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"Thou shalt have no other gods before Me"

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"Thou shalt have no other gods before Me"
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"Thou shalt have no other gods before Me"
June 7, 2018 at 5:29 am (This post was last modified: June 7, 2018 at 5:55 am by ignoramus.)
"Thou shalt have no other gods before Me"

I love this commandment! What does it tell us?
Theists, If it's from God, then logically it tells me that God knew there are other gods around competing for your worship.
And that he urges you profusely to worship him in particular (or else you'll burn! mofo. Geez, you're a great salesman God! Go Yahwey!)
Theists, Do you acknowledge this at least? If not, why not.

We atheists feel it's infinitely more probable that this was written by men. Men who knew that different cultures supported or favoured different Gods (religions).
Men who had a vested interest in swaying the masses towards a particular theology. Why else would this threat need to be written if it wasn't about control?

Looking forward to some enlightenment from theists...
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RE: "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me"
June 7, 2018 at 5:44 am
Isn't Satan also a god?
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June 7, 2018 at 5:46 am (This post was last modified: June 7, 2018 at 5:57 am by ignoramus.)
Not sure Mat, I'm not a specialist in this field. I'm not going to make shit up ... I'll leave that to theologians and philosophers Big Grin
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June 7, 2018 at 5:48 am
Satan is technically an angel, not a god.
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June 7, 2018 at 5:54 am (This post was last modified: June 7, 2018 at 5:55 am by Joods.)
And a fallen angel, at that.
But it was already in god's plan for Satan to fall, so he was doomed from the get go.
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June 7, 2018 at 5:57 am (This post was last modified: June 7, 2018 at 5:58 am by ignoramus.)
Who's Gabriel then Dunno

And where did he fall from? How high? Did it hurt when he landed? Sorry for being an ignoramus...
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June 7, 2018 at 5:59 am
(June 7, 2018 at 5:48 am)Kit Wrote: Satan is technically an angel, not a god.

What's the difference?

Angels channel the power of gods right?

So is Satan channelling Mr God's power?
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June 7, 2018 at 6:01 am
(June 7, 2018 at 5:57 am)ignoramus Wrote: Who's Gabriel then Dunno

And where did he fall from? How high? Did it hurt when he landed? Sorry for being an ignoramus...

Don't know, don't care lol.
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June 7, 2018 at 6:03 am (This post was last modified: June 7, 2018 at 6:04 am by ignoramus.)
Same here Joods, I can never keep up with the adventures of all our pop culture characters...
Is Yahwey from DC Comics or from the Marvel universe? I don't even know that much! How embarrass! Big Grin
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June 7, 2018 at 6:07 am
It's almost as confusing as keeping track of all the names in the Lord of the Rings mythos.

I suppose JC is like Gandalf and Satan is like Saruman.
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