It seems to me that in the context of the Bible, either many gods exist or no gods exist. Hear me out. [Spirituality & Religion]

If the god of Abraham was a real being and all other "gods" were false then why would there be any competition? Why would god have devoted one of only 10 cardinal rules that he handed down to humanity to not worshiping other gods? Surely that would be a waste of time because fake gods of wood and stone could not actually perform miracles the way Yahweh could and people would quickly abandon them.
Furthermore, if the god of Abraham is really slaughtering the enemies of his people by the thousands and parting oceans and so on...why are people still putting up Asherah poles? And why are they doing so again and again even after God has ostensibly proven his power?

So that brings us to the "no gods exist" interpretation. Of course other religions would have had stories and legends about their own gods and believe that their gods were guiding and protecting them (otherwise what is the point of believing in a god?).
Since that belief could not [i]possibly[/i] remain if their gods did nothing and the god of Abraham kept doing miracle after sign after plague, isn't it reasonable to conclude that actually that's all propaganda and that the god of the Israelites was doing just as much/as little as the gods of surrounding nations?

Thoughts?

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Ultimately, i think people choose to believe in some sort of deity because they just can't stand the idea that life is as random as anything else in nature.

When it comes to religions, i think most of those were created and developed so that a small group of humans could enforce dominion over the rest upon fear of the consequences.

The older i get there seems no rhyme or reason to much of life.
Of all the things man has created, by far the most destructive is religion.
It divides nations; families; communities; individuals.
Makes some feel crazed with power and others in fear for their lives.

What kind of all seeing. All knowing deity would allow such monstrous acts against his own creations without showing folk the how or why ?

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Pikachu

@Picklebobble2

Yeah like i've said, it would be far easier to believe in the god of the bible if we didn't insist on saying that he was infallible and omnipotent.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@JimboSaturn I just keep thinking of all those poor people in.....the former Yugoslavia or Russia or Northern Ireland or the Crusades for goodness sake !
ALL those people killed for not believing what the majority did.

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

@Picklebobble2 all that killing and dying for nothing

Qwerty14

Well that's simple. Worship of these false gods was harmful to society. So they put rules in to stop people doing it. Why did people keep doing it even after Moses's time? Well not everyone believed Moses. Moses himself doubted God and he actually talked to him directly. That's kinda the point. No one is ever 100% sure and that doubt can lead to people worshipping false idols.

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Pikachu

@Qwerty14

lol i just [i]knew[/i] you were gonna be shitty about this instead of accepting the conciliatory attempt to acknowledge a disagreement and end the conversation.

No, i think you're wrong and failing to grasp what i feel is the very simple point i'm making and i genuinely don't know how to put it in simpler terms so that you will stop missing the point so spectacularly.
I don't know what you mean by "again" since you are usually the one who bails on a debate and are ALWAYS the one to start talking about [i]me [/i]instead of the subject.

There, are you happier with that? Is that more satisfying to your adversarial disposition😏?

Jesus please us lmao😆

Qwerty14

@Pikachu Here I thought you grew as a person and didn't need to respond to my obvious baiting but alas you took the bait and lived up to my expectations 😂🤣

Pikachu

@Qwerty14

lol Oh...um well trolled then? You got me. I met spite with spite.

Come on man, show a little growth yourself and just [i]try [/i]not to be shitty just because we're disagreeing.

Can we please try to be less antagonistic next time?
Thanks.🙂👍️

GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M

In the Word of God, only one God lives and that's the same God who wrote His Word (Holy Bible).

Sharon · F

@GodSpeed63 LOL!!!

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