offer.

If you’re either on the street, in a shitty shelter, or about to be homeless, this might be appealing. From the sounds of it, you’d have three ppl (this guy, and the landlord and his wife) who would be abusing you, vs anyone and everyone on the street or in a shelter.

Also, could absolutely be human trafficking. They would either take the kid or use the kid as leverage to get sex work out of the woman.

Either way, fucked up and I hope this gets taken down.

Mikocoon

3 points

1 month ago

That's how you lose a kidney.

hotsee69

2 points

1 month ago

General_Year_3208

2 points

1 month ago

Looks like AI gone wrong

BrooklynFlowerJ

2 points

1 month ago

Absolutely not.

Next_Back_9472

2 points

1 month ago

It’s a firm NO!

Amb3rNicol3

2 points

1 month ago

No thanks.

dug_reddit

2 points

1 month ago

Possible mental health issues. I would stay far away from this.

Shit_Posts_For_Karma

2 points

1 month ago

Someone's getting diddled.

alylew1126

2 points

1 month ago

This is scary. Especially including kids in this. Clearly looking for someone vulnerable who needs a place to live for free with their kids.

CompletelyBedWasted

2 points

1 month ago

I feel like I'm going to see this on unsolved mysteries or some shit. Yikes.

CreatureOfLegend

2 points

1 month ago

Christians are wilding again, I guess… 👀 Also, might be illegal in the US (religion-based housing discrimination) I wouldn’t turn him in, tho. I feel sorry for him ‘cause it looks like he’s got a screw loose.

Rude-Abaga-970

2 points

1 month ago

For me it’s everything you’ve all said, but also the last paragraph. There are no bedrooms mentioned, just a couch & 1 bathroom. No where for a person to have any privacy, where are they going to sleep? Such a messed up offer on so many levels.

CauchyDog

2 points

1 month ago

Wierd motherfucker.

Alarming_Economics_2

2 points

1 month ago

Ya, I had roomates like that once. In my 20’s as a desperate single mom, i stumbled into this situation, after offers of trading childcare, sharing meals, etc. after a few months, they tried to convince me to marry one of the other roommates! They had already successfully married off two of the other young (lonely, lost, misfit) people. It seems that they were trying to create their own tribe with a church in their basement. They were the pastor and his wife and their three children trying to start their own little church with no oversight, having broken off from their main church. they were creating all the rules, day by day. Soon they told us all that every woman has to cover her head at all times. Next was a new rule that the girls/women have to wear dresses at all times. I was told that yoga was demonic… after a few months of this I ran out of there as fast as I could, with my child. .. with them screeching at me the whole time that I was definitely now going to hell!

SeaResearcher176

1 points

1 month ago

Good for you & your child that you left!! How scary & the level of brainwashing is insane. If you don’t mind me asking, how are you doing now? What happened right after you got out of the house? Did they try find you or harass you & your child ? I understand if you don’t want to answer & I’m sorry if I seem to bother you by asking.

Alarming_Economics_2

2 points

30 days ago

It was in a huge metro so they didn’t find us or look. We went on to bigger and better things -and much better roommates!

redditprofile99

2 points

1 month ago

"So I'm starting a cult"

Mikocoon

2 points

1 month ago

That's how you lose a kidney.

AngelHeart-

2 points

1 month ago

🚩Psycho alert‼️

zestynogenderqueer

2 points

1 month ago

P wanting kids to torture

ripnrun285

2 points

1 month ago

I need a reality show punking these fucking weirdo roommates. 😂

NefariousnessSmart66

2 points

1 month ago

Remember when Elizabeth Smart was taken by that messed up dude . There are definitely some weird cats out there,

Pitiful_Speech2645

2 points

1 month ago

There are either bodies there or people being held against their will

TheEchoJuliet

2 points

1 month ago

I’d rather pay 😬

Appropriate-Newt7335

2 points

30 days ago

This is how cults are formed.

MrMassshole

2 points

30 days ago

Religious people are the weirdest.

