One thing is clear to me though in this list – and one thing most clearly, it is also written in my conscience. Zavada, Jack. I realize I might just sound like a wacko nutjob to someone who doesn’t believe in God or is not particularly “religious”. Horus is still battling against the jealousy and resentment of his brother primarchs and, when he is injured in combat on the planet Davin, he must also battle his inner daemons. Please don’t focus on yourself and how bad or overwhelmed you are. She was sometimes called a consort or companion of Baal. America is full of them. This runs completely contrary to what the Bible teaches. We looooove to take it easy. Would God be randomly pleased if someone gave up admiring the nature that He made, or would it really bring a person closer to God to go full blown ascetic? Solomon erected an altar to Chemosh south of the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem, on the Hill of Corruption. Aeolus. Is the only way to minimize to the simplest items, and local? Where did the ancient Greeks get the idea for all those stories we collectively call Greek mythology? These points are spot on, and I also learned new things about #1. Sure, religious people gain some benefit from their beliefs and devotion. The workers have said that they do not want people to abstain or boycott from their products (except that one guy with the coffee). Perhaps used products will alleviate some of the problem. I have truly been educated this day about things l dont know about and or really not sure about. Category: Culture, Worship     1 Corinthians 10:20 - But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, … Our god is whatever we love with all our heart, soul, strength and mind. God Bless You, thank you for opening my eyes through Christ Jesus. Is anyone able to become righteous solely on the basis of their meticulous abstinence? I'm no historian going back that far so it's important to know whether or not if these names are part of the original text and pre-existed Greek mythology. Confusion about Mesopotamian gods is common because Marduk had 50 names, including Bel. Yes, family can bring great happiness, but it is a complicated happiness that is not unconditional. Admittedly this seems to be a very hard request to make to someone today. I haven’t found a church yet that doesn’t give some kind of blessing to the military system. We overlook horrible character flaws if someone is good-looking (ex. Name Of Pagan/False god: Asherah (Asherim) Worshipped By/In: Canaan Feb 13, 2019 - Explore My Info's board "false gods", followed by 267 people on Pinterest. So what exactly is forbidden by the third commandment? Marriages fall apart left and right. false god. We all are inclined to put ourselves first. You are responsible for your actions, not the phone. Truer words have never been spoken. To worship other gods or to call upon other deities is idolatry (Exodus 20:3). My fear is that people are turning to the wrongs things for hope. Yep, people don’t think of icon idols as representing spirits, like you show of the TV & Movie heroes, but they are.The ‘god of alcohol and drugs’ comes to mind too for your list. He knows we’re speaking English and that we’re not calling on the names of other gods or referring to them in any way. 1. I have considered it. I want to say that I do fear the Lord. Whatever you love more than God is your idol. We spend money on products that promise slimmer waistlines and smoother skin. not great employers – or as such they are reported to not be the best of employers – is this in and of itself “waxing fat” by ignoring the “right of the needy.” I worry about this a lot. Yet all is not well in the armies of the Imperium. I have been looking for the True God which will make all things New. The men of Cuth made the false god Nergal. That said I also have comfort, perhaps, as mentioned on the list. Rather, the one thing mankind is an expert at is self-imploding. But when we take a good thing and make it a god-thing we have gone too far. This has become so commonplace, I actually feel constant anxiety purchasing anything. How do we protect the right of the needy? We most certainly do! If I buy a frivolous item, will God no longer love me? The Emperor of mankind has handed the reins of command to his favoured son, the Warmaster Horus. I want to do better, and I am sorry for the state of things. Rites involving this god were said to be cruel also and may have involved human sacrifice. Okay, so I send an email to these companies telling them this is immoral – and I get some standard thing back saying “we adhere to the highest moral standards”. This sounds like an ideal response, but my heart hurts to say we have not achieved it. This doesn’t mean that we have to avoid the divine name altogether. I doubt it. If we go back to the beginning of the human race, we do not find man worshipping falsegods and idols. Zavada, Jack. (2 Kings 23:13). Godson Ewle . God bless you. Thanks for posting this, l was studying 1Samuel 7:1-4 and was looking up the gods of America today and found this: thought enlightening and provoking.God forgive us. I mean it would be right – because I am not any better than any of those people in the slave situations that they are in. In short, we treat education like it is a god that will deliver us from the messy state we find our world in. Paul spoke of idolatry as a heinous sin (1 Corinthians 10:14) and John said that idolaters will perish in hell (Revelation 21:8). Heck, even at work, if we can cut corners here and there to lighten the load we are more than happy to do so. At least maybe this helps a little. But in the long run, religion without God is an empty shell. If you are