actually if you think about it, it SAYS in the 10 commandments that there ARE other gods. "Thou shalt worship no other gods before me."
It does not say "you shalt not worship other gods because I am the only one" it says "thou shalt not worship other gods BEFORE ME." In other words the christian god wants to be recognized FIRST.
Of course my pointing that out at the age of nine amongst other things that didn't chime with what the church elders said got me "invited" out of the church. That was okay, I went and talked to a lot of VERY cool other people that believed a wide variety of things and developed sort of a world view approach. I like to think they did me a favor.
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Date: 2010-04-23 07:38 am (UTC)It does not say "you shalt not worship other gods because I am the only one" it says "thou shalt not worship other gods BEFORE ME." In other words the christian god wants to be recognized FIRST.
Of course my pointing that out at the age of nine amongst other things that didn't chime with what the church elders said got me "invited" out of the church. That was okay, I went and talked to a lot of VERY cool other people that believed a wide variety of things and developed sort of a world view approach. I like to think they did me a favor.