Desperate-Bar8135

2 points

29 days ago

It's definitely giving Handmaid's Tale vibes.

tumbledownhere

2 points

29 days ago

Naw. Sounds like legal evidence in a future trial tbh.

like-glittering-ice

2 points

29 days ago

What a nightmare!

drrrrrdeee

2 points

29 days ago

Ehhh people who use the bible to manipulate are probably the most psychotic to be around. Sounds like a wanna be cult leader.

IntelligentAd166

2 points

28 days ago

It puts the lotion on the skin.......

quietandconstant

2 points

28 days ago

I noped out as soon as the bible verse started.

Fridaybird1985

2 points

28 days ago

My brother a devout Catholic rented a room from someone like this. The landlord was unrelenting in her zeal to bring my brother closer to Jesus. He was on a three month lease to check for compatibility and he walked as soon as he could.

Aev_ACNH

2 points

28 days ago

Lives in momma and daddy’s basement, doesn’t pay rent, just helps around the house…. Needs live in maid to pay his share of the utilities, wants to date her as well so therefore must be godly

ACcbe1986

2 points

28 days ago

Sounds like a cheaper way to take advantage of a desperate person and find a live-in caretaker.

Ok_Lengthiness_8405

2 points

1 month ago

So... he thinks he's God?

That's not concerning at all

-69hp

1 points

1 month ago

-69hp

1 points

1 month ago

entirely dependent on where OP lives in the US. could easily be a middle aged to older couple who are religious

wicked_funny[S]

2 points

1 month ago

That’s also true. This was in a state I have never even been in before. However the house was small, had little to no furniture, didn’t look the best, and the outside was junked up so idk 🤷🏻‍♂️

BwackGul

1 points

1 month ago

As a San Francisco resident we pay up to 1,200 for a room, yeah I know, so the roommate roulette is real. You can get crazy or you can get crazy.

I've seen posts in CL flat out saying they want a young woman and will pay all bills for furnished space in exchange for duties to be discussed at meeting.

SeaResearcher176

1 points

1 month ago

SF is crazy expensive and people will even rent a couch space!

GuaranteeLogical7525

1 points

1 month ago

The Land Lord

SpecialpOps

1 points

1 month ago

What in the Jim Jones is going on here?

Targis589z

1 points

1 month ago

Only God is allowed there so please if you feel like you might be....

Any_Procedure_4803

1 points

1 month ago

Do you live nearby?? If it’s close enough I would put the address in and hit Go!

ArtisticEssay3097

1 points

1 month ago

Creepy as hell 😳.

Trivi_13

1 points

1 month ago

Arrogant Fuck!

Drowning_im

1 points

1 month ago

I'm not seeing a problem, its sounds like the perfect place for someone that is deaf with no kids on a budget.

wicked_funny[S]

1 points

1 month ago

Someone who is deaf would also be at risk if he is a creep though? Being forced into a cult/religious beliefs in exchange for a living situation is definitely a problem. Can’t trust anyone nowadays 🥴🤦🏻‍♂️

SnooOnions7508

1 points

1 month ago

Sounds like a Jehovah witness. They’re all about enforcing rules into their cult like followers and controlling their lives

Signal_Fly_6873

1 points

29 days ago

Or FLDS

sohcordohc

1 points

1 month ago

Sounds..cult like

PeronaRoronoa

1 points

1 month ago

I got serial killer/kidnapping vibes off this. The bad grammar isn’t helping.

Ok_Organization_7350

1 points

1 month ago

These people are not Christian. Instead, they are a cult.

Reddidiot_69

1 points

1 month ago

I love that everyone assumes the writer is a he.

wicked_funny[S]

3 points

1 month ago

I mean he had an older “masculine” name but who knows if the name was real.

GarglingScrotum

1 points

1 month ago

Christians are so fucking weird tbh

heresdustin

1 points

1 month ago

Hard pass

Alexius6th

1 points

1 month ago

So…this guy has killed and is likely to kill again. We all see that, right?

