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Daniel McClellan has a post on the Hebrew plural Elohim<\/i><\/a>, in which he explains that it served as an abstract plural, and thus meant something like \u201cthe deity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jim Linville has an entertaining post featuring the sorts of LOLcat<\/a>s that demanded worship from humans both ancient and modern \u2013 and often received it, or at least a tummy rub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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