"you shall have no other God,s before me"

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jam

Ok, try following me here. Ricky Gervais ( the comic) touch on this.
God admitt there are other God,s. We are not talking about those
that worship money or fame that is their God. We are talking about gods on
the same level As God Almighty. And if they are lesser Gods
then God created them, since he create all. The only other God
that I knew was satan, the God of this system. The other Gods
were made of clay, mud and wood. So who are the Gods he speaks
about in the commandments, Someone he created or other Gods
with equal power. If he created them, why..Make sense?
Heaven

Can I have other Gods AFTER Bible God? You know, now that I've gotten over the fact that he doesn't exist in my life and turned his back on all of us.
Ok, about those others Gods...there are many. One of my personal faves is Epona. Which pantheon do you wish to look at? Here is a listing of them:
Specific pantheons of deitiesSumerian pantheon
Egyptian pantheon
Armenian pantheon
Incan Pantheon
Greek pantheon
Roman pantheon
Germanic pantheon
Norse pantheon
Celtic pantheonSlavic pantheon
Hindu pantheon
Rigvedic pantheon
Japanese pantheon
Japanese Buddhist pantheon
Aztec pantheon
Mayan pantheon
Native American pantheons
African pantheons
Guanche pantheon
Theosophical pantheon
Since I'm Irish, I will list the Celtic pantheon deities, which Epona is a part of:
Gaulish and Brythonic deities
The Gaulish Celts inhabited the region corresponding to modern-day France and Belgium. The Brythonic Celts, or Britons, inhabited most of the island of Great Britain and later migrated to Brittany.
MaleAbandinus, possibly a river-god
Abellio (Abelio, Abelionni), god of apple trees
Alaunus (Fin), sun god
Alisanos (Alisaunus)
Ambisagrus, a god of thunder and lightning
Anextiomarus (Anextlomarus, Anextlomara), a sun god
Atepomarus, a sun god
Arvernus, a tribal god
Arausio, a god of water
Barinthus (Manannán mac Lir), a god of the sea and water
Belatu-Cadros (Belatucadros, Belatucadrus,
Balatocadrus, Balatucadrus, Balaticaurus,
Balatucairus, Baliticaurus, Belatucairus,
Belatugagus, Belleticaurus, Blatucadrus,
and Blatucairus), a god of war
Belenus (Belinus, Belenos, Belinos, Belinu, Belanu, Bellinus, Belus, Bel), a sun god.
Borvo (Bormo, Bormanus), a god of mineral and hot springs
Buxenus, a god of box trees
Camalus (Camulus, Camulos), a god of war and sky
Canetonnessis
Cernunnos, a horned god
Cicolluis
Cimbrianus
Cissonius (Cisonius, Cesonius), a god of trade
Mars Cnabetius, a god of war[1]
Cocidius, a god of war
Condatis, a god of the confluences of rivers
Contrebis (Contrebis, Contrebus), a god of a city
Dii Casses
Dis Pater (Dispater), a god of the underworld
Esus (Hesus)
Fagus, a god of beech trees
Genii Cucullati, Hooded Spirits
Grannus, a god of healing and mineral springs
Icaunus, a god of a river
Intarabus
Iovantucarus, a protector of youth
Lenus, a healing god
Leucetios (Leucetius), a god of thunder
Lugus, creation and learning
Luxovius (Luxovius), a god of a city's water
Maponos (Maponus), a god of youth
Mogons (Moguns)
Moritasgus, a sun god
Mullo
Nemausus, a god worshipped at Nîmes
Nerius
Nodens (Nudens, Nodons), a god of healing, the sea, hunting and dogs
Ogmios
Robor, a god of oak trees
Rudianos, a god of war
Segomo, a god of war
