re: #441 Guanxi88

“Ur-” as a prefix, is commonly used to dsesignate the original or foundational member in a series or set.

When you’re talking about ancient times, using ‘Ur’ is probably not a good idea.

Judaism is an amalgamation of disparate faiths? Not according to Christianity or Islam, and so, for the purposes of the current discussion, largely irrelevant, even if true.

I’m sorry, but that makes no sense. Why on earth is it irrelevant to your claim that it’s the starting point for these faiths if it is not, in fact, the starting point?

It’s a relatively arbitrary place to put your thumb down and say “it started here”.

And aside from believing that Judaism was directly divinely inspired— a belief shared by every other religion— it definitely was an amalgam of faiths, as seen by the editing and the progression of the monotheistic tenets inside it.