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How can god fight other gods?
Pesach/PassoverSefirat Haomer leading to Shavuot
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)
Best Answer Contest winners! Second quarter of 5779
To celebrate Mi Yodeya's tenth birthday, let's divide and conquer the entire…How does Judaism deal with God and paradoxes?Does God love non-Jews?If God has no body, then how does He act in the world?Why the Lord didn't simply claim that He is God of all in the Torah?Does Hebrew have any word that exclusively means god or gods?How can we say everything is good?How do we logically know that there are not 2 Gods (according to the Chovos HaLevavos)?Is it generally accepted by Jewish scholars that Judaism was at one stage henotheist and/or monolatrist?How to understand the texts that litterally speak of other gods and compares to G_dClarification of Yitro's comparison of G-d vs other gods
During Passover, we read the following passage:
God himself is saying that he will fight other gods. How can god fight other gods, if other gods don't exist?
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During Passover, we read the following passage:
God himself is saying that he will fight other gods. How can god fight other gods, if other gods don't exist?
theology
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Welcome to MiYodeya JRG and thanks for this first question. Great to have you learn with us!
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During Passover, we read the following passage:
God himself is saying that he will fight other gods. How can god fight other gods, if other gods don't exist?
theology
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During Passover, we read the following passage:
God himself is saying that he will fight other gods. How can god fight other gods, if other gods don't exist?
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Welcome to MiYodeya JRG and thanks for this first question. Great to have you learn with us!
– mbloch
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Welcome to MiYodeya JRG and thanks for this first question. Great to have you learn with us!
– mbloch
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Welcome to MiYodeya JRG and thanks for this first question. Great to have you learn with us!
– mbloch
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Welcome to MiYodeya JRG and thanks for this first question. Great to have you learn with us!
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The "gods" worshipped by ancient Egypt included the Nile, cows and the sun (see e.g., Wikipedia's entry). These definitely exist as physical entities.
One of the goals or effect of the ten plagues was to show God's dominion over these entities. The Maharal explains one break down the plagues in three groups
- those coming from below: blood, frogs and lice
- those coming from the same level as man: animals, pestilence of livestock and boils
- those coming from above: hail/fire, locusts, darkness and the death of first-borns.
In total the plagues demonstrated God's total dominion over the entire world.
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I get the thrust of this answer theologically, but I think it could be improved by explicitly linking the "justice" and "fighting" referred to in the question with the "plagues" and "dominion" in the answer, as those 4 things do not necessarily belong to the same conceptual framework.
– WAF
6 mins ago
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The "gods" worshipped by ancient Egypt included the Nile, cows and the sun (see e.g., Wikipedia's entry). These definitely exist as physical entities.
One of the goals or effect of the ten plagues was to show God's dominion over these entities. The Maharal explains one break down the plagues in three groups
- those coming from below: blood, frogs and lice
- those coming from the same level as man: animals, pestilence of livestock and boils
- those coming from above: hail/fire, locusts, darkness and the death of first-borns.
In total the plagues demonstrated God's total dominion over the entire world.
answered 1 hour ago
mblochmbloch
27.4k548135
I get the thrust of this answer theologically, but I think it could be improved by explicitly linking the "justice" and "fighting" referred to in the question with the "plagues" and "dominion" in the answer, as those 4 things do not necessarily belong to the same conceptual framework.
– WAF
6 mins ago
add a comment |
The "gods" worshipped by ancient Egypt included the Nile, cows and the sun (see e.g., Wikipedia's entry). These definitely exist as physical entities.
One of the goals or effect of the ten plagues was to show God's dominion over these entities. The Maharal explains one break down the plagues in three groups
- those coming from below: blood, frogs and lice
- those coming from the same level as man: animals, pestilence of livestock and boils
- those coming from above: hail/fire, locusts, darkness and the death of first-borns.
In total the plagues demonstrated God's total dominion over the entire world.
answered 1 hour ago
mblochmbloch
27.4k548135
I get the thrust of this answer theologically, but I think it could be improved by explicitly linking the "justice" and "fighting" referred to in the question with the "plagues" and "dominion" in the answer, as those 4 things do not necessarily belong to the same conceptual framework.
– WAF
6 mins ago
add a comment |
The "gods" worshipped by ancient Egypt included the Nile, cows and the sun (see e.g., Wikipedia's entry). These definitely exist as physical entities.
One of the goals or effect of the ten plagues was to show God's dominion over these entities. The Maharal explains one break down the plagues in three groups
- those coming from below: blood, frogs and lice
- those coming from the same level as man: animals, pestilence of livestock and boils
- those coming from above: hail/fire, locusts, darkness and the death of first-borns.
In total the plagues demonstrated God's total dominion over the entire world.
answered 1 hour ago
mblochmbloch
27.4k548135
The "gods" worshipped by ancient Egypt included the Nile, cows and the sun (see e.g., Wikipedia's entry). These definitely exist as physical entities.
One of the goals or effect of the ten plagues was to show God's dominion over these entities. The Maharal explains one break down the plagues in three groups
- those coming from below: blood, frogs and lice
- those coming from the same level as man: animals, pestilence of livestock and boils
- those coming from above: hail/fire, locusts, darkness and the death of first-borns.
In total the plagues demonstrated God's total dominion over the entire world.
answered 1 hour ago
mblochmbloch
27.4k548135
answered 1 hour ago
mblochmbloch
27.4k548135
answered 1 hour ago
mblochmbloch
27.4k548135
answered 1 hour ago
mblochmbloch
27.4k548135
27.4k548135
I get the thrust of this answer theologically, but I think it could be improved by explicitly linking the "justice" and "fighting" referred to in the question with the "plagues" and "dominion" in the answer, as those 4 things do not necessarily belong to the same conceptual framework.
– WAF
6 mins ago
add a comment |
I get the thrust of this answer theologically, but I think it could be improved by explicitly linking the "justice" and "fighting" referred to in the question with the "plagues" and "dominion" in the answer, as those 4 things do not necessarily belong to the same conceptual framework.
– WAF
6 mins ago
I get the thrust of this answer theologically, but I think it could be improved by explicitly linking the "justice" and "fighting" referred to in the question with the "plagues" and "dominion" in the answer, as those 4 things do not necessarily belong to the same conceptual framework.
– WAF
6 mins ago
I get the thrust of this answer theologically, but I think it could be improved by explicitly linking the "justice" and "fighting" referred to in the question with the "plagues" and "dominion" in the answer, as those 4 things do not necessarily belong to the same conceptual framework.
– WAF
6 mins ago
add a comment |
Welcome to MiYodeya JRG and thanks for this first question. Great to have you learn with us!
– mbloch
1 hour ago