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Religious Question - leucetios - 03-31-2005
For the religious in the group: if there is only one god, why does he bother with the being jealous about other gods?
"Thou shalt have no other god before me" kinda implies that maybe there are other gods...
Religious Question - minorthreat - 03-31-2005
leucetios Wrote:For the Christin in the group: if there is only one god, why does he bother with the being jealous about other gods?
"Thou shalt have no other god before me" kinda implies that maybe there are other gods...
What that refers to is many different "Gods". It could be money, possesions, etc..
Religious Question - leucetios - 03-31-2005
minorthreat Wrote:What that refers to is many different "Gods". It could be money, possesions, etc..
true.. except when moses came down from Mt Sinai and they were all worshipping "false idols" didn't god open a can of whip ass on the craven images and all that? Hard to believe those things had no power if god wanted them destroyed so badly, eh?
Religious Question - fem - 03-31-2005
^bingo^ (to MT's message) also other gods like Buddha, Ala, whatever....they are just a statue. What did they ever do for this world?
Religious Question - snarg - 03-31-2005
leucetios Wrote:For the religious in the group: if there is only one god, why does he bother with the being jealous about other gods?
"Thou shalt have no other god before me" kinda implies that maybe there are other gods...
did you get lost on the way to some other palce??
Religious Question - leucetios - 03-31-2005
fem Wrote:^bingo^ (to MT's message) also other gods like Buddha, Ala, whatever....they are just a statue. What did they ever do for this world?
see my post in response to MT.
As for the bolded text. IF I don't believe in your god, then the argument goes both ways: what did your god ever do for this world? Nothing, cause everything you could claim he did I could claim some other god did, or science did. And it all boils down to propoganda.
Religious Question - snarg - 03-31-2005
fem Wrote:^bingo^ (to MT's message) also other gods like Buddha, Ala, whatever....they are just a statue. What did they ever do for this world?
uh, oh
better study some "comparative religion" before ya get in over yer head here
a word to the wise
Religious Question - minorthreat - 03-31-2005
leucetios Wrote:true.. except when moses came down from Mt Sinai and they were all worshipping "false idols" didn't god open a can of whip ass on the craven images and all that? Hard to believe those things had no power if god wanted them destroyed so badly, eh?
I think that has to do with how non-traditional forms of religion were looked upon. Today we accept peoples beliefs about different religions and accept them. Back then I don't believe it was so.
Religious Question - leucetios - 03-31-2005
snarg Wrote:did you get lost on the way to some other palce??
what? this isn't http://www.thechristianright.com/ ?
Religious Question - leucetios - 03-31-2005
minorthreat Wrote:I think that has to do with how non-traditional forms of religion were looked upon. Today we accept peoples beliefs about different religions and accept them. Back then I don't believe it was so.
True, we are more accepting of letting others practice their religions now. But the bible wasn't written in modern times, was it? It was written in those times, and since the bible is gods word doesn't that imply that he does feel threatened by those craven images? That they do hold some power?
Religious Question - minorthreat - 03-31-2005
leucetios Wrote:True, we are more accepting of letting others practice their religions now. But the bible wasn't written in modern times, was it? It was written in those times, and since the bible is gods word doesn't that imply that he does feel threatened by those craven images? That they do hold some power?
The Bible has adopted more modern meanings and terms throughout the years. I don't know if God is threatened or just sends forth a kind of warning that He is the supreme being and there is no use in wasting your time on others.
Or it could just be a bunch of religious idiots who use scare tactics to get their message across.
Religious Question - leucetios - 03-31-2005
minorthreat Wrote:The Bible has adopted more modern meanings and terms throughout the years. I don't know if God is threatened or just sends forth a kind of warning that He is the supreme being and there is no use in wasting your time on others.
Or it could just be a bunch of religious idiots who use scare tactics to get their message across.
Ignoring modern times for now. The romans and Zeus, et al, were still around in force around the old testament. So I could see god (or the people who wrote the bible and were trying to kick off their religion) putting the "no other god" clause in, to help stem competition. (The DOJ would have their ass for non-competitive practices today)
But, the problem arises when you think like those people. This new god is saying he is the only one, and he is acting kinda.. jealous.. for lack of a better word about other gods. To me that might reinforce that my gods were real too.
Religious Question - snarg - 03-31-2005
leucetios Wrote:True, we are more accepting of letting others practice their religions now. But the bible wasn't written in modern times, was it? It was written in those times, and since the bible is gods word doesn't that imply that he does feel threatened by those craven images? That they do hold some power?
i beg to differ here
men wrote these words
some interpretation was involved, even if "god" spoke thru them
thus the confusion
Religious Question - leucetios - 03-31-2005
snarg Wrote:i beg to differ here
men wrote these words
some interpretation was involved, even if "god" spoke thru them
thus the confusion
fair enough, I was making an assumption in that post and trying not to get derailed into this other argument.
Religious Question - snarg - 03-31-2005
sorry about injecting some intelligence here
i will go now
Religious Question - Fairiedust - 03-31-2005
The 10 commandments are GODS word the Bible (stories) are written by man...so it's all how you understand it..Catholics teach fear, born agains teach love...go figure...
Religious Question - Fairiedust - 03-31-2005
If Christ/Jesus spoke in the Temples, celebrated the Jewish/Hebrew faith..why have "christians" given up some of the old testatment practices?
Religious Question - leucetios - 03-31-2005
Fairiedust Wrote:The 10 commandments are GODS word the Bible (stories) are written by man...so it's all how you understand it..Catholics teach fear, born agains teach love...go figure...
so he does admit to there being other gods, then?
Religious Question - Fairiedust - 03-31-2005
leucetios Wrote:so he does admit to there being other gods, then?
Born agains believe that "Satan" creates these false god's/evil that cause people to stray from the true path of GOD...there is only 1 god...Ever see the Movie Stigmata?
Religious Question - SQ Bimmer - 03-31-2005
I'm not reading this thread (maybe later).
Do not get me started on religion.