Subject:
|
Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.debate
|
Date:
|
Fri, 3 Mar 2000 04:07:15 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
869 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> > Ah, but the Ten Commandments are MORE than an example of the basic
> > principles, here they are for reference:
> >
> > 1 - Thou shalt have no other God's before me.
>
> Hmm, I never thought about this one too much before the MS vs. DOJ case, but
> does this mean that there are in fact other gods besides "God" and that He
> desires to cultivate and maintain a monopoly in His target market?
>
> --Todd
What it means is that whatever is primary in our lives is our god. For some
people it is money, or power, property, sex, popularity, image, relationships,
........., even LEGO. It could be a combination of any of these things or a
different one each day, or each minute. If your primary focus is on something
else, then it's not on God. And yes it can also be extended to the worship of
other "deities" which was alot more wide spread when the 10 Commandments were
originally written than it is today, not to say that it is any less
meaningful. Whether or not other deities exist is an entirely different
argument.
Pete Callaway
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Does God have a monopoly on gods?
|
| (...) Hmm, I never thought about this one too much before the MS vs. DOJ case, but does this mean that there are in fact other gods besides "God" and that He desires to cultivate and maintain a monopoly in His target market? --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
541 Messages in This Thread:
(Inline display suppressed due to large size. Click Dots below to view.)
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