Smertrios (Smertios, Smertrius), a god of war
Sucellos (Sucellus, Sucellos), a god of love and time
Taranis, a god of thunder
Toutatis (Caturix, Teutates), a tribal god
Veteris (Vitiris, Vheteris, Huetiris, Hueteris)
Virotutis, a sun god
Visucius
Vindonnus, a sun god
Vinotonus
Vosegus, a god of the Vosges
FemaleAbnoba, a goddess of rivers and forests
Adsullata, goddess of the River Savus
Aericura
Agrona, a goddess of war
Ancamna, a water goddess
Andarta, a goddess of war
Andraste, goddess of victory
Arduinna, goddess of the Ardennes Forest
Aufaniae
Arnemetia, a water goddess
Artio, goddess of the bear
Aventia
Aveta, a mother goddess, associated with the fresh-water spring at Trier in what is now Germany
Belisama, lakes and rivers, fire, crafts and light, consort of Belenus
Brigantia
Britannia, originally a personification of the island, later made into a goddess
Camma
Campestres
Clota, patron goddess of the River Clyde
Coventina, goddess of wells and springs
Damara, a fertility goddess
Damona, consort of Apollo Borvo and of Apollo Moritasgus
Dea Matrona, "divine mother goddess" and goddess of the river Marne in Gaul
Dea Sequana, goddess of the river Seine
Debranua, a goddess of speed and fat
Epona, fertility goddess, protector of horses, donkeys, and mules
Erecura, earth goddess
Icovellauna, a water goddess
Litavis
Mairiae
Nantosuelta, goddess of nature, the earth, fire, and fertility in Gaul
Nemetona
Ritona (Pritona), goddess of fords
Rosmerta, goddess of fertility and abundance
Sabrina, goddess of the River Severn
Salonius, the god of mistakes
Senua
Sequana, goddess of the river Seine
Sirona, goddess of healing
Suleviae, a triune version of Sulis
Sulis, a nourishing, life-giving mother goddess and an agent of curses
Tamesis, goddess of the River Thames
Verbeia, goddess of the River Wharfe
Welsh deities
The Welsh were the Britons that inhabited modern-day Wales (Welsh: Cymru). After the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain, much of the Brythonic territories came under Anglo-Saxon influence, but Wales, however, Brythonic Celtic religion was largely retained.
MaleAeron - god of battle and slaughter
Amaethon - god of agriculture
Arawn - king of the otherworld realm of Annwn
Afallach - descendant of Beli Mawr and father of Mabon ap Modron
Beli Mawr - ancestor deity
Bendigeidfran - giant and king of Britain
Culhwch
Dwyfan
Dylan Ail Don
Euroswydd
Gofannon
Gwydion
Gwyddno Garanhir
Gwyn ap Nudd
Hafgan
Lleu Llaw Gyffes
Lludd Llaw Eraint
Llyr
Mabon
Manawydan
Math fab Mathonwy
Myrddin Wyllt
Nisien and Efnysien (twin brothers)
Pryderi
Pwyll
Taliesin
Ysbaddaden
FemaleArianrhod
Blodeuwedd
Brânwen
Ceridwen
Cigfa
Creiddylad
Cyhyraeth
Dôn
Elen
Modron
Olwen
Penarddun
Rhiannon
Gaelic deities
MaleAbcán
Abhean
Aed
Aengus aka Áengus aka Óengus
Aillil
Alastir
Aí aka Aoi
Balor aka Balar
Bodb Dearg aka Bodhbh Dearg
Brea
Bres aka Eochaid Bres
Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba
Buarainech
Cian
Cichol
Conand aka Conann
Corb
Creidhne aka Credne
Crom Cruach
Crom Dubh
Cú Roí
Dagda
Dáire
Dian Cecht
Donn
Ecne
Egobail
Elatha aka Elathan
Elcmar aka Elcmhaire
Goibniu aka Goibhniu
Lir Sea God
Luchtaine aka Luchta
Lugh aka Lú
Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht, and Mac Gréine
Manannán mac Lir
Miach
Midir aka Midhir
Mug Ruith
Nechtan
Neit
Nuada aka Nuadha
Ogma aka Oghma
Seonaidh
Tethra
Tuireann