trusting in kids to make your life worth living, you will be left empty when they grow up and begin their own lives. Even in India the sweatshop workers are wearing makeup and other frivolities – even there they are using electronics to teach their children. This national god of the Ammonites was associated with divination, seeking knowledge of the future through occult means, strongly forbidden by God. myself as an idolatrous person and I felt overwhelmed As a Mom and wife and the only person I’m my family trying to be an example of Jesus love and failing, I am going to focus on Jesus the only hope I have, and not on everything that could possibly be an idol in my life. We must put aside selfish ambition and put God and others first. There is no actual linguistic connection between the name of an Egyptian god and the Hebrew word “amen”. So then what? Such events can leave a person feeling very lost and, at times, quite punished. Hi Roger, a pretty full Webpage! Different regions paid homage to their own local variety of Baal, but all worship of this false god infuriated God the Father, who punished Israel for their unfaithfulness to him. Cashews are harvested by people who incur large burned areas in picking them. If you are Born Again Jesus will save you. But that is of no use to us if we continue to ignore him. I was studying Isaiah 46 getting ready to have devotional with my kids while on quarantine. We will be giving you all of the main basic facts on each of these other false religions, how they all differ from our faith, and then why they cannot be accepted as being a pure true branch of orthodox Christianity. It is possible to overcome this addiction. We revere people who are attractive and dismiss those who aren’t. What is something like family doing on this list? We all know it. _________ Did both of his sons serve andobey and please the ONE TRUE GOD (Genesis 4:1-8)? I guess a person should feel guilt and shame doing the wrong thing. Name Of Pagan/False god: Anammelech Worshipped By/In: Sepharvites Bible References: (Total Verses): 2 Kin 17:31 (1) Description: Moon-goddess. A famous showdown occurred between the prophets of Baal and Elijah at Mount Carmel. Or without wronging their children or others depending on them to use these means to produce some kind of value to society – perhaps even one that would be critical like – providing food and shelter to the poor, etc.? Matthew 24:24|View whole chapter|See verse in context. I don’t know a single Christian who would say “if I could choose between a shoe that caused mental retardation in a child, or one that didn’t, I would prefer to choose the one that caused mental retardation in an entire village!” Or “if I could choose to shoot someone for profit, versus have a constructive, beautiful, uncorrupt job – I would choose the former in a heartbeat!” I know of no Christian who volition-ally would prefer and choose the former. I guess I have been thinking about it more. We spend tens of thousands of dollars, and even go way into debt, in order to get an education we aren’t even sure we really want to pursue as a career path. I also wonder about the food industry – how animals suffer. (2020, August 25). Is there anything in this world that is truly worthy of our hope? The patron god of the “silver-swirling” Achelous River. The word vain (as it’s rendered in the ESV) can mean “empty,” “nothing,” “worthless,” or “to no good purpose.” We are forbidden, therefore, from taking the name of God (or taking up the name or bearing the name, as the phrase could be translated) in a manner that is wicked, worthless, or for wrong purposes. Religion offers comfort, but not necessarily real hope. We post it on Facebook and make sure everyone knows that we are a good person. We fat-shame overweight people. The Lord bless and do you good. If a farm is half a million dollars, and I can’t farm everything myself – am I not sincere enough? The Bible says not that we should embrace our true selves but rather that we must die to self in order to live as God would desire us to. An alternative usage of the term "false god" refers to anything that is considered to assume a place of undue importance in one's life; this usage is reflected in the viewpoint of some that "whatever we try to derive our core sense of meaning and worth is our god". You prepare a [sacrificial] table for ‘GOD’ [Gad/Gawd, the god of troops/war aka Mars / fortune]. I’m not sure that corruption happens more frequently than when money is at stake. The Great Crusade that has taken humanity into the stars continues. They might have great peace in their lives. My mind is already half gone. THE BIBLE’S VIEW: There is one God. The only problem is that Brian Wilson isn't sure there is a God. May God help us to be truly committed to Him only and to lay down our lives and nets. You can tell when someone is trusting in religion and not God because they might say something like it doesn’t matter if it’s true because it works for me. Self. That means a false god doesn’t have to be evil in itself – it can be something good that has become too important to us. I have not found the perfect way of following Christ so that I feel that everyday I don’t sin against anyone – not against God, not against others. I actually have no idea if these are ranked in order, but that they belong on a list of false gods I am fairly certain about. I think a lot about how everything in our house is made in China. We try to “minimize” our sin but we have not eliminated it, and I don’t actually see how we can. But lately I watched a video about sweatshops involved in making shoes and clothing for the world; they say that in some Indian countries the materials used in making