False gods

Originally posted by johnnylongwoody
Why?

Do you think that God is an American?

She is. And she has no use for Irish rowdies.

Psalms 83:18 states, "May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth."
Isaiah 43:10,11 adds in part, "..Before me no God was formed and after me there has been none. I-I am Jehovah, and besides me there is no savior."
Jesus, as God's representative, taught us to pray for God's Name to be hallowed or made Holy among us.
Jesus said at John 17:26 in prayer to his Father, "I have made your name known to them and will make it known,...".

Originally posted by roigam
Psalms 83:18 states, "May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth."
Isaiah 43:10,11 adds in part, "..Before me no God was formed and after me there has been none. I-I am Jehovah, and besides me there is no savior."
Jesus, as God's representative, taught us to pray for God's Name to be hallowed or made Holy ...[text shortened]... 17:26 in prayer to his Father, "I have made your name known to them and will make it known,...".

Any other god is not a god but something put in place of the true God, our Creator, our Heavenly Father.
It could be anything from Baal to the "stars" (entertainment or sports, etc.). It is whatever people devote their time and attention to in place of the true God as their worship.

Originally posted by roigam
Any other god is not a god but something put in place of the true God, our Creator, our Heavenly Father.
It could be anything from Baal to the "stars" (entertainment or sports, etc.). It is whatever people devote their time and attention to in place of the true God as their worship.

That is why we need to be reconciled back to God through His Son Christ Jesus.

Originally posted by redbadger
all gods are False Gods, fairytails inventions like the tooth fairy.

You're half right.

The tooth fairy is real! 😀

Originally posted by Sake
I don't, I never said I did. I have an idea though, but that's not the issue.
I meant to say against all these religious mongers here on this site, that they show so little love and understanding for everybody who don't buy something in their shop. Only shouting, using big words that they know the truth, whatever that may be when it comes to religions. At the ...[text shortened]... estion: how can you tell god knows? When you can tell what god knows, you know it too don't you?

"I meant to say against all these religious mongers here on this site, that they show so little love and understanding for everybody who don't buy something in their shop."

If we didn't have the love of God "shed abroad in our hearts" we wouldn't be here sharing the truth of Gods Word to you all so that you can have eternal life too. That is love in case you haven't noticed. It's God's "shop" by the way.

"Only shouting, using big words that they know the truth, whatever that may be when it comes to religions."

I can't hear any shouting. Have you been paying any attention to the things atheists say in this forum? Didn't think so!

"Question: how can you tell god knows?"

How can I tell God knows what? Is there anything God doesn't know?

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
False gods are all the other gods that aren't him. Mars, Artemis, Huitzilopochtli, Dagon, Shiva, etc.

Shiva?

Originally posted by sonhouse
If there really were that many god's you can be sure there would be lots of supernatural game playing, people floating in the air, walking on water, one god trying to outdo another in the miracle competition.

Seeing non of that, we note there is no competition so it is a safe bet there are no gods doing ANYTHING on Earth, even if there are gods aboundin ...[text shortened]... s, and I will stay hands off too. You stick your deitary assses in here, you are in trouble.....

the more godly you are the less likely you are to perform an magic.

"miracles" are considered as a weakness of 'god' when people are low on faith.
[i read that some where]

Originally posted by josephw
For Christ's Sake! 😉

How do you know what happens after death? You don't. No one does. No human being that is.

But God knows.

some people can know. go ask the hindus and train with them for a year and you may see the futures of certain peoples deaths including your own. or you may not, apparently only a few have the right disposition to delve into such insights.

Originally posted by sonship

Apparently there are 8,000 gods mentioned in the bible!

No there are not.
Why don't you stop spreading lies?

I said "apparently" because that is what I read but had not verified it.

How many gods are mentioned in the bible then?

Originally posted by karoly aczel
Shiva?

The goddess of cold winter mornings. Half-sister to JackFrost and daughter of Chilblain.

Originally posted by josephw
In reality there is only one God.

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

Now that is a strange sentence construction if there are no other gods.

If I say to you"Don't move any of your pieces except the king" isn't
there an implicit idea there that there are other pieces to move?

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Exodus 34:14
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord,
whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Now that is a strange sentence construction if there are no other gods.

If I say to you"Don't move any of your pieces except the king" isn't
there an implicit idea there that there are other pieces to move?

And apparently this a new god for the Abrahamics and his name is Jealous.

Originally posted by karoly aczel
"miracles" are considered as a weakness of 'god' when people are low on faith. [i read that some where]

I guess it must be true then.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
false because they do not exist or because
they are not as powerful and/or give false promises?

Apparently there are 8,000 gods mentioned in the bible.

Originally posted by sonship

No there are not.
Why don't you stop spreading lies?

Well, I am not sure where the 8000 figure comes from, perhaps Wolfgang can eloborate.

However, imho the actual figure is not important. It IS a fact that there are many false gods mentioned in the Bible: the god of the Amorites, the god of the Ammonites, the god of the Philistines, etc etc,

In all those cases the OT says that " The Lord is NOT like the gods of the nations which he detroyed before you, " etc. I am sure you know the references yourself.

In the interlude with Elijah and Baal, the people finally admitted (after the fire from The Lord consumed the sacrifice, which Baal was not able to do) "The LORD, He is God!"

The question which Wolfgang seems to ask is whether, to the people to whom this was addressed, the Lord was the ONLY god, or merely the strongest?

Remember also how when Jacob left Laban, Rachel still brought some of their old "House Gods" with her, to sort of "hedge her bets" as it were?

The point being, in the OT there was a constant battle between The Lord, and the Other Gods, after which God says the Israelites went "a-whoring".