The Hebrews
Take Advantage of My Special Book Deals by David Arthur Walters Preface to Perfect Iconoclasm The Hebrew masters were not fatalists. They did not worship the god of chance or fickle fortune. They had a scientific intuition of free will inasmuch as they knew very well that man can cause certain effects and is therefore responsible for them. Superstition ruins people; fools worship idols; that much is obvious to the superior intellect. The Hebrew masters placed no faith in the things themselves. They worshiped no stone nor mountain nor brute, horned power. Those forms, whether inert or energetic, were insufficient. But Hebrew iconoclasm was imperfect - it did not yet shatter anthropomorphic conceptions of the higher, social power. A tribal god cared for Hebrews, just as a father would care for his children: with rewards and punishments. He might seem abusive and terrifying at times, but surely this god must be reasonable. The Hebrew masters disowned vulgar fetiches: th...