Also leaving out what idolatry and rudderlessness end up with.

The dip-your-wick-in-anything-that-moves culture we are seeing today is not Christian, can’t be countered without being aware of the eternal spiritual consequences (there’s always someone willing to splurge if it’s just temporal - eternal is a much larger consequence) and has dire immediate physical consequences - up to and including societal collapse.

Atheism advocates heresies, dogmas, and sacrifices as well, let’s not act like it’s not a human condition.

Past that, Exodus 22:20 is pointing out that other people are sacrificing. What are they sacrificing, and how? Some abortionists refer to abortion as a “sacrament” (“sacrificial offering”). Deuteronomy 17:2-7 who are the other gods and what are they requiring for worth-ship? If those other gods are fallen angels, say black stones sitting in Mecca calling themselves “Allah” and resulting in more murders across 1500 years than Communism ever dreamed of committing, wouldn’t that be a good thing if that command had actually been followed?

It’s not just about what’s being commanded, it’s also about who is commanding it and what the consequences of the alternatives to doing the command are. If the commander actually is the Most High, then he has that right and authority to make that command. For you to say that He is wrong means you are declaring your own judgment to be higher and more eternal.

That said, you are certainly free to choose what you wish. No true Christian is ever going to demand adherence to God’s law on any other sovereign - only within his own household.

Now the Muslims… are perfectly happy to force their theology on anyone and murder the non-compliant. The collectivists are perfectly happy to force their ideology on anyone and murder the non-compliant. Hindus… there’s a reason that there’s a statue of Shiva the Destroyer in the middle of CERN. Christians will talk to you a lot because you aren’t in their jurisdiction and they respect the sovereignty and free will of others.

“Oh the horror.”

Also leaving out what idolatry and rudderlessness end up with.

The dip-your-wick-in-anything-that-moves culture we are seeing today is not Christian, can’t be countered without being aware of the eternal spiritual consequences (there’s always someone willing to splurge if it’s just temporal - eternal is a much larger consequence) and has dire immediate physical consequences - up to and including societal collapse.

Atheism advocates heresies, dogmas, and sacrifices as well, let’s not act like it’s not a human condition.

Past that, Exodus 22:20 is pointing out that other people are sacrificing. What are they sacrificing, and how? Some abortionists refer to abortion as a “sacrament” (“sacrificial offering”). Deuteronomy 17:2-7 who are the other gods and what are they requiring for worth-ship? If those other gods are fallen angels, say black stones sitting in Mecca calling themselves “Allah” and resulting in more murders across 1500 years than Communism ever dreamed of committing, wouldn’t that be a good thing if that command had actually been followed?

It’s not just about what’s being commanded, it’s also about who is commanding it and what the consequences of the alternatives to doing the command are. If the commander actually is the Most High, then he has that right and authority to make that command. For you to say that He is wrong means you are declaring your own judgment to be higher and more eternal.

That said, you are certainly free to choose what you wish. No true Christian is ever going to demand adherence to God’s law on any other sovereign - only within his own household.

Now the Muslims… are perfectly happy to force their theology on anyone and murder the non-compliant. The collectivists are perfectly happy to force their ideology on anyone and murder the non-compliant. Christians will talk to you a lot because you aren’t in their jurisdiction and they respect the sovereignty and free will of others.

“Oh the horror.”

Also leaving out what idolatry and rudderlessness end up with.

The dip-your-wick-in-anything-that-moves culture we are seeing today is not Christian, can’t be countered without being aware of the eternal spiritual consequences (there’s always someone willing to splurge if it’s just temporal - eternal is a much larger consequence) and has dire immediate physical consequences - up to and including societal collapse.

Atheism advocates heresies, dogmas, and sacrifices as well, let’s not act like it’s not a human condition.

Past that, Exodus 22:20 is pointing out that other people are sacrificing. What are they sacrificing, and how? Some abortionists refer to abortion as a “sacrament” (“sacrificial offering”). Deuteronomy 17:2-7 who are the other gods and what are they requiring for worth-ship? If those other gods are fallen angels, say black stones sitting in Mecca calling themselves “Allah” and resulting in more murders across 1500 years than Communism ever dreamed of committing, wouldn’t that be a good thing if that command had actually been followed?

It’s not just about what’s being commanded, it’s also about who is commanding it and what the consequences of the alternatives to doing the command are. If the commander actually is the Most High, then he has that right and authority to make that command. For you to say that He is wrong means you are declaring your own judgment to be higher and more eternal.

That said, you are certainly free to choose what you wish. No true Christian is ever going to demand adherence to God’s law on any other sovereign - only within his own household.

Now the Muslims… are perfectly happy to force their theology on anyone and murder the non-compliant. The collectivists are perfectly happy to force their ideology on anyone and murder the non-compliant. Christians will talk to you a lot because you aren’t in their jurisdiction.

“Oh the horror.”

Also leaving out what idolatry and rudderlessness end up with.

The dip-your-wick-in-anything-that-moves culture we are seeing today is not Christian, can’t be countered without being aware of the eternal spiritual consequences (there’s always someone willing to splurge if it’s just temporal - eternal is a much larger consequence) and has dire immediate physical consequences - up to and including societal collapse.

Atheism advocates heresies, dogmas, and sacrifices as well, let’s not act like it’s not a human condition.

Past that, Exodus 22:20 is pointing out that other people are sacrificing. What are they sacrificing, and how? Some abortionists refer to abortion as a “sacrament” (“sacrificial offering”). Deuteronomy 17:2-7 who are the other gods and what are they requiring for worth-ship? If those other gods are fallen angels, say black stones sitting in Mecca calling themselves “Allah” and resulting in more murders across 1500 years than Communism ever dreamed of committing, wouldn’t that be a good thing if that command had actually been followed?

It’s not just about what’s being commanded, it’s also about who is commanding it and what the consequences of the alternatives to doing the command are. If the commander actually is the Most High, then he has that right and authority to make that command. For you to say that He is wrong means you are declaring your own judgment to be higher and more eternal.

That said, you are certainly free to choose what you wish. No true Christian is ever going to demand adherence to God’s law on any other sovereign - only within his own household.

Now the Muslims… are perfectly happy to force their theology on anyone and murder the non-compliant. The collectivists are perfectly happy to force their ideology on anyone and murder the non-compliant. Christians will talk to you a lot.

“Oh the horror.”