I don’t believe that the God of galaxies, light-years, and dark matter fights battles with other gods or has heavenly board meetings, or that other gods exist that can effectively be appeased by child sacrifice to win local skirmishes. Nor do I believe God passes out violent retribution like he’s sowing grass seed. I do believe that the Israelites at some point believed these things about God. They imagined God in the only way that God would make sense to them—through the language and concepts of their time and place.
