I am open to the possibility that other peoples and other individuals may worship in an idolatrous fashion and, thus, worship someone I do not know, or seek to worship the one I know but in a fashion that profoundly obscures His identity. I would not, however, make judgments about others' worship until I had extended contact with them. I cannot make a priori judgments about what God is doing with and in relation to other peoples, as well as with and in relation to other individuals of the people Israel.
Other peoples may profess knowledge of "God," but display something else. Or, they may profess knowledge of some god I do not recognize, but their manner of worship and life may suggest to me an unexpected relation to the God I know. Other Jews, for that matter, may profess doctrinally rabbinic belief in God, but until I enter into relationship with them and see how they eat, sleep and pray, I would not be able to comment on the object and nature of their worship.
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