FemaleAibell aka Aoibheal
Aimend
Áine
Airmed aka Airmid
Anann aka Anand aka Anu
Badb aka Badhbh
Banba aka Banbha
Bébinn aka Bébhinn aka Bébhionn aka Béfionn
Bé Chuille
Beira
Biróg
Boann aka Boand
Brigid aka Brigit aka Brighid aka Bríd
Caer
Cailleach
Canola
Cessair aka Ceasair
Cethlenn aka Cethleann
Cliodhna aka Clídna
Crobh Dearg
Danu aka Dana
Ériu aka Éire
Ernmas
Étaín
Ethniu aka Eithne
Fand
Fionnuala aka Fionnghuala
Flidais
Fódla aka Fódhla
Lí Ban
Macha
Medb aka Meadhbh aka Meabh
Medb Lethderg
Mongfind aka Mongfhionn
Morrígan aka Morríghan
Mór Muman aka Mór Mumhan
Nemain aka Nemhain
Niamh
Plor na mBan
Sheela na Gig
Tailtiu aka Taillte
tec

We are talking about gods on the same level As God Almighty
There are none. Where does God or the bible say this?
Tammy
jam

Are you joking, unblievable, So God new he would have A lot of
competition. Thanks
dgp

The whole thing makes little sense. If there are no other gods, why worry about your worshipping them?
If there are other gods, why not worship them? Only because YWHW says so?
tec

If there are no other gods, why worry about your worshipping them?
Because people believed in other gods, and did the things required by those other gods, such as sacrificing children, burning them, cutting their bodies, human sacrifice, etc.
Prophets in the bible are also clear that there are no other gods. That people were worshipping nothing, using pieces of wood or gold or whatever to make their idols.
Tammy
dgp

Yes. So why did YHWH care, if they were worshipping pieces of wood? Wouldn't it make more sense to prove to these poor idiots that there is no other god, so they will stop wasting their time? Instead of having them put to the sword, for example?
jam

ok Tammy, this is the point that I was tried to make or how I see it.
What is strange is what God doesn,t say. He could have said, :I'm
the one and only God-listen up!-but He didn,t. He doesn,t even say
"I'm your #1 God! He just seems to be demanding, in effect, "most
favored nation trading status"- i.e, to be treated no worse than any
other god. After all, " Put no other gods before me" doesn,t say "put
no other gods even with me, does it? This phrasing implies that thare
are other gods.( As does the fact that the Bible refers to other gods
230 times). Apparently the God of the Bible had to constantly compete
with these other gods for the Hebrews' allegiance. Often, He lost!
In fact , no sooner did He give them the commandments than He
lost out to a golden calf. He had just delivered them from Egypt as A pillar
of cloud by day and A pillar of fire by night, despite the alleged
parting of the red sea and all the rest, the Hebrews rejected Him
for a silly little inanimate object they made themselves almost
the first chance they got. So if the Hebrews who knew this God best
and most directly failed to see the merits of following His
commandments, the obvious question, is why they continue to
worship gold, wood and etc. as their God. The Hebrews where always
bitching and rejecting Him. Adam and Eve in effect rejected Him.
Satan rejected Him. People in the New Testament rejected Jesus
right and left. In my book this put those God,s on A even plain
as God.
jam

Well since we are on this subject. When and why did people start
in worshiping trees and the sun. If I was sitting around the camp fire
with my Great great great grandfather and he told me, you no why
we Are the only ones here on earth? No, why. Because my great great
grandfather and grandmother was made by the hand of God. So
this is it, we are the olny people on earth, yep. In my book that,s
A story you will not forget. Every generation would no that story.
I am sure that was the story that Noah heard. OK after the flood
people scattered in different lands. But don,t you think that story
would have been past down to the next generation, that,s
A hell of A story. There was no problem in remerbering the
generations of Adam too Jesus, but someone forget that God
made Adam, and that way people worship A tree or A calf.
I forgot , satan cause it.
ProdigalSon

Ahhh, someone else who has learned to read the Bible without blinders on!

"you shall have no other God,s before me"

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