Originally Posted by Mutt

LOL you're the idiot who believes in the Biblical history literally. Jews/Israelites were indigenous Canaanites amongst many other sub-groups of Canaanites occupying and vying for the same land. Yahweh, the God of the OT and NT, was one of the Canaanite gods. Over time the Israelites gravitated towards only Yahweh to be their god, monotheism. The Israelites weren't chosen by Yahweh, the opposite, they chose him. Then they created a foundation myth like all cultures of that time did where Yahweh called out Abraham from Mesopotamia and led him to Canaan which he then granted to Abraham and his descendants because Abraham had listened to him while others ignored the great Yahweh. Whoever made the story up was a genius because that story has now endured thousands of years as have the Israelites now known as Jews. When was the last time somebody told you their ethnicity/nationality was Hittite or Amorite? The survival of the Jews through 3000 years of misery almost makes you think maybe it wasn't just a story. Christianity and Islam originate from the 'book of lies', so over half the people on this planet in 2017 still believe in it - which is astounding and yes somewhat scary.