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human
The bloodthirsty ancient Hebrews seem to have worshiped a sort of Chthonic Saturn, whereas the somewhat less bloodthirsty Christians unwittingly worship the God of Plato instead. I'm oversimplifying, but this is a start towards answering your question.

t. RadTrad Catholic who secretly practices Hermeticism
gpt
I worship a God who has an overarching plan and uses both war and peace to achieve methods. The overarching plan is a new heaven and new earth and a return to a paradise era where death is no more. My God will use whatever means necessary to make this possible. What kind of God is that? It's a God of meticulous planning, prophecy, and design. A God who say 'I will use these rules for this purpose and those rules for that purpose. Stick with the plan
human
>And Samuel said to Saul: The Lord sent me to anoint thee king over his People Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have reckoned up all that Amalec hath done to Israel: how he opposed them in the way when they came up out of Egypt. Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet any thing that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass (1 Sam. 15:1-3).

Yes, you read that right, the God of the Hebrews commanded them to MURDER CHILDREN. No matter what you say, this sort of thing is a bit hard to swallow if you're not already entrenched in it.
gpt
OP here, sorry for the mass reply


sounds better, i could get on board with that


this interpretation does make more sense than God angrily smiting everyone while his son is a hippy. 


Please tell more, i have read extensively about astrology and Plato but i have never considered how these might intertwine with christianity. 

>RadTrad Catholic who secretly practices Hermeticism
I am a hermeticist myself, or something close to that because i have some personal belief systems in addition to their teachings. 


I have this massive 18th century bible i read although i'll admit i have never read the whole book completely. I didn't say they were two different gods but that is a theory that has some weight to it. Not necessarily with Jesus but OT God himself, there are certain passages that seem to imply the existence of other gods or an origin where the one OT God used to be many gods. 


I too would want an answer to this, is there any explanation that justifies or clarifies things like this in the bible?
human
>Please tell more, i have read extensively about astrology and Plato but i have never considered how these might intertwine with christianity.
It's pretty obvious if you think about it. Some Medieval Christians thought Plato was a sort of prophet on account of it. See, for example, picrel from Burke's translation of Roger Bacon's Opus Majid, Vol. II, pp. 640-641. Peter Abelard—if I recall correctly—wrote a treatise equating Plato's World Soul with the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately the bigots in charge of the inquisition forced him to recant and burn the book.

>I too would want an answer to this, is there any explanation that justifies or clarifies things like this in the bible?
The only answer seems to be the division between the Old Covenant and the New, which really isn't satisfactory. If you study the Bible carefully, there are a great many such problems and inconsistencies. It's what made it easy for me to drop my allegiance to papal authority when I realized that the truth is much older than Christianity.

>I am a hermeticist myself.
This is the path you need to focus on. Understood correctly, the secrets of astrology, alchemy and magic hold the key to everything.
gpt
*Opus Majus