Continued from Triggermanblog   The Question of Existence To answer the question, we must go back to McClellan’s initial claim about the Bible and monotheism.   At about the 16-second mark of the video , McClellan, states that, “… the Bible acknowledges the existence of other gods. From beginning to end they are repeatedly recognized as deities in the Hebrew Bible in Greek and Roman period Jewish literature in the New Testament in early Christian literature .” [ 3 ] But let’s remember that he also defines monotheism later in the same video in terms of identity and , at least in modern conceptualizations, it maintains the notion that, “a ll other existence is subordinate to and contingent upon God; in other words it requires the doctrine of creation ex nihilo ”. The point being, McClellan observes , is that if someone is attempting to read that particular understanding into the Bible then they are begging the question. Fair enough. I can—at least for the point of the discuss...