How many gods are there now?

Question

I know that "God" says He's the only "true god", but the bible seems to infer that there are others. Even if they aren't "the true God", are they still gods? Where are they?

Some great answers about Pantheism, but I was specifically asking about other gods in the "Christian" bible;

So far I have found these:

Astroloth - Judges 2:13, Samuel 7:3-4

Baal - 2 Samuel 2:8; 1 Kings 17:1, 18:17-19; 2 Kings 1:2-5; Jeremiah 9:13-16;
Hoseah2:2-13, 14-22

Baal-zebul - 2 Kings 1:2-5

Bel - Isaiah 46:1-4 (also in apochraphal chapters removed from Daniel)

Beelzebul - Mark 3:22

Chemosh - Numbers 21:29, Judges 11:24

"Day Star" and Dawn - Isaiah 14:12-15

Hadad-rimmon - Zechariah 12:11

Ishtar - Jeremiah 44:15-28

Marduk - Jeremiah 50:2-3

Milkom - 2 Samuel 12:30

Nabu - Isaiah 46:1-4

Sakkuth and Kaiwan - Amos 5:26

Tammuz - Isaiah 17:9-11; Ezekiel 8:14-18; Daniel 11:36-39

...and most of them don't seem to be described by the bible as being "false gods" invented by man...

Answer 1

I don't know how many there are but according to the bible there is more than one God....

Genesis 1:26
And God said, let us make man in our image.

Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Behold, then man is become as one of us, to know good and evil.

Genesis 11:7
Let us go down, and there confound their language.

Exodus 12:12
And against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment.

Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods?

Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods.

Exodus 20:3, 5
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. ... Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.

Exodus 22:20
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

Exodus 22:28
Thou shalt not revile the gods.

Exodus 23:13
Make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Exodus 23:24
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

Exodus 23:32
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Exodus 34:14
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 6:14-15
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you)

Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords.

Numbers 33:4
Upon their gods also theLORD executed judgments.

Joshua 24:14
Fear the Lord ... and put away the gods which your fathers served.

Judges 11:24
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess?

1 Samuel 6:5
Ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods.

1 Samuel 28:13
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:25
The Lord ... is to be feared above all gods.

Psalm 82:1
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty, he judgeth among the gods.

Psalm 82:6
I have said, Ye are gods.

Psalm 86:8
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord.

Psalm 96:4
For the Lord ... is to be feared above all gods.

Psalm 97:7
Worship him, all ye gods.

Psalm 136:2
O give thanks unto the God of gods.

Jeremiah 1:16
I will utter my judgments against them ... who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods.

Jeremiah 10:11
The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

Jeremiah 25:6
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

Zephaniah 2:11
The Lord will be terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth.

John 10:33-34
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

1 John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

Answer 2

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD!!!!!! Why is it so hard to get it through our thick skull that there is only one God, no matter what our religious leaders want to call him. I don't know if he is white, black or yellow but he loves us all. When I say all I mean all mankind who has ever been born on this earth. We are all down here with our free agency. I hope some of will be able to face him in the here after. I can't wait to stand before him and find out If he will be, just a little pleased with me.

Answer 3

You rock. A real One God wouldn't even discuss "other gods," who he'd be presumably fighting against. Only a priest who believed in other gods too and was trying to get people to convert to his and give him money instead would write such nonsense.

The historical Hebrews (as opposed to the Biblical fraud), always believed in a whole pantheon of Gods, including Baal and Moloch, all of whom demanded and received blood sacrifices.

Answer 4

There is only one true God. The other gods are man made and really could be anything that takes man's focus off of God.

Answer 5

There is only one God. The other "false gods" are those created and worshiped by man. So essentially, they are not real, and the only real god is the one God.

Answer 6

Only one God, The rest are false gods, idols

Answer 7

Since a god is defined by the believer, there are as many gods as there are believers.

Answer 8

over 300 in the celtic pantheon alone..factor in the Nores the greek the roman the austraulian......

i would say thousands that humand know the names of and an uncountable number that have yet to show themselves to us.

one of them is just a jealous god that seems to think that he is above all of his peers.

Answer 9

God is everywhere. HE is in you, in me, in everything. People are confused with different religion and they are separated in this simple understanding. Your question looks simple, where are they? . But answer is not that simple. With love you do any service to a needy person, you will see God in that.

Answer 10

everything that you concentrate on more than God is an alternate god. money, spouse, sex, the game, work, ect. anything can be a god if you do not put God first.