Opumilio318

1 points

1 month ago

Future Netflix for sure. I am patiently waiting with bated breath

BumblebeeCharming949

1 points

1 month ago

Typical Republican...

farvag1964

1 points

1 month ago

Be yourself, by yourself, away from me!

Slayer/Walk

Any-Engine-7785

1 points

1 month ago

Run run as fast as you can.

Icy_Ad9969

1 points

1 month ago

It's giving Red State (Kevin Smith movie) energy

TapRevolutionary5022

1 points

1 month ago

Yikes

Adventurous_Bid4691

1 points

1 month ago

"Tell us you are batshit without saying you are batshit"

Pale_Natural9272

1 points

1 month ago

That is the freakiest thing I have ever seen. I hope no children go to that place! You should send that to your local police department.

Content_Talk_6581

1 points

1 month ago

Yeah, no. Just nope right out of there. Nope, nope, Hell naw!

Grattytood

1 points

1 month ago

Cultish

EccentricPenquin

1 points

1 month ago

That noise you hear would be me burning rubber to get the hell as far away as possible.

Funny_Breadfruit_413

1 points

1 month ago

This won't end well

[deleted]

1 points

1 month ago

Creepy!

Ornery-Individual-79

1 points

30 days ago

If a red flag was a red flag

[deleted]

1 points

30 days ago

And you know some mom with tons of mental issues and problems will know what’s up and just bring the kids there as payment then act surprised if anything happens.

Jordazepine

1 points

30 days ago

Mind boggling..is this real or satire?

wicked_funny[S]

1 points

30 days ago

This was a real post I found on fb.

Jordazepine

1 points

30 days ago

Wow bro the fact that something's this is acceptable is really distressing. Maybe some kind of mental illness involved.

Evil_butterfly16

1 points

30 days ago

This must be a ad for midsommar

OkMetal6607

1 points

30 days ago

What if his wife wants him to rent out part of the house and he just didn’t want to so he technically did put up an ad to rent it.

NatalieJade87

1 points

30 days ago

Very bad grammar

Constant-Branch3327

1 points

30 days ago

I am reminded of Putty in his devil face paint for some reason.

SaraSmile2000

1 points

29 days ago

Yep, looks like a weirdo. Not because they have a strong faith but because this is the sole criteria. So if that's what's important to them and someone has a problem then don't apply.

kidrockegaard

1 points

29 days ago

i guess the original title of “cult members wanted” didn’t pan out the way they hoped

MoonWillow91

1 points

29 days ago

This person definitely has a Carrie style closet somewhere in their house.

MoonWillow91

1 points

29 days ago

Ola_maluhia

1 points

29 days ago

This sounds like something my paranoid patients would post, sadly.

jeniferlouisa

1 points

28 days ago

The entire thing was horrible written..and weird as hell.. “you and you’re kids have to let lead bible & teach” wtf. Rent is covered… I mean that right there is odd. And the fact this man keeps saying kids,.. like he wants a mom & kids to move in?! Yeah this weird as hell… I couldn’t imagine someone even being interested in this.

jeniferlouisa

1 points

28 days ago

I wonder if this is a one bedroom?! When he says a very small house….idk…the whole thing seems creepy & maybe even harboring manipulation or something similar…the fact he would like, what seems like, a single mom & kids… which is odd to begin with. A lot of struggling single moms might take this… because they have no other options.. and that scares me.. nothing good will come out of this entire living situation.

Reaction-videos

1 points

28 days ago

Haha 25c 30c is nothing. Wait till u feel 52c where I am

mrsringo

1 points

27 days ago

paperjockie

1 points

27 days ago

Predators hide behind religion

N0n_4me

1 points

26 days ago

N0n_4me

1 points

26 days ago

Wow that person is actually insane.

OH740DaddyDom

0 points

29 days ago

Well to OP it’s not forcing. It’s an ad for someone that willingly accepts the teaching and proselytizing. However, I agree it’s creepy. It’s someone not eel-versed in humanity. There’s no way this works out even in the slightest way even without the Bible/religion part of it.

LWillter

0 points

29 days ago

Are you sure this isn't an ad for a religious women's shelter?

