I will, if I may, start a new long-term thread here.
From the perspective of monotheism, what is a false God?
As much as anything the question is definitional. I know what is conveyed by Monotheism, False, and God. I don't understand what the term "False God" can mean in this context, the words appear to contradict each other. Either it's a God or it isn't. In a monotheistic system it can't exist. If it exists there's no monotheism. And yet if you go to YouTube and search "Baal" you'll find a stack of fundamentalist Christians spouting more hate crime than you'd imagine possible with the word "Baal" attached. Where is this fictional nonsense coming from? How can monotheism be dualist at the same time? What second source of power can monotheism admit to?
I might attract a passing fundamentalist to answer the question as expressed in the OP, that would be both unexpected and pleasing.
False Gods
False Gods
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Re: False Gods
The obvious answer is anyone held to be a god by others, who is not the God of the religion of your personal choice.
This includes cases where the gods in question are demonstrably one and the same - e.g. the God of the Jews is the God of Christianity is the God of Islam.
It also includes your own God when believed in by those whose interpretation of the scriptures you disagree with - the Southern Baptists come to mind.
This includes cases where the gods in question are demonstrably one and the same - e.g. the God of the Jews is the God of Christianity is the God of Islam.
It also includes your own God when believed in by those whose interpretation of the scriptures you disagree with - the Southern Baptists come to mind.