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>Old Testament is full of accounts of israelites attempting to integrate local canaanite gods into their religion, starting with Aaron's golden calf.
>Second commandment is making no graven image
>Historians find Yahweh/Elohim effigies alongside baals and asheras and claim this deboonks the entire story
>The entire written history of the Northern kingdom is about them attempting to integrate themselves with the local gods and failing.
Stop being silly