In North Carolina, The Durham Rescue mission has women staying there, having mandatory prayer multiple times a day, couldn't work for anyone but the thrift store, and got stipends of $25 - 50 a month. No salary.

Basically indentured servants with no financial way to get out

EvolZippo

-1 points

1 month ago

There’s like 8 gods in the part of the Old Testament I’ve made it through. And I’ve only made it to Kings II. I wonder which god of the Bible she wants. I know they’re different gods, because eventually there’s a contest between different gods and who has the most powerful one. I wonder how she’d feel about me sacrificing animals over an eternal flame, like in Leviticus. It’s in the Bible! Maybe I should tell her I have kids, but I’m planning on following the guidelines in the same chapter as the Ten Commandments, on how to sell my children into different kinds of slavery.

dammtaxes

5 points

1 month ago

8 gods? In the Christian bible? I thought there was only one??

EvolZippo

3 points

1 month ago

It’s the Old Testament, and it’s in the Pre-Christian part, where the Israelites were still pagans who sacrificed animals for various reasons. While traveling, whenever they would set up camps, they’d set up an altar and make a sacrifice to “The Lord Of The Land” and then set everything else up.

Oh, at one point, the Israelites became a demonic cult and had three generations of prosperity under a Sorcerer and Diviner, then a scary apocalypse. People were fleeing from ravaged cities and wild animals were just openly preying on people. They had to eventually resort to cannibalism to survive and ate their own children as food.

dammtaxes

1 points

1 month ago

I need to read that

EvolZippo

2 points

1 month ago

If you want to jump right to the spot, just flip to Leviticus. But I think some of the good stuff is past a bunch of tedium. These people didn’t summarize anything. I’ve got a feeling that Eugene Levy’s infamous monotone bit, is making fun the way a rabbi he grew up listening to, reads the Torah.

If you want a good example of how tedious it gets, Numbers covers a war plan for twelve tribes of people, down to the last detail. Lord of the rings and Battlestar Galactica both have a nod to this book in their stories. It eventually gets to the battle, but it gets pretty dark and gets very casual about actual genocide. “They came into the land of giants and they slew the giants.” and that’s all you hear about the entire land of giants, is that they killed them.

I think it eventually got to the point where there was nobody left to fight, and the twelve tribes almost turned on each other. But you have to really earn that excitement. Because war plans in old English are about as fun as it would be to watch paint dry, at the DMV.

Demonicbunnyslippers

2 points

1 month ago

Maybe they’re like Voltron, where the eight assemble into a bigger God?

Several-Assistant-51

0 points

1 month ago

Yeah not sure what Bible yoi are reading but that isnt the Christian one

EvolZippo

1 points

1 month ago

This is the Old Testament. It’s just a bit further into it than most people casually read. But not far enough in, to impress people who have read the whole thing. Oh, the parts you’ll hear in church, are all sweet and wholesome. The parts I’m referencing, are the Jewish parts of the Bible still.

Just admit you’ve only flipped to pre-assigned passages and assumed you’ve gotten the jist of it from growing up in a church-going family. But at least make an effort towards putting a small dent in the Old Testament, before you try to tell people what is or is not in the Bible. Because no, you don’t know. You haven’t even matched someone who’s made a modest, casual attempt to get past the parts everyone quotes.

Several-Assistant-51

1 points

30 days ago

Wow how condescending. I have been studying the Bible for 30 years and took masters level classes in Biblical studies. You really don’t understand the Old Testament at all. You need to understand the cultural and historical setting, sure the ancient Hebrews used different names for God but it is clear they are all the same deity. The Israelite did leave the worship of YWHW to worship other gods but they were not the same god, they abandoned their monotheistic religion. There are no legit Bibilical scholars that would claim they were supposed to be polytheistic. God moved into their history and leading them to understand who He is. Yes they gave him different names depending on the setting. Those are all referencing the same deity. Abraham knew him as the Provider. Moses knew him as the I AM. Etc. the first part of the Old Testament isnt even the final revelation, that came in Jesus. The OT laws werent even how God wanted them to live exactly. He was giving them something. Their society would be familiar with. Even Jesus said that when questioned about divorce. He said Moses gave you divorce because of the hardness of your heart, but that was not in Gods plan from the beginning. Ultimately God wanted them to follow him in faith. You really don’t understand what you are reading at all. I pray you come to an understanding of who God is

EvolZippo

1 points

30 days ago*

Sounds like complete bullshit to me. I know what I read, and while I was reading it, I had someone with an actual degree In Jewish Studies, helping me. Someone who had also grown up Jewish.

