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
2007-09-21 15:03:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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.
Numbers 33:4
Upon their gods also theLORD executed judgments.
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.
Deuteronomy 28:14
Thou shalt not ... go after other gods to serve them.
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,
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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 135:5
Our Lord is above all 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 o
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f 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.
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At one time I would have said there is only One Source (though I am NOT a Christian.........) But I am definitely of the mind, now, that there are many. Merely my personal belief, not based on Biblical verses, though they certainly seem to back up that belief within the Judaism and Christian texts.
Alice - Jehovah is a poor translation of a German Priest (If your're going to use it, KNOW where it comes from) It is based on the 4 letters in Hebrew (roughly translated to YHVH in English) and the vowel points added to make someone reading it out loud to say LORD (Adonai). This was not used till 1520 in Germany and the J in the modern German language is pronounced Y.
Mamabear - neither Hebrew nor Greek used capital and small letters... they were all one size, so there is no indication till later languages that the word god or gods was used in such a manner. It is by MAN that is done.... not by any God(s).
Man I wish people would learn the history of their own religion before trying to dictate to others what they are supposed to believe.
2007-09-21 15:38:35 · answer #1 · answered by River 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are not multiple "Gods", with the big "G". However, there are many different "elohim", or "spirits", that are greater than human beings, and were familiar with good and evil before humans were. The one we call "God" (big G) refers to the Creator, the rest are commonly called angels (whether fallen or unfallen).
Fallen angels (demons) have taken credit for God's works in the past, and some have even been worshipped as "gods" by humans. The small "g" is significant; it divides the true God from the false gods.
A rose, by any other name, is still not properly a pine tree, no matter how many things they may have in common. Just because a being was worshipped (or is worshipped) as a god, doesn't make it the Creator.
2007-09-21 15:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand where you're coming from. I didn't read all of the examples. I'm not answering from a Christian perpective. I believe in more than on God, however, I do believe in a Supreme Deity who is all-pervadive( both creator and the creation) and who is also masculine and feminine. a Father-Mother God. I think perhaps even when the Bible was written, this belief was present and God refers to himself in the first person plural, either because of the father-mother nature or because He-She exists in all and thus refers to Himself as All (ie. plural)
2007-09-21 15:15:33 · answer #3 · answered by princenore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm no expert, but as far as I know the only ones who believe in multiple gods are pagans. Is that right? Which includes Mormons, of course.
2007-09-21 15:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by babbie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people put other gods before Him but there is non like my God.
He said, "Is there a God besides Me? Yea, there is no God. I know not any." Isaiah 44:8 If God doesn't know any, I certainly don't know any.
2007-09-21 15:19:12 · answer #5 · answered by spiritwoman343 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the verses you cite (like let us make man in our image) are referring to the trinity (father, son, holy spirit) while others are talking about the one true god in comparison to all the other stupid made-up gods that people were worshipping (and still do).
2007-09-21 15:10:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
People may think so, but there are no gods in the statues and symbols ,people worship. Just one God.
2007-09-21 15:12:15 · answer #7 · answered by hiba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would agree with you but bear in mind that most Christians will tell you those verses are taken out of context and that without the "Spirit" you can't understand them.
Although I think these verses are self-explanatory.....
2007-09-21 15:09:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gen 1 :26 our image
our is plural
you did not haft to write the other but all is good
me I'm a GOD i 'm his child
he breathed into my nose at birth and i became a living soul the breath makes me part of him oh by golly makes you one to
2007-09-21 15:14:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know if there is more than one god or not. i do however know that the first commandment merely states "thou shalt have no other gods before me". it doesnt say that there is only one god.
2007-09-21 15:09:07 · answer #10 · answered by richard b 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