Judaism has never been a proselytizing religion. Why? Some people take this to mean it's a secret club, ignoring the fact that Judaic Law is fundamentally repressive and authoritarian. "Don't eat the apple in the garden" (don't pursue knowledge), for instance. A repressive secret club?
Since the time of Jesus, it has been known that the elites of Canaan worshipped at the Synagogue of Satan (in Canaan, Baal). Not the synagogue. Not following the Old Testament. Following the same mystery school cult practices followed all over the ancient world, including Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, and to an extent Greece.
A couple other facts about Canaan/Phoenicia (same basic thing):
- Phoenicians had settled Scandinavia as early as 1000 BC. There's an user on here who often quotes a famous Scandinavian history book that mentions the evidence for Baal worship at this time, as well as artifacts such as pots that match Canaanite style.
- The period of 1200-900 BC is a dark age for nearly every single civilization remotely close to the Levant. Greece, Egypt, Assyria, Hittites, and so on. They all collapse. Egypt records attacks from the Sea Peoples. Greece remembers the Trojan War, which is believed to have been fought around 1200 BC. There was one exception to this: 1200-900 BC Phoenicia THRIVED. This was their golden age.
In this period, the guardians of truth, the mystery schools, shared with their lower citizens for the first real time in history, a religion that was diametrically opposed to the truth as they knew it. Everything in the OT is a reversal of what they believed. They literally betrayed their own people, save a few elites who were given access to the Synagogue of Satan.
This was a turning point in history, but the proper blame needs to be doled out correctly. The RULERS of the Jews were responsible. What this board does is akin blaming the citizens of North Korea for the country being fucked and then blame all of the Korean (North and South) suffering on them too.