"What is somewhat remarkable about this vast array of gods named in the Bible is the fact that nothing is mentioned about their alleged abilities or qualities. The Bible is purposefully silent about any description of these gods. This is not important because the gods are in fact not a part of reality."
"The gods were something only in the sense that the people of God had to contend with the idea of them…The first commandment does not affirm that other gods exist even though it refers to them. They are merely constructs of the human imagination or belong to the created order."
From: The Ten commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-first Century by Mark Rooker