the shoes caused mental retardation rates to soar because of the chromium involved in the process. So I think for this reason perhaps reducing one’s use of consumer products – perhaps this would align with not having comfort be a god – because if it involves volition-ally hurting another being for self gain – then this strikes me as the opposite of mercy. So I try to, unfailingly, cut out all the non essential products at least. We believe that the problem with criminals is that they lack education and believe that having better access to it will turn them into decent human beings. But I do not have a solution. The belief that there could be life after death, for example, might bring a sense of comfort when a loved one dies (or you are facing your own death), but that is a false sense of comfort unless it is actually true. Or what parent would say “I had clothes growing up but since I know shoes and clothing involved someone else suffering elsewhere, you need to go naked for all of your existence until we find ethically made clothing – even if nobody or almost nobody makes that affordably today – or even at all.” Or – we are going to throw out the beds, the blankets, the car and all consumer electronics – because they were all made with the byproducts of suffering; people in China are throwing themselves off of buildings to produce these things, so, we will not use the internet, the phone, the computer – or the car. Sex is everywhere. We trust that science will give us the solutions to all the plagues that face humanity. But I think God also knows that to some degree we didn’t choose this. I haven’t managed to be perfect yet. An Explanation, Back to the Garden: He Created Them Male and Female, Interview With Corey Miller of Ratio Christi. Matztzebah Unfortunately one of the consequences of the sins described in lamentations appears to be losing access to the voice of God. We can use this in our bible study. Probably. Chemosh, the subduer, was the national god of the Moabites and was also worshiped by the Ammonites. What about food items? We pray for the Holy Spirit – perhaps it will show us a better way of being – maybe even leaving the US, I don’t know. The next day Dagon's statue was toppled to the floor. Dishonourable mentions: power, entertainment, popularity. Is buying things off of Amazon or from Walmart – perhaps? Money is one of our culture’s greatest gods. In 1 Samuel 5:1-5, after the Philistines captured the ark of the covenant, they placed it in their temple next to Dagon. Need synonyms for false god? We desire life to be smooth sailing and when instead we hit stormy seas we are apt to complain about it. Perhaps minimization would help. Idolatry and addiction is not always the same thing. I don’t mean to say “am I my brother’s keeper” but – am I responsible for what every corporation chooses to do – am I complicit if I buy the product even if I have no leverage in saying how it’s made at all? And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” Genesis 4:7. ______Did his sons know that God was the ONE TRUE GOD (see Genesis chapter 4)? You are however, not alone and it is pretty common. "False Gods of the Old Testament." 6 SCRIPTURES on the theme of Names of False Gods. The Bible tells us “the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:10). So so encouraging, that I may do the needful; mortify the deeds of the flesh which are the gods so clearly referred. In short, we put way too much stock in a god that is constantly fading away. How can we be right with God? Coffee is drunk by nearly everyone, yet on one documentary, a man said that “they eat my flesh” because he is subjected to slave labor to obtain that coffee. From the very beginning MAN KNEW THE ONE TRUE GOD. Sex, perhaps more than any other area of life, is considered to be untouchable by moral restraints. Can it really be said that I love my comforter more than God simply because I enjoy a comforter? We are willing to compromise our integrity if it means that profit is possible. Wow! Thank you! False God Lyrics: We were crazy to think / Crazy to think that this could work / Remember how I said I'd die for you? Unfortunately, it usually is. We must turn to the One True God who is our ever-present help in times of trouble and know that he has it all under control and will sort everything out in the end. If we don’t use the car, because it has mica in it, my husband cannot keep his job. Because people aren’t perfect (and hey, neither are you) family will never end up being exactly the way you always pictured it to be, which means you are destined to live in perpetual disappointment if that is where you have placed your hope. Every false god on this list is a ultimately just a symptom of an underlying god that rules over all: me. God is jealous and He will throw these people into hell for eternity. He was among the false gods worshiped by Solomon at the close of his reign. They did not understand about the sun, moon, rain, storms, plants, and the seasons. Help increase my faith so I can live in a way that is most pleasing to you, even if that is as a hobo on the street. This word 'eel most of the time speaks of the true God and when not, refers to a false god or an idol.Isaiah 9:6 is obviously calling the Messiah the true God. Then there's Brian Wilson's song, God Only Knows. Do you worship your phone and trust it to give you meaning and satisfaction in life? I’m on the fence about flip-flopping money and sex in the #2 and #3 spots. They fall away from the true worship at the expense of God. Later, the Philistines put King Saul's armor in their temple and hung his severed head in the temple of Dagon. 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