Question: Polytheism (Page 1/3)
williegoat FEB 27, 01:07 PM
Do all religions worship the same God?

If one believes that Muslims (for example) worship a different God than Christians, does that make him a polytheist?

Do you think that polytheists simply see several aspects or faces of one God?

Does belief in the Holy Trinity make one a polytheist?

If Poly wants a cracker, does that make god a racist?

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Let's go Brandon!

olejoedad FEB 27, 01:29 PM
There is but One God, his story has been told differently to different cultures.

There is Evil. It's story is always the same.

There is Man. His task is to choose between the two.
ray b FEB 27, 05:26 PM
sorry but the god thing is stolen from the guys next door

king tut's dad [look him up] invented the single god idea
jews maybe his believers who where run out of egypt
the christians and moslems borrowed stole riffed on the jews ideas

no one else ever independently came to the same DELUSION

but as all of the cults have subcults with many having lots of splinter groups
as how many baptists sub cults are there antioch to zion
I even found a Antioch Zion Orthodox Primitive Baptist Church
they want you to know they are both Orthodox and Primitive
what ever that means
JEWS AND MOSLEMS ARE A BIT BETTER WITH FEWER BUT STILL SPILT in to subcults
point is the god 3 in one versions said he guides the church [just one] and warns about false belief
but no clue as to what church that was
except to say NONE SHOW A GOD OR A GHOST OR A SON OF GOD/GHOST'S LEADERSHIP
GREEDY HORNY MEN who abuse their powers and position is common no matter the cult
in fact so common as to be a given no matter what subcult

why does it matter ?
well the book said the ghost will lead the church
no one church
no ghost
no god
the thing is proof of it self
it makes a claim
but never in fact does as it claims
so is proof of no god in any man made cults
rinselberg FEB 27, 07:07 PM

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Originally posted by ray b:
king tut's dad [look him up] invented the single god idea
jews maybe his believers who where run out of egypt


I don't think that there is any solid historical evidence that draws a straight line from the "Sun God" monotheism of Akhenaten ("king tut's dad") to the monotheism of the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Despite at least one old Hollywood movie that exploited that idea.

I'm not about to plunge into this topic at a deeper level, but this is an article I would start with, if I were.

"Monotheism or Monopoly? Akhenaten and His Religious-Political Reform"
Jiří Janák for the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR); May 2021.
https://www.asor.org/anetod...m-monopoly-akhenaten

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ray b FEB 28, 12:57 PM
the guy who claimed to understand how your mind ''works''
had the idea about the egyptian kings effect on the jews religion

you may have heard of him

Sigmond Freud wrote a book ‘Moses and Monotheism’ in which he speculates that Moses was an Egyptian prince, who was persecuted by the ruling Pharaoh for keeping his monotheistic faith after Ahanaton’s death,

btw freud was a jew
sourmash FEB 28, 01:29 PM
And a fool.
williegoat FEB 28, 01:45 PM
The way I see it, the distinction between Mono- and Polytheism is hazy, at best and in my opinion, spurious.

I do not intend to address the issue of whether or not God exists, or which belief is "correct", only to explore the similarities between various faiths.

Christianity is generally filed under monotheism and Hinduism is labeled as polytheistic, but many Christians acknowledge the Holy Trinity and Hindus have Brahma, who encompasses all other Hindu deities. To me, these are both very similar concepts.
In addition, I often hear a practitioner of religion "A" claim that an adherent to religion "B" is worshiping a different God. To me, that is to proclaim that there is a "good" God and other "bad" Gods, an admission of polytheism.
I sometimes hear someone say, "My God is the only God." Implying that anyone who has a different belief cannot possibly know God. Does this seem counterproductive?
2.5 FEB 28, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

The way I see it, the distinction between Mono- and Polytheism is hazy, at best and in my opinion, spurious.

I do not intend to address the issue of whether or not God exists, or which belief is "correct", only to explore the similarities between various faiths.

Christianity is generally filed under monotheism and Hinduism is labeled as polytheistic, but many Christians acknowledge the Holy Trinity and Hindus have Brahma, who encompasses all other Hindu deities. To me, these are both very similar concepts.
In addition, I often hear a practitioner of religion "A" claim that an adherent to religion "B" is worshiping a different God. To me, that is to proclaim that there is a "good" God and other "bad" Gods, an admission of polytheism.



Not to me. In trying to understand the question or point your set up leaves alot of things out for me. Its also not specific enough to easily reply to for me.

Here is a starter:
https://www.gotquestions.org/polytheism.html
That is a decent site to type in simple questions.

If God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent, how does that apply, when omnipresent means present all places across all times.

You are considering any and all religions? I dont think one can explore similarities without exploring differences. Otherwise you'd have to pretend you didn't see them. If you look at both you can see there is no way these different religions are believing in the same God. Why would it matter if someone claimed they all worship the same god, or even some do,when by beliefs, practices, and teachings they do not concur? If they were all supposed to be for the same god, there must have been multiple failures along the way, many tree branches and rabbit trails. Many probably lead by power trips and societal function of the times. Religions of human sacrifice in order to keep those remaining fed...etc.
But then, (via the faith of Christianity), God sent Jesus to clarify things. -Just one persective.

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williegoat FEB 28, 04:20 PM

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Originally posted by 2.5:


Not to me. In trying to understand the question or point your set up leaves alot of things out for me. Its also not specific enough to easily reply to for me.

Here is a starter:
https://www.gotquestions.org/polytheism.html
That is a decent site to type in simple questions.

If God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent, how does that apply, when omnipresent means present all places across all times.

You are considering any and all religions? I dont think one can explore similarities without exploring differences. Otherwise you'd have to pretend you didn't see them. If you look at both you can see there is no way these different religions are believing in the same God. Why would it matter if someone claimed they all worship the same god, or even some do,when by beliefs, practices, and teachings they do not concur? If they were all supposed to be for the same god, there must have been multiple failures along the way, many tree branches and rabbit trails. Many probably lead by power trips and societal function of the times. Religions of human sacrifice in order to keep those remaining fed...etc.
But then, (via the faith of Christianity), God sent Jesus to clarify things. -Just one persective.



If God is omnipresent, then there can only be one God. Whatever anyone sees (or thinks he sees) as God is God. Pick any controversial historical figure, Obama, Reagan, FDR, some will describe him as a great man and others will see only failure but they will all be describing the same man. Think of the story of the blind men describing an elephant.
2.5 FEB 28, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

If God is omnipresent, then there can only be one God. Whatever anyone sees (or thinks he sees) as God is God. Pick any controversial historical figure, Obama, Reagan, FDR, some will describe him as a great man and others will see only failure but they will all be describing the same man. Think of the story of the blind men describing an elephant.



"If God is omnipresent, then there can only be one God. Whatever anyone sees (or thinks he sees) as God is God."

It would make more sense to say can't instead of can with those two sentences.

"Whatever anyone sees (or thinks he sees) as God is God."

That isnt what Omnipresent means though when applied. Perhaps if Omnipresent was itself a god?

So to say that (your quote) one would be starting from a stand point that somehow none of the beliefs that exist are correct, and just making ones own beliefs, yet somehow basing it on parts of the other existing beliefs?

But I still think the focus is in the wrong place, to start with if one were trying to figure things out.

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