(February 17, 2014 at 10:14 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: Exactly and the Bible rejected all of those gods.
Yes, the bible rejected those gods. But the bible also seemed to imply that there really are other gods.
Exodus 23:13 ESV / 27 helpful votes
“Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.
Deuteronomy 6:14 ESV / 23 helpful votes
You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you—
Joshua 24:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes
And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.
Deuteronomy 28:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes
And if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Exodus 15:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes
“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
Exodus 12:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.
No of course the bible contradicts itself on this, as it does on pretty much everything, saying in other verses there are no other gods.
This is why there are so many different cults of Christianity.
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