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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:23:13 GMT
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I guess if you can't beat 'em, join
'em: I'm interested in what the
commandment about "no graven
images" originally meant and
what it means now. Can't
remember off hand.
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd
Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Markus Wolf writes:
> > > (a) admits that other deities exist and disallows their worship, or
> > > (b) disavows the existance of other deities, or
> > > (c) whether His answer to that would be "splunge."
> >
> > One things for sure. When it all comes down, it doesn't matter how many
> > arguments I have for or against anything. I think at the end, God will have
> > a bigger case.
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> The reason I'm interested in knowing what the 1st Commandment originally meant
> (or, more importantly, from an evolution-of-religion point of view, what it
> means to people nowadays) is because religions are memes vying for dominance
> in the minds of their hosts, and I'm curious how the 1st Commandment figures
> into Christianity's current toehold.
>
> --Todd
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| (...) have (...) meant (...) Well, if God's going to hold you accountable for what you've done with what you know. (And that's the impression I get from reading Romans 1 and 2) Then don't you think He would take the time and make the effort to let (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) First off, my translation of the original, hebrew 2nd commandment: "You shall not make yourself any statue and any picture". It originally told the Jews not to create or worship images and/or statues of the dieties. These were very common (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) The reason I'm interested in knowing what the 1st Commandment originally meant (or, more importantly, from an evolution-of-religion point of view, what it means to people nowadays) is because religions are memes vying for dominance in the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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