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As opposed to [[God]], people have worshiped other '''gods'''  throughout the history of humankind. While the word "god" refers in a general sense to any deity that is or has been worshiped as part of a theistic belief system, when spelled with an upper-case "G," the term is normally referring to the God of the [[Abrahamic]] religions, the One True God.
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As opposed to [[God]], people have worshiped '''other gods'''  throughout the history of humankind. The term "other gods" comes from the [[Ten Commandments]], where God said "You shall have no ''other gods'' before me" ({{Bible ref|Exodus|20|3}}).
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While the word "god" refers in a general sense to any deity that is or has been worshiped as part of a theistic belief system, when spelled with an upper-case "G," the term is normally referring to the God of the [[Abrahamic]] religions, the One True God.
    
== Other gods in the Bible ==
 
== Other gods in the Bible ==
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