I'm not sure this is a good example of an inconsistency in the bible. First of all, I'm pretty sure the bible does not say it's ok to worship whatever god you want...according to the bible there is only one god, and it's God, so you have to worship that god or you're out. At the time the modern bible became popular, there were a host of Greek and Roman gods, so you couldn't worship Zeus and be cool with the Xian God. Same thing when Xianity moved North, Norse people couldn't worship Thor and be cool with the Xian God, Pagans couldn't have an old school fire-mosh to Mother earth with antlers on and call it Xianity, there were inquisitions and a lot of deaths over this shit.
Secondly, according to biblical text, Satan was an angel, not a god, that's the whole reason he was cast out of heaven, he kept questioning God as an equal and doing his own thing. So devil worshipers are not worshiping a god, they're worshiping an angel...a false god, so this is not internally inconsistent.
Is it normal to think there are loopholes in the bible?
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I'm not sure this is a good example of an inconsistency in the bible. First of all, I'm pretty sure the bible does not say it's ok to worship whatever god you want...according to the bible there is only one god, and it's God, so you have to worship that god or you're out. At the time the modern bible became popular, there were a host of Greek and Roman gods, so you couldn't worship Zeus and be cool with the Xian God. Same thing when Xianity moved North, Norse people couldn't worship Thor and be cool with the Xian God, Pagans couldn't have an old school fire-mosh to Mother earth with antlers on and call it Xianity, there were inquisitions and a lot of deaths over this shit.
Secondly, according to biblical text, Satan was an angel, not a god, that's the whole reason he was cast out of heaven, he kept questioning God as an equal and doing his own thing. So devil worshipers are not worshiping a god, they're worshiping an angel...a false god, so this is not internally inconsistent.