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# false god, foreign god, god, goddess
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## Definition
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A false god is something that people worship instead of the one true God. The term "goddess" refers specifically to a female false god.
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* These false gods or goddesses do not exist. Yahweh is the only God.
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* People sometimes make objects into idols to worship as symbols of their false gods.
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* In the Bible, God's people frequently turned away from obeying him in order to worship false gods.
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* Demons often deceive people into believing that the false gods and idols they worship have power.
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* Baal, Dagon, and Molech were three of the many false gods that were worshiped by people in Bible times.
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* Asherah and Artemis (Diana) were two of the goddesses that ancient peoples worshiped.
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## Translation Suggestions
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* There may already be a word for "god" or "false god" in the language or in a nearby language.
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* The term "idol" could be used to refer to false gods.
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* In English, a lower case “g” is used to refer to false gods, and upper case “G” is used to refer to the one true God. Other languages also do that.
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* Another option would be to use a completely different word to refer to the false gods.
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* Some languages may add a word to specify whether the false god is described as male or female.
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