The Old Testament Supports Polytheism

I don’t see that his arguments are convincing to anyone who is not a Christian.This discussion is not about perspective, it's about the Bible. Whether or not someone is a Christian is irrelevant. This discussion is over what the Bible teaches. This statement sugguests you understand how these arguments are convincing to a Christians. Christians follow the Bible, and thus look for the most accurate teachings. So if this were convincing to a Christian, you're saying this is the correct interpretation. Therefore, this statement conceds victory to me.I posted a long list of scriptures that Con brushed off with the general comment that whileThe bible admits that many others believe in gods other than Jehovah that they did not believe at the time that the other gods existed If the word 'they' refers to the people worshipping other god's, I never said this. If this word 'they' is refering to the authors of the Bible, they very clearly did not support their genuine existence or authority as a lesser god.Jeremiah 46:25The King James Version reads: "The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him." This verse says that the Egyptians had their gods. I don't see how this is proof that they exist, and if they do that they're nothing more than demons. I'll address this more later on.Judges 10:6See notes on Jeremiah.Exodus 34:14This passage can be more accurately translated to bow down, not worship. Still, see notes on Jeremiah.Deut 32:16-17See notes on Jeremiah.The god's in these passages were seen in many different things. Deuteronomy 4:19 says that some worshiped the sun, moon and stars. This does not mean the Bible teaches that there is a Sun God and a Moon God. It simply means the Bible is teaching that people did in fact do this.How can you worship something that does not exist? If the athiest is right, we worship a God that doesn't exist. I'd presume any athiest would agree with that statement. I also don't believe any thiest would tell you there's not at least a 0.001% chance we could indeed be worshiping something that isn't there. Therefore, you can easily serve worship and sacrafice to something that doesn't exist. As I stated before, the miracles recorded are attributed to demons in the New Testament, so the evil forces behind these gods will be punished.New TestamentAccording to our standard of Hermeneutics, we interpret Scripture with Scripture. If Jesus says one of our interpretations on the Old Testament is wrong, then as Christians, we should probably trust him. Afterall, all Scripture is God-Breathed, and thus his work. No one could know what it means better than him.Idolatry and WorshipAs I've already shown, it's possible to worship things that don't exist. Even still, I've already acknowledged that there is demonic power behind these idols, so there is reason to assume that people would worship these demons professing to be gods. Clearly these gods are worshiped, but your definition states that they should be worshiped. More on this later.A Quick NoteLet's look at the Old Testament for a bit. Most of the 'gods' did absolutely nothing for us to assume that they were real. When Elijah had the battle on the Mountain with the false god, Elijah won. The opposing god didn't do anything at all, possibly because he didn't exist. The Old Testament records victory after victory over these false gods, indicating that they had almost no power at all. The wise men couldn't interpret King Neb's dream, or any of the dreams requiring translation in the Bible. One of the few occurances of false gods ever actually doing anything is in Exodus. Egypt had God's people in slavery. The people of God were to bring the savior who would eventually defeat Satan. Therefore, it isn't unlikely that Satan himself, irrelevant of his countless demons, was very present during the enslavement period.In ClosingThe Bible clearly teaches that 'In the beginning God.' It says that God made everything in the heavens and everything in the earth. To say there were other god's is to assume God made these rival gods. The only thing we know of God creating, outside of the 6 creation days in Genesis, is Angels. We also know that some of the Angels fell away. Therefore, demons are the only forces we know of that would be opposed to God. Why should we assume there's anyone but these demons behind these Old Testament gods? As I've already explained, worshiping Angels is strictly forbidden in the Bible, and they were created. If one is to say that angels and demons are gods, then humans are gods too. We have a supernatural spirit and soul within us. Men have also been worshiped as Kings and Leaders in the past. You can say that demons are gods, but if everyone is a god that sort of demeans the sense of the word. The Bible teaches there is one true God, one creator, one sustainer. Everything else is a product of him, and is just as much a god as we are. We're not gods, and to say we are simply devalues the word God. Therefore, there is only one God.