Is Yahweh a "higher" being, a "supreme" being, or not a "being" at all?

Answer 1

I am tempted to say, "none of the above!"

I'm going to have to go ahead and coin a term here, but Yahweh is a "Memetic being."

Yahweh (and any other god) exists as an idea. This is true and important whether or not He exists in any tangible form.

A flippant atheist might suggest, "Yeah and so did the imaginary friend you had when you were a kid, that doesn't mean anything." The difference is that when you stopped having the imaginary friend, he went away. God is slightly, but significantly, different.

The idea of god is very much alive, and has been for thousands of years. I am being quite serious when I say "alive" in that context. The idea of god reproduces (through the communication of individuals) and evolves (schisms, new religions, off-shoot religions, an individuals learning) and even communicates (when a believer has an idea they would not have had if that person did not have the idea of god in his head.)

At the very least, God is alive in human consciousness. Considering many of us strive ito acheive a higher level of consciousness, perhaps the the idea of god really IS a higher being.

Considering that God exists in our consciousness, it should come as no surprise that God is actually quite powerful, if only as an idea.

This is why atheists cannot and must not expect much by engaging theists on logic and science alone. The idea of God is quite literally on a higher plane for tha vast majority of the population.

Instead atheists must understand and respect the power of the idea of God (as well as religion) and understand how things got to be this way.

Anyone who really wants to advocate atheism, must understand that quite a few memes are going to have to be replaced, and that it is the memetic level that we must concentrate on.

Answer 2

Look around. What do you see?
It all belongs to Yahweh (in Hebrew) or Jehovah (in English).

Yahweh is the Creator of the universe, Our Father, The Eternal One, Supreme Being, I Am, Father of Jesus, LORD, God, Almighty, the Most High
By combining the vowel signs of Adhonay' and 'Elohim with the four consonants of the Tetragrammaton the pronunciations Yehwah and Yhowih were formed. The first of these provided the basis for the Latinized form Jehova(h). The first recorded use of this form dates from the 13th century CE 1270.
Hebrew scholars favor Yahweh
It isn't the name but the importance of the name. For it belongs to the one who made us and can give us everlasting life.

Answer 3

Good question. Very old question too. And still answered. If God is supernatural, that is He transcends nature, then no natural description is really appropriate. Outside of nature he is not constrained by cause and effect or any of our other standard operating procedures.
I can choose to believe or not. With no defining proof either way. The word for that is Faith.
Something many neo- christians do not really have as they are always trying to sell the bible as science or literal truth. How would they know that their translations and interpretations were right? After all God is perfect not them and they, not God are reading and deciphering it.
If you ever do get the answer to your question please post it everywhere!

Answer 4

Yahweh or more commonly known as YHWH or God is the most High Supreme being

Answer 5

Which form of the divine name is correct—Jehovah or Yahweh?

No human today can be certain how it was originally pronounced in Hebrew. Why not? Biblical Hebrew was originally written with only consonants, no vowels. When the language was in everyday use, readers easily provided the proper vowels. In time, however, the Jews came to have the superstitious idea that it was wrong to say God’s personal name out loud, so they used substitute expressions. Centuries later, Jewish scholars developed a system of points by which to indicate which vowels to use when reading ancient Hebrew, but they put the vowels for the substitute expressions around the four consonants representing the divine name. Thus the original pronunciation of the divine name was lost.

Many scholars favor the spelling “Yahweh,” but it is uncertain and there is not agreement among them. On the other hand, “Jehovah” is the form of the name that is most readily recognized, because it has been used in English for centuries and preserves, equally with other forms, the four consonants of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton.

J. B. Rotherham, in The Emphasised Bible, used the form Yahweh throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. However, later in his Studies in the Psalms he used the form “Jehovah.” He explained: “JEHOVAH—The employment of this English form of the Memorial name . . . in the present version of the Psalter does not arise from any misgiving as to the more correct pronunciation, as being Yahwéh; but solely from practical evidence personally selected of the desirability of keeping in touch with the public ear and eye in a matter of this kind, in which the principal thing is the easy recognition of the Divine name intended.”—(London, 1911), p. 29.

After discussing various pronunciations, German professor Gustav Friedrich Oehler concluded: “From this point onward I use the word Jehovah, because, as a matter of fact, this name has now become more naturalized in our vocabulary, and cannot be supplanted.”—Theologie des Alten Testaments, second edition (Stuttgart, 1882), p. 143.

Jesuit scholar Paul Joüon states: “In our translations, instead of the (hypothetical) form Yahweh, we have used the form Jéhovah . . . which is the conventional literary form used in French.”—Grammaire de l’hébreu biblique (Rome, 1923), footnote on p. 49.

Most names change to some extent when transferred from one language to another. Jesus was born a Jew, and his name in Hebrew was perhaps pronounced Ye·shu′a‛, but the inspired writers of the Christian Scriptures did not hesitate to use the Greek form of the name, I·e·sous′. In most other languages the pronunciation is slightly different, but we freely use the form that is common in our tongue. The same is true of other Bible names. How, then, can we show proper respect for the One to whom the most important name of all belongs? Would it be by never speaking or writing his name because we do not know exactly how it was originally pronounced? Or, rather, would it be by using the pronunciation and spelling that are common in our language, while speaking well of its Owner and conducting ourselves as his worshipers in a manner that honors him?

Answer 6

Yahweh was a supreme racist who dehumanized Egyptians, glorified war, and only loves you if you are a Jew

Answer 7

Yahweh is Hebrew for god. so ask yourself what is god? is god a higher being, supreme being, or not a being at all? i personally believe there is no god so i would think Yahweh is in the "not a being" category

Answer 8

Psalm 83:18 "That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah (Yahweh, YHWH), you alone are the Most High over all the Earth."

Answer 9

I believe Yahweh is the jewish term for God as Allah is the muslim name for God and christians use God for God (which when compared to Yahweh and Allah is not very imaginitive and rather dull), so Yahweh would be the supreme being.

Answer 10

The God of the Bible is an eternal all-powerful spiritual being. Meaning that God is personal and NOT some "energy force" as new agers like to believe,