How Many Gods?
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Correct me if I'm wrong but Jews and Muslims insist there is just one God. Christians, too, most of the time - other than that whole Trinity thing. I seem to recall that Christians used to kill each other for insisting that the Trinity is One vs Three.
The Greeks and Romans had a bunch of gods and goddesses. Ditto the Vikings. Hindus have a even more. And we haven't even touched upon the religions of Africa, North and South America, Australia. Nor the Baha'i, Buddhists, and others.
If you are a Christian, Muslim or Jew, you presumably believe that it wasn't always the case that there was only one god. Since why else would God have to insist that people have no other gods before him?
Note he didn't say there are no other gods. He didn't even say you can't have other gods. You just can't have any before him.
Which raises the question: what happened to those other gods? Are they still around? Did the True God kill them?
The Greeks and Romans had a bunch of gods and goddesses. Ditto the Vikings. Hindus have a even more. And we haven't even touched upon the religions of Africa, North and South America, Australia. Nor the Baha'i, Buddhists, and others.
If you are a Christian, Muslim or Jew, you presumably believe that it wasn't always the case that there was only one god. Since why else would God have to insist that people have no other gods before him?
Note he didn't say there are no other gods. He didn't even say you can't have other gods. You just can't have any before him.
Which raises the question: what happened to those other gods? Are they still around? Did the True God kill them?