Not my favorite YouTube channel, tbh, but something struck me when listening to this Buddhist nun´s description of asuras (the "titans" or "giants" of Hindu and Buddhist cosmology). An asura is always angry, intensely jealous, and prone to start fights and wars. However, they also have certain blessings, unspecified here but presumably including that they can´t be killed. They also have a lot of treasure.
Sounds familiar, doesn´t it? I mean, doesn´t the above sounds very much like the description of a certain Biblical character?
Angry, jealous, prone to start conflicts and even wars, immortal, loves to store up treasures on earth in the form of animal sacrifice, fine goldworks in a temple, et cetera.
Yes, that would be Yahweh. That is, God himself.
So the God of the Old Testament was really an asura. Somehow, that makes perfect sense!
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