2007-02-27 00:59:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Non-Christian religions were on the earth long before the 10 commandment were. The reason one of the commandment is not to worship any other God way to stop people from being Pagan and having more then one God.
2007-02-27 01:10:55 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, let's look at this again. First, we really need to look at the first Commandment in the "long version", not the shortened one.
Exodus 20
1 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
You'll note from the above that this God is addressing a specific group of people, not talking to everyone in the world. "God" is commanding the people "brought...out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage".
Now, who are these people? Certainly not the Canaanites, or the Egyptians, or the Picts or the Sumerians or the Chi'in, or the Chaldeans, or the Indus or the Akkadians or the Teutonics...you get the idea.
So this commandment only applied to those specific people whom that God was addressing.
Other people already had their own Gods and Goddesses.
2007-02-27 03:53:08 · answer #2 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many religions in the world. They do not all teach the same thing. In fact, many of them contradict each other. So, they can't all be true and it cannot be said that each is a different path to God. What are we to say about all those other religions compared to Christianity? To get to the point, all other religions besides Christianity are false.
If Jesus is who He said He was, God in flesh, then whatever He says is authoritative and true. He said that He was the way the truth in the life and that nobody comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). Right there,we see that any other way, according to Jesus, is not true.
Christianity bases its truth and its doctrine on the word of God, the Bible. In the word of God, Jesus claims to be the only way. Since He performed many miracles, raised people from the dead, commanded a storm to be still and it obeyed, healed diseases, and rose from the dead Himself, then we are forced to face the reality of His words. Is what He said true or not? Either Jesus is a liar, a lunatic, or He is Lord. No one else in history, except Jesus, has fulfilled detailed prophecies, performed many miracles before eyewitnesses, and risen from the dead. Jesus is unique.
For those of us who are Christians, we have trusted what Christ has said. We believe in what He said and did. Like it or not, Jesus is the one who said He was the only way. It is not the Christians who are being "narrow-minded." It is Jesus. Therefore, to say that other religions can be true means that Jesus is false. To say that there are other ways to God, also means that Jesus is false. This is what it comes down to. Either Jesus is who He said He was and what He said is true, or He is false. This is a choice you must make. To trust what He said or reject His words.
2007-02-27 01:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Because the believe in many gods predates the belief in just one god by tens of thousands of years, and not everyone buys into the bible's version of God.
2007-02-27 01:02:07 · answer #4 · answered by Kallan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well.... first off most of the non-christian religions are older than the christian religion .also
look again at your commandments
he doesn't forbid you from other gods just not before him
the commandment is
"THOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GOD BEFORE ME"
2007-02-27 01:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by ladysilverhorn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God didn't create so many non-christian religions.
I personally believe (this is not 100% fact I'm still studying) (And I'm not trying to dis anyone's believe you are entitled to it.)
I personally believe that Satan created all of the other religions (hear me out) Wouldn't it be so easy for him to create other religions to confuse us? Make us doubt truth? That is one of the easiest ways i could think of to make humans confused about the truth of God.
2007-02-27 01:09:15 · answer #6 · answered by Hawk 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Those 'non-Christian' religions were created by MAN, not God.
Man's flaws (imagination) lead him into inventing Thor, Zeus, and Buddah.
those were not of God's doings. You can blame that on Satan and man.
2007-02-27 01:04:14 · answer #7 · answered by se-ke 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because religion is a MAN MADE thing... even the one you speak of
2007-02-27 01:02:11 · answer #8 · answered by Loathing 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He didnt create those other religions. Mankind created those.
2007-02-27 01:02:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The answer to your question is:
It's the work of Satan / Devil. He hates God.
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2007-02-27 01:05:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