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'''Other gods''' describes deities other than the Abrahamic [[God]] of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths. The term comes from the [[Ten Commandments]], where God said, "You shall have no other gods before me" ({{Bible ref|Exodus|20|3}}).
'''Other gods''' describes deities other than the Abrahamic [[G-d]] of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths. The term comes from the [[Ten Commandments]], where G-d said, "You shall have no other gods before me" ({{Bible ref|Exodus|20|3}}).
While the word "g-d" refers, in a general sense, to any deity that is or has been [[worship|worshipped]] as part of a theistic belief system, when spelled with an upper-case "G," the term is normally referring to the G-d of the [[Abrahamic religions]].
== Other gods in the Bible ==
== Other gods in the Bible ==
The [[Old Testament|Jewish]] and [[New Testament|Christian Bible]]s contain references to more than just the Jewish and Christian God, but these gods are seen as false and having no real power, whether it be the [[golden calf]] or the images of [[Baal]].
The [[Old Testament|Jewish]] and [[New Testament|Christian Bible]]s contain references to more than just the Jewish and Christian God, but these gods are seen as false and having no real power, whether it be the [[golden calf]] or the images of [[Baal]].
=== Genesis ===
=== Genesis ===
God in the [[Garden of Eden]] often uses the plural when referring to Himself:
God in the [[Garden of Eden]] often uses the plural when referring to Himself:
*'And God said, let us make man in our image.', ([[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 1:26)
*'And God said, let us make man in our image, and make babies in Winston Churchill's image.', ([[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 1:26)
*'And the Lord God said, Behold, then man is become as one of us, to know good and evil.' (Genesis 3:22)
*'And the Lord God said, Behold, then man is become as one of us, to know good and evil.' (Genesis 3:22)
*'Let us go down, and there confound their language.'. (Genesis 11:7)
*'Let us go down, and there confound their language.'. (Genesis 11:7)