As the old joke goes: "What's the difference between God and Larry Ellison? God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison."

就如一个老笑话所说的：“上帝和拉里·埃尔森之间有什么区别？”

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And therefore as a system, the difference between Israel's god and the gods of Israel's neighbors was not merely quantitative. It was qualitative.

而从系统上看来，以色列上帝和其他国家的神之间的区别，不只是数量上的，更是性质上的。

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The ancient Greek god Zeus was said to control lightning, but today we know lightning comes from a difference in electrical charge between clouds and the ground or among clouds.

据说，是古希腊神宙斯掌控着闪电，而如今我们知道是云朵和地面或云朵之间的不同电荷引发了闪电。

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And therefore as a system, the difference between Israel's God and the gods of Israel's neighbors was not merely quantitative. It was qualitative.

而从系统上看来，以色列上帝和其他国家的神之间的区别,不只是数量上的，更是性质上的。

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