God's God

[Lord Privy Seal]

Sure is "jealous". This holding people accountable for their actions angle.

Ah, yes, "holding people accountable" sounds so much better, doesn't it? Has such a nice, judicial vibe. Almost like there might be some lofty ethical principle involved. Too bad your sacred text just says he's jealous. Also: holding people's great-great-great grandchildren "accountable" because their distant ancestors worshiped the "wrong" deities? Really?

yep, jealous is teaching people to not "idolize" god. That treating a statue as "god" will mislead you into unspeakable actions.

Because treating a book as "god" totally won't, right? *cough*Inquisition*cough*

that focusing on something more important than you is the primary goal.

I'm not sure what this incomplete sentence has to do with anything. "Worship me or I'll make your great-great-great-grandchildren suffer!" as a lofty calling to a selflessly loving ethical life? That's quite the Magic Decoder Ring you've got there. Funny though that Yahweh, the supposed moral exemplar, never considers anything more important than himself, his "glory," and getting his daily ego fellatio.

These are the most selfish, insanely jealous notions I have ever seen. lmao.

I know you're trying to be sarcastic, but that is exactly what the text says, in plain language. Those passages are not from some parable or esoteric mystical allegory. They're from texts of ancient Hebrew law. You may wish they said something else, but it's intellectually dishonest to actually pretend that they do.