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Than you really have to stretch the principle of charity beyond what it reasonable. Just read the first of the ten commandments and there is a very jealous undertone about other gods.

"I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have any strange gods before Me."

From this statement it is very clear to me who God is and that is not the Universe, society nor the father of time.

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Ah, but this jealousy makes perfect sense if God is indeed the ‘father of everything’. It is common in contemporary Christian parlance to refer to idols as things that distract us from God. This is a very useful concept that is born directly out of that commandment. And why no idols? Because any construct of the mind that interferes with seeing true reality is probably going to end badly- like someone in a blindfold walking off a pier.

As the other comment pointed out, it simply means to see that everyting is in unity, everything is part of the same universe, same god. To not get only one part of the world (like fame or material possessions, or a single other person, or affiliation with a political party) and make it your idol god, because that will ultimately lead to disaster. There is nothing "jealous" about this.

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