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As for the decreation of God, consider the first commandments: 1. Have no other gods before me, or make graven images There's no requirement to obey or sacrif
by w10-1 3y ago
As for the decreation of God, consider the first commandments:
1. Have no other gods before me, or make graven images
There's no requirement to obey or sacrifice to God, just not to have false gods.
2. Don't take the name of the lord in vain
Don't act pious or pretend you are God's representative.
3. Respect the Sabbath
Don't fill life completely with work; *everyone* should do *nothing* for a day. There's NO requirement for religious services.
In the historical context when gods and temples seemed to vie for adherents, sacrifices and superiority, it's interesting that the (writers of the Hebrew god?) disavowed all that. Considering god as a projection of humans, this seems to inoculate people against religion and taking themselves too seriously.
(Needless to say, most of religion overtly violates this interpretation.)
- logicchains 3y ago>Have no other gods before me, or make graven images It's also a fundamental requirement for a consistent ethical system that there be a "single source of truth". If you have multiple gods that could say potentially contradictory things, then you have an inconsistent system (mathematically speaking, one that could prove anything), so you essentially have a logically invalid axiomatic system.