• MindTraveller@lemmy.caEnglish
    44·
    5 months ago

    The ten commandments don’t say no other gods. They say “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”. It’s absolutely fine to have other gods behind Deus, or equal to Him. Just no worshipping other gods more than Deus if you’re a christian.

    Monotheism isn’t an essential part of christianity, it’s a pointless and harmful choice that assholes decided to justify by hiding behind the abuse of their own supposed religious beliefs.

    • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      1 Corinthians 8:6, Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Timothy 2:5, Isaiah 44:6, James 2:19, John 17:3 would disagree with you.

      Need any more?

      • MindTraveller@lemmy.caEnglish
        37·
        5 months ago

        You got any pre-roman sources or are you just going to trust what the Romans made up about Christianity after Jesus died?

        • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
          5·
          5 months ago

          Deuteronomy and Isaiah are Pre-Roman.

          And the New Testament was not written by the Romans, but by first Century Christians

          • DragonTypeWyvern
            12·
            5 months ago

            If you think the Romans didn’t modify those to suit the Capital C Church based in Rome… Well, it doesn’t matter that much to the discussion because Jewish belief at the time was firmly monotheistic and that is in fact a primary grievance for the Jewish rebellions that happened at the time.

            • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
              4·
              5 months ago

              1. We literally have a surviving copy of Isaiah from before Jesus was even around, nevermind the Roman Church

              2. We have complete manuscripts of the New Testament that are still dated from before Constantine

              3. There is no evidence of the New Testament or Old Testament being altered by the Roman Church