There are several places where it says there are no other Gods to us. I can't remember the exact references though.
2007-11-06 16:53:29
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answer #1
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answered by moonman 6
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There is one God: Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Galatians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:5.
2007-11-07 00:55:43
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answered by Freedom 7
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Depending on what language you read the Bible in, either rarely, never, or consistantly. An interesting thing, though, God does not cast Adam and Eve out of the G of E for being disobedient little monkeys, but because He fears that they might eat of the Tree of Life and be immortal, and somewhere in His little speech, he mentions an us or a we, as in, there are more Gods, and He wasn't using the royal we, either.
Another entity to consider: Demiourgos, or The Demiurge, which is the entity that created man and the earth, generally accepted as the God of the Old Testament and not to be confused with the God that made EVERYTHING.
Fairly consistently, the God in the OT follows "I am the Lord" with "YOUR God", speaking directly to the Hebrews. Now, God was rather posessive of the Hebrews, which makes sense considering who authored the OT. If, say, the Sumerians had written the OT, then they'd have been the Chosen People. But God never out and out says "The gods those other people worship aren't real, so eff them." He mostly just says "Hey, I'm your god, so worship ME, not the gods of the various and sundry other people who I'm going to tell you to go out and slaughter for their land, right after I tell you that killing is wrong and you shouldn't do it."
(I wasn't always critical of Judeo-Christian tradition, until I started reading about it and looking at it from a different angle. There's so much human error that can occur after umptyump thousand years of things changing hands. I pretty much think that any organized religion is a whole load of bs, but their mythologies are all fascinating. Grumble all you like, oh ye of too much faith. I believe what I believe, and I think it's just as valid as what you believe, considering that I'm a pantheist and all. My quarrel is not with you.)
2007-11-07 01:02:47
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answered by FriezaKicksAss 2
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The bible never says there is only one god. In fact, the opposite is true, there are many gods which the bible makes clear. God would command his servants to slay and destroy nations that served other gods. Furthermore, the first of the ten commandments shows God saying "you shall have no other god before me"
Maybe you meant to ask is there only one God? Absolutely. Deemed the most holiest of prayers by the Jews, and the first of all commandments by the Son of God Himself.
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD"
2007-11-07 01:12:26
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answered by Jim K 1
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The first verse of the bible clarifies it: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Only one God, singular. The God I know is a trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit all in one.
2007-11-07 00:54:59
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answered by BT 7
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Deuteronomy 32:39
Isaiah 43:10
2007-11-07 00:59:55
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answered by Sweet Suzy 777! 7
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We only have One Creator, God showed several times how people tried to show a god, and what did God do, prooved them wrong, Exodus, Moses staff ate the others when they turned into snakes, God tells us, WE are proved over and over with the story of baal, I believe it is, and starting a fire, God proves that God is the only Real God, The Creator, and Our Father who Loves us, who sent Jesus so that we may be saved, it is time to throw all that doubt satan is handing us, away, and listen to The Lord who Loves us, Satan doesn't care about you and already knows his fait, and wants to take you down with him, there are only two ways to go, and God even gave us a book to explain it, Sent His Son so we could be saved, I urge you to listen, and not toss God out.
2007-11-07 00:54:34
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answered by Lynn C 5
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I think it's worth pointing out that saying "I am YOUR" God or "You shall have not other gods before ME" is not necessarily a statement of monotheism.
HENOTHEISM is the belief that there may be other deities, but devotion is only given to one. Personally I think the henotheistic view fits the Old Testament better. Otherwise, I don't know what a god would describe himself several times as "jealous", or say "Let US create..." in Genesis chapter 1.
2007-11-07 00:50:16
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answered by Anonymous
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Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before Me
2007-11-07 00:53:06
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answered by Anonymous
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Deuteronomy 4:35, "You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides Him there is no other."
1 Corinthians 8:6, "yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live."
Ephesians 4:6, "one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all."
1 Timothy 2:5, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."
James 2:19, "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that — and shudder."
2007-11-07 00:50:31
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answered by Silver 5
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