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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 05:03:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Rick Kujawa writes:
> 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.
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 amongst all the religions around the Jews -
all polytheistic. (Judaism was the first Monotheistic religion.)
God knew (so the bible tells) that the Jews would find it hard to believe in
an abstract God, that they cannot see, feel or touch. So he had to remind the
Jews to forget about these dieties (aka gods), and concentrate on the one true
god (the others were just fake).
HTH,
Shiri
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| (...) BTW, Judaism is NOT the first monotheistic faith. The Egyptian Pharoah Akhenaten, A.K.A. The Heretic King, is probably the first monotheist in history -- believing in a single solar diety -- The Aten. When the same idea was taken up by Moses (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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