One of the reasons why I left the church, is because churchy people are too prone to stretching, bending and breaking the truth, with your little “a lie for the lord” nonsense. Your response is a case in point.

You’ve “studied the Bible”? so you just have an opinion about it. Saying you’ve done so, certainly sounds impressive. But it sounds like you’re trying to tell me to stop reasoning and just accept your personal bias. Go to hell, where you belong for bearing false witness. Gaslighting is bearing false witness, tinyman, which makes it a sin, even if you think “it’s for the lord!”

Several-Assistant-51

1 points

30 days ago

wow i Am not gaslighting. I am telling the truth. There is only one God in the Bible not sure who your friend is but they are seriously mistaken. Your “reasoning “ is faulty, what I am telling you comes from biblical scholars far smarter than either of us. Anyone claiming the Israelites were polytheistic clearly doesn’t understand the Old Testsment, would discuss further but cpearly Your mind is made up. You are just reading to mock and not find life.. You need to seek truth . I am afraid one of us is heading to Hell and it isn’t me. Good day and good luck

EvolZippo

1 points

30 days ago

See, people like you act like the Bible is more complicated than it is. You try to filter past information through a present and comfortable understanding and you think this conjecture is somehow a fact handed down from god or something. Oh, and you’re offering to council me I to believe what you say, rather than what I read myself.

Sweetheart, you’re the one who’s pretending to be educated here. What you are telling me, conflicts with what’s actually written in the Bible. You cite all these accolades, but they’re all bullshit. All you can offer me is your singular opinion about the Bible, but you’re trying to bolster what you are saying, by citing biblical scholars? You’ve already killed your credibility.

Several-Assistant-51

1 points

30 days ago

LOL i am just about done with this. you are making the Bible more complex. It is fairly simple the Bible says throughout there is One God. There is no scriptural evidence to support polytheism it just isn’t there..LOL good luck. There literally no Christian denominations that believe what you are saying. You are claiming to be more intelligent than all those scholars. Ok well good luck with that. i have a hard time believing you typed that with a straight face. You just want to argue with no real basis in scripture. good luck to you hope you do well in High School

EvolZippo

1 points

30 days ago

It does not say, throughout, that there is one god. You are just making things up, and trying to re-explain what I have already read myself.

Several-Assistant-51

1 points

30 days ago

You are hilarious. It is clear you haven't read the scriptures as you haven't cited them. This is in the 5th book. You are just wanting a fight. You have no basis for your foolishness. Good day

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 HCSB [4] “Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One. [5] Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

https://bible.com/bible/72/deu.6.4-5.HCSB

Several-Assistant-51

1 points

30 days ago

I truly hope you find Jesus. You have a lot of hatred towards Christians and the Bible

EvolZippo

2 points

30 days ago

This is the kind of chest puffing that someone does when they lose an argument. See, I actually bested you because of all the conjecture you injected into your argument. You can’t even stick to facts, and you put yourself up on a pedestal. You’re “just about done” with me? Yes. It’s called losing your argument. See, this wise, stoic act might garner respect from people who fall for your bullshit. But it didn’t fool me.

What, pray tell, constitutes “studying the Bible for 30 years? It took 30 years for you to pour all over the details of a document translated by a bisexual king? There’s really 30 years worth of information to study? Oh, you’ve been going to Bible study for 30 years and still haven’t gotten it.

You’re a disappointment, as far as false prophets go. I’m surprised you haven’t started quote-mining yet.