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Author Topic:   IS There only one god?
Peter
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Message 1 of 20 (47675)
07-28-2003 6:59 AM


The bible has this::
'Thou shalt have none other gods before me.'
Doesn't that just mean 'I am the Boss God' rather than
'I am the only God'?

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Peter
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Message 4 of 20 (47685)
07-28-2003 8:29 AM
Reply to: Message 2 by compmage
07-28-2003 7:29 AM


I'm familiar with that ... it also mentions something
like 'next thing you know they'll eat from the
tree of life and become immortal!!' -- which kind
of puts the kibosh on a claim when I first started posting
here from someone who said that there was no death before the
'fall'.

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Peter
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Message 5 of 20 (47687)
07-28-2003 8:49 AM
Reply to: Message 3 by Parasomnium
07-28-2003 8:29 AM


I was trying to leave omnipotence out of this -- I
don't think there is any reason to assume that the god
described in the bible IS omnipotent in any case.
With regard to your comment on two omnipotent gods --
does omnipotent mean that they always do whatever they
want to, or that they are capable of doing whatever they
want to?
Like -- I am capable of communicating via the internet, but
if someone deliberatly stops me from doing so I cannot. That
doesn't stop me being internetpotent.

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Peter
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Message 8 of 20 (47713)
07-28-2003 10:58 AM
Reply to: Message 6 by Mike Holland
07-28-2003 9:38 AM


I dunno who said God had to be omnipotent -- wasn't me.
All I asked was, according to the bible, is there the suggestion
that god is simply one of many.
He says 'Thou shalt have no other god before me.'
Suggesting that there are other gods, but that Moses et al.
should put Him first. It doesn't even suggest he is the
most powerful god there is!!.

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Peter
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Message 9 of 20 (47715)
07-28-2003 11:00 AM
Reply to: Message 7 by Parasomnium
07-28-2003 10:53 AM


The Greek gods had a LOT of fun, and none of them
were omnipotent -- just extremely powerful.
Similarly the norse gods -- and they can even be
killed in combat!!!
Hard to manage unless you are a dead shot with the 'ole
hawthorne arrows -- or are as mighty as the midgard serpent,
but doable.
It's not the question I asked here though -- so let's not sidetrack
things yet

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