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It states in the OT that "let US make man in OUR image." The plurality of the gods is in evidence. However to state that god is a he without implying there is a she seems stupid. Why have he if no she or sex. After all life of this planet for procraryotic life (bacteria and such) is cloning. There are no sexes. Sexes is all about a more robust movement of evolution.
Yes I know most Christians talk about the trinity when referring to the verse in Genesis. For me it is just a statement that monotheism was not the push of the OT. It was simply that Yahweh wanted to be the head god (no other god before me) and He was more a War God who accepted battle sacrifices like killing every man, women and child or even occasionally female Israelites.
As such forgiveness for Israelites didn't translate to forgiveness universally for men. There was no fatherly involvement with the Israelites either if Yahweh didn't like you.
Mr. Kotter is right. The division in the understanding of god taught by Jesus is abrupt. And only hand waving over the details of the OT make it seem connected.
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Even a superstitious man has certain inalienable rights. He has a right to harbor and indulge his imbecilities as long as he pleases. . . He has a right to argue for them as eloquently as he can, in season and out of season. He has a right to teach them to his children. But certainly he has no right to be protected against the free criticism of those who do not hold them. He has no right to demand that they be treated as sacred. He has no right to preach them without challenge." -H.L. Mencken
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