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Thread #136620   Message #3120808
Posted By: josepp
24-Mar-11 - 08:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: Fired for not believing in hell
Subject: RE: BS: Fired for not believing in hell
////If it's any of the above, and it usually IS...it's getting in the way of them connecting with their spiritual source. If so, they are placing another God in front of that spiritual source, and they're cutting themselves off from it, ignoring it, and turning away from it.

That, I believe is exactly what is meant by the statement "You shall have no other Gods before me."////

Sorry but this is a typical liberal Christian reinterpretation that has no basis in fact but has been tainted by New Agey values. That is clearly not what this god meant because he goes on state the reason why you can't have had other gods before him: "Because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God." Now does that sound like your spiritual holistic source seeking to unite with you?

The meaning of that statement is very simple: If you were not born a Jew then you cannot become a Jew. You cannot have worshiped other gods because that means you are not of the tribe and if you are not of the tribe--go fuck yourself. That's what that statement means.