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in the 10 commandments it says "you shall have no other false gods than me". does that mean there are other REAL gods out there?
[COMMANDMENT THREE]
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
[COMMANDMENT FOUR]
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a [JEALOUS] God, [VISITING THE INIQUITY] of the fathers upon the children unto the THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Hmmm... He doesn't say the 'other' gods are FALSE... but he DOES admit that he is JEALOUS of the other gods. And he is willing to curse a man's FAMILY for generations, if he 'hates' him. But... jealous of what? Surely the ALMIGHTY... ONE... TRUE... GOD... wouldn't be jealous of something that doesn't exist... hmmm...
No there is no other gods. That command means:
There is a God. Exo 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
That God is our creator Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day:
We should have no other gods Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
The other gods that God is peaking of is not god but idols that people would worship in His place. Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
No other gods exist and that is precisely the reason why He is upset when someone worships anything else that Him.
Yes.. there are many "gods" in this world.
Some worship trees and nature.
Others statues made by human hands.
Some worship cows.
Some give allegiance to Satan.
Some worship spirits, and others angels.
Some worship money and others fame and attention.
Many desire others to worship them.
Men desire worship, and will go to any lengths to obtain it.
Many worship the human body.
Some worship their automobiles.
Each religion has its own god.
The bible teaches about the God who created the universe and all that is within it.
"no...it just means that there is only 1 god which of course is god... caus god is 3 people in 1,spirit,jesus,god... in some cultures people like indians believe that there is an indian god but that is not true caus the only god we have is god...it says this in the bible under the 10 commandments...caus im christian and it says the same thing in my explorers booklets... good luck... :]"
Watch out, the only god is the Christian God, because He says so!!
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If there is one god it would be reasonable to believe that there could be an infinity. there were other gods that were believed to have existed in the times the Bible were written, the idea was that he was most powerful.
There is actually an idea that gods may have been aliens and their technologies were mistaken for divine entities. As plausible as that is, what is more believable is that the idea of gods were strictly fictional.
At the time the 10 commandments were written, every political entity had it's own national god (or gods). The concept of seperating politics and religion had not yet even been considered. To worship a deity other than one of your national gods was equivalent to treason.
To the writers of that commandment, the other nation's gods were every bit as real as their own national god YHWH, but it was treasonous to worship them.
no...it just means that there is only 1 god which of course is god... caus god is 3 people in 1,spirit,jesus,god... in some cultures people like indians believe that there is an indian god but that is not true caus the only god we have is god...it says this in the bible under the 10 commandments...caus im christian and it says the same thing in my explorers booklets... good luck... :]
:) good question... back when, the jews were not monotheistic, there was obviously a debate about the whole thing... the one god concept came a while later... of course no one actually studies history or acknowledges it... but I guess it doesnt really matter, the god squad will never acknowledge it, and the rest of everyone already knows it...
in my opinion, neither the christian god not any other god is real but there are still many, many different religions and with these, many different kinds of gods that people worship religious man wrote in the bible that you can only beleive in there god, because THEY beleived he was write, and every other religion was wrong
Key word: False How can you ask I there are other real Gods out there because the Bible says FALSE Gods. total contradiction.
Where in the Bible does is say these other gods are 'false'?
people can make "gods" out of anything...money, cars, anything that people place as more important to them in life then their walk w/ Christ is considered a god...
it means tha you only worship 1 god and only that god which ofcourse is our god, it means tha you wont worship christ and then worship ala the next dayx
The bible teaches about the God who created the universe and all that is within it.
...so does the Torah, and the Quran...
it says have no other gods before me I don't know if ther are but yu shouldnt worry about it the devil has yur mind rite now
...that only how YOU interpret it... you don't KNOW if your 'interpretation' is correct.
How can the Torah be satan's deception, when two-thirds of the Bible IS the Torah?
well, my bible says thou shall have no other gods before me. which means none.
Those are satan's deceptions, cap! Same as are the ape-men "our ancestors."
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