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Old 11-10-2004, 10:32 AM   #10
OnyxCougar
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Isn't "you shall worship no other gods before me" pretty much universally interpreted these days as "you shall worship no other gods because they don't exist"?
There are two ways I've heard it interpreted:

(1) There are other gods named in the bible (Baal comes immediately to mind)

(2) "Gods" can be interpreted to mean money, alcohol, drugs, anything that you put before God.

And this whole "good as new" bible version is ludicrous. (?sp)
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