Hey, you’re the one who made the claim that all the idol-gods mentioned in the Bible are real gods.
BTW, what’s Dagon say for today? Rain or no?
You simply cannot be that shallow.
Hmmm ... perhaps you are.
One thing REAL biblical scholars are united on, whether Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or LDS is the Bible is not a monotheistic canon but a monotheising canon - it’s earliest portions show a henotheistic worldview. This is why the Divine Council, with Elohim/YHWH leading the council of the Gods is so prevalent and why I provided a ton of proof in my references:
The Anchor Bible Dictionary 1:249-252; 835; 2:214-217; 3:238,302; 4:43,922,1004-1010; 5:986; 6:129,156-157,510-511; The Triumph of Elohim (Edelman) pp.28 f.2, 30-31,36-38,40-43,60-63,65,71,80,91; The Early History of God (Smith) pp. 9-10,26,101,114 e#138,165; The New Interpreter’s Bible 1:272-274; 4:347,792,1006-1007,1035, 1093; The Illustrated Bible Dictionary p. 1474; The Interpreter’s One-Volume Commentary on the Bible (Layman) pp. 285,263,279; Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament 1:254,258,282; 5:519-520; Theological Dictionary of the New Testament 8:347-349; The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Achtemeier) pp. 276,1054; The Jerome Biblical Commentary 2:20 (1); 6:74 (8); 16:17 (8); 22:9 (A); 35:26 (6), 46 (1), 74 (Pref-2), 98 (Pref-2,6-7); Dictionary of the Bible (Ed. James Hastings. Rev. Edition by Frederick C. Grant and H. H. Rowley) pp. 32,134,334; A History of God (Armstrong) pp. 50-51; Mercer Dictionary of the Bible (Mills) pp. 176-177, 581,845; New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis 1:375-376; The Expositor’s Bible Commentary Job. Intro 8; 1:6-12,20; 34:1; Ps 82:1; Dictionary of the Bible (MacKenzie) pp. 30, 316, 830; A New Standard Bible Dictionary pp. 46-47; The Religious Background of the Bible (Schofield). p. 181; The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary (Myers) p. 55; The New Layman’s Bible Commentary. In One Volume pp. 308, 618, 659; The New Bible Dictionary (Douglas) p. 1206; Judaism and Christian Beginnings (Sandmel) pp. 169, 171, 173.
Could all these biblical scholars, not one LDS, be wrong? Don’t you recognize ANY of them? Think you know more about the Bible than all of them put together? They ALL say the same thing - the earliest portions of the Bible taught the Divine Council, with God ruling over other Gods.
When I wrote my book on Mormonism, fully 98% of all my references were from non-LDS scholars. No one could then accuse me of relying upon “faulty” LDS scholarship. REAL biblical scholars agree for the most part on the LDS interpretation of Scripture - it is you fundies who diverge from the conclusions of your own biblical scholars. No wonder they have such disdain for you.
I am always amazed at the smugness of anti-Mormons - you get a little knowledge of the Bible and suddenly you’re experts and unteachable. And yet it is us Mormons who are out to lunch ... the sheer arrogance ...