>>17845892>How is it any less nonsensical than worshiping yahweh and identifying with the ancient hebrews who lived in a desert?would that mean that if you were to replace the names of everyone in the Bible with names like John Smith or Steve Austin and the name of the land with England you'd believe? Because while the context is hebraic, the message is universal :
>God selected an exemplar nation>the exemplar nation turned out to be a massive disappointment>makes the revelation universal to anyone who actually gives a shit about it instead rather than restricted to bloodlines of """exemplars""" who take their purity for grantedThe idea of "Israel" is virtually rhetorical in nature. The actual historical state is pretty deeply scorned by any christian that isn't an Evangelist, since even at its best it managed to fuck up monumentally, like with Saul, David and Solomon. Especially David and Solomon.
Hell, the Books of Jonah and Malachi outright call Israel/Judah hateful and unfaithful respectively, far removed by the ideal; why would anyone want to be like them?