If you want to hurt God's feelings then you are. The reality is that it doesn't matter if these gods are real or imagined because the command is no other gods. Thou shalt have none other gods before me.-Deuteronomy 5:7 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.-Exodus 20:3 Imitation is a type of flattery and they are the beings behind idols that you are flattering so you are basically getting the attention of beings you wouldn't want anything to do with. He learned too much about them and it was over. I see him as our enemy and if I follow God then I hate the things that God hates and I love the things that God loves.Ī minister told us a story of a man who came into the church one day and handed the minister his resume from being in the occult and it was long and the man was scared because the beings he was following turned against him for some reason and its been years. I don't feel warm fuzzy thoughts about imitating Satan because of what he did to us. The whole progression of discipleship is that someone else knows a little more. Jesus said 'follow me' and even when we don't know what to do next, we learn by imitation of the one we try to follow.
