RE: No Other Gods Before Me?
July 29, 2010 at 2:52 am
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2010 at 2:58 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
@Skeptisma
Judaism was not monotheistic until well after the alleged exodus.IE it was NOT monotheistic when Moses or whoever stole many of the commandments from the Hammurabic code.
An easy way to upset a fundy: look at the implications of the statement "--- I am a jealous god". You'll be told,in essence that the Bible means what it says except when it doesn't and this is one of the times it doesn't.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh
PS: there is no evidence the Jews were slaves in Egypt,nor in fact that Egypt was slave based society such as Rome. Public works in Egypt were almost certainly built by levied labour.
Judaism was not monotheistic until well after the alleged exodus.IE it was NOT monotheistic when Moses or whoever stole many of the commandments from the Hammurabic code.
An easy way to upset a fundy: look at the implications of the statement "--- I am a jealous god". You'll be told,in essence that the Bible means what it says except when it doesn't and this is one of the times it doesn't.
Quote:The Bible describes Yahweh as the one true God who delivered Israel from Egypt and gave the Ten Commandments: "Then God spoke all these words. He said, ‘I am Yahweh your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you lived as slaves. You shall have no other gods to rival me.’”[2] Yahweh revealed himself to Israel as a jealous God who would not permit his people to make idols or follow gods of other nations[3] or worship gods known by other names, "I am Yahweh, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, or my praise to idols."[4] Yahweh demanded the role of the one true God in the hearts and minds of Israel, "Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one: and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might."[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh
PS: there is no evidence the Jews were slaves in Egypt,nor in fact that Egypt was slave based society such as Rome. Public works in Egypt were almost certainly built by levied labour.
