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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:06 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Jews weren't always monotheistic?
>
> second commandment - "you shall have no Gods before me". Doesn't say
that
> there aren't other spiritual entities that are worshipped, but does
say
> that these entities are not God, the creator of all. And only the
creator,
> the master of reality, the one who created the spiritual and spiritual
> entities should be worshipped.
> On the other hand, he may have been one of those book of J type people
who
> take a radically different view of the Torah and have basically been
> brushed off by scholars and theologins.
> On a third hand (I like hands), there have always been idol worship in
the
> Jewish community. While not 'right', it's always been there and has
been
> condemed throughout time. I can point to a number of friends who are
> Jewish, stress that they are Jewish and are idol worshippers today.
Does't
> make it right from a Jewish perspective, but....
>
> >Yesterday on my local public radio station, I heard an interview with
a
> >person named Clifford Pickover. During the interview, he mentioned
that
> >the Jewish faith had not always been monotheistic in that they
believed
> >in Yahweh being the supreme being, but they didn't discount other
gods
> >being in the mix either. Have you heard this before? If it is true,
it
> >seems pretty interesting on some levels.
> >
> >
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> >Marlon Moyer, Sr. Internet Developer
> >
> >American Contractors Insurance Group
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> >phone: 972.687.9445
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> >fax: 972.687.0607
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