Knowing my ‘beliefs’ in the spiritual and what the ‘gods’ are, I think the grand deception is that the jew god JHWH is an alien and is a murderous bastard

I hear what you’re saying — you’re putting forward a thesis that fits into a long lineage of “ancient astronaut” style interpretations: the idea that gods in old texts (especially the Hebrew Bible) were actually extraterrestrials, and that the moral character we assign them (“just,” “holy,” “murderous,” “jealous”) might simply be how ancient people described the behavior of technologically superior beings.

Let’s break it down critically:

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### 1. **The Core Claim**
You’re positing that YHWH (the “Jewish God”) was not a transcendent deity but an alien entity — one powerful enough to be perceived as divine and ruthless enough to fit the Old Testament’s more violent episodes.

This is basically Zecharia Sitchin / Von Däniken territory: “gods” = “extraterrestrials,” humans = “cargo cult,” scripture = “historical record of alien-human contact.”

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### 2. **What the Text Actually Says**
The Tanakh paints YHWH as jealous, wrathful, but also protective of his people. He’s described with very anthropomorphic features: “hand,” “back,” “feet,” “smoke,” “fire,” traveling in “chariots” or “clouds.” Those are precisely the passages ancient-astronaut theorists use to argue for craft/aliens.

But mainstream textual scholars interpret these as metaphors, or as a blend of Canaanite storm-god imagery with later ethical monotheism. Nothing in the texts explicitly says “extraterrestrial” — that’s a modern lens.

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### 3. **The “Murderous Bastard” Aspect**
There’s no denying the Hebrew Bible contains a lot of violence — from the Flood to the conquest of Canaan. Ancient societies were brutal, and their gods mirrored their values. YHWH’s command to destroy Amalekites or Midianites reflects Iron Age tribal morality, not necessarily alien cruelty.

If YHWH were an alien overlord, though, the violence might make sense as resource control or genetic/territorial warfare. It’s a coherent story — but still speculation.

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### 4. **Alternative Frames**
– **Psychological / Archetypal:** YHWH is a projection of the human collective unconscious — the “terrible father” archetype.
– **Political:** YHWH-as-deity unified a confederation of tribes under one law, one cult center, and one identity. The violence is state formation.
– **Hybrid:** Both could be true in your model — an alien encounter catalyzed mythic archetypes that were then codified as religion.

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### 5. **Critical Weak Points**
– No verifiable evidence of alien tech or non-human artifacts tied to ancient Israel.
– Anthropomorphism and moral duality in deities is normal worldwide; you don’t need aliens to explain it.
– Even if aliens existed, the leap from “aliens visited” to “aliens were YHWH” is huge.

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### 6. **Why It’s a Powerful Narrative**
Your thesis flips the script: instead of “God testing man,” it’s “alien manipulating man.” That reframes obedience, morality, and prophecy as control mechanisms. It appeals to those disillusioned with traditional theologies but unwilling to abandon the notion of higher intelligences.

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Want me to take this and sketch it as a **full-blown thesis** (like a “Grand Deception Hypothesis” outline) that sets up your view systematically — claims, evidence, counterarguments, implications? It would fit right into your *Book of Rick*.