I'm sorry mee, the bible is full of mixtures of other religions, both the old and new testament. You can find numerology, astrology, egyptian, sun god all referenced in there.
quote]
yes the bible is certainly not silent about the things that were worshiped in those times, it even tells about a man that chops a tree down , and makes a fire with half of it, and makes the other half into a
God , the bible does not hide anything at all.
"There is one whose business is to cut down cedars; and he takes a certain species of tree, even a massive tree, and he lets it become strong for himself among the trees of the forest. He planted the laurel tree, and the pouring rain itself keeps making it get big. And it has become something for man to keep a fire burning. So he takes part of it that he may warm himself. In fact he builds a fire and actually bakes bread. He also works on a god to which he may bow down. He has made it into a carved image, and he prostrates himself to it. Half of it he actually burns up in a fire. Upon half of it he roasts well the flesh that he eats, and he becomes satisfied. He also warms himself and says: ‘Aha! I have warmed myself. I have seen the firelight.’ But the remainder of it he actually makes into a god itself, into his carved image. He prostrates himself to it and bows down and prays to it and says: ‘Deliver me, for you are my god.’"—Isaiah 44:14-17.
Can an unburned piece of firewood deliver anybody?
Of course not.
Only the true God can provide deliverance.
How can people idolize inanimate things?
Isaiah shows that the real problem lies in a person’s heart:
They have not come to know, nor do they understand, because their eyes have been besmeared so as not to see, their heart so as to have no insight. And no one recalls to his heart or has knowledge or understanding, saying: ‘The half of it I have burned up in a fire, and upon its coals I have also baked bread; I roast flesh and eat. But the rest of it shall I make into a mere detestable thing? To the dried-out wood of a tree shall I prostrate myself?’ He is feeding on ashes. His own heart that has been trifled with has led him astray. And he does not deliver his soul, nor does he say: ‘Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?’"
(Isaiah 44:18-20)
Yes, imagining that idolatry can provide anything good spiritually is like eating ashes instead of nutritious food.
yes you are right ,the bible tells and informs us of many things that went on .