There is of metaphysical necessity exactly one God, but the one God can be known in different ways, by different names, and to different degrees by different religious and spiritual traditions.
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No. Any Christian who says they believe in other gods isn't Christian. The Father, son and holy spirit are part of a trinity and they are together the one and only god.
Christianity is the only true religion and people who follow another religion are either misguided or they never received the truth.
The Jews are correct except they have accepted their Messiah yet but they will.
Muslims have some stuff right but that is only because their religion is based on a mixture of Christianity and Judaism. They were misguided by the false prophet Muhammad.
The rest are carry overs from the point in time when God cut himself off from humanity because of their sinful nature. They were not ready to accept the message of the one true god. They created their own gods because in their hearts they knew of god but they didn't have his guidance and truth yet. God made his covenant with Abraham because he was ready to accept God's message and god promised to take care of his descendent's. God sent Jesus to humanity as a gracious offer of eternal life. All who accept Jesus and live by his message will receive everlasting life through him.
Some Christians, mostly the mystics, seem to talk about the "experience" and "presence" of God through the lens of the Panentheist.Yup, monotheism is essential to Christianity regardless of denominations.
Some Christians, mostly the mystics, seem to talk about the "experience" and "presence" of God through the lens of the Panentheist.
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I was just wondering if the Christians on here believe in the existence of other gods,
and if people belonging to other religions believe in the existence of other gods and the christian god.
If you do believe in their existence, what brought you to the deity you currently interact with
Any thing could be a god!
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There is no god worthy to be worshiped except Allah.
لا إله إلا الله
Do you like the idea that a piece of rock or a rat is your beloved god?! because there are millions who believe in it.
I think that you are miss-representing.
The essence of the rock, rat and all of life including you and I are an "activity" of God. With out God, nothing can exist. God is with in all of Creation. One can "see" the Divine impulse through His Creation.
That's a very different take than what you described.
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They don't worship cows per say...they see the Divine impulse through cows. Actually, they see the Divine with in all of life. And it's the Divine that they see...that's what they are worshipping, not the cows.I know that there are millions of people who worship e.g. a cows!
لا إله إلا الله
Do you like the idea that a piece of rock or a rat is your beloved god?! because there are millions who believe in it.
Who? I'd be interested to know. I've never met one.
No. Any Christian who says they believe in other gods isn't Christian. The Father, son and holy spirit are part of a trinity and they are together the one and only god.
I've heard that term, "Higher Entities", but have never understood what it means. Could you explain it please?From my own point of view I see gods and goddesses as not necessarily some great big mystical beings or physical beings etc but more on a metaphysical level and as seperate higher entities. I also think that there are some that go by different names in different cultures.
I've heard that term, "Higher Entities", but have never understood what it means. Could you explain it please?
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There is of metaphysical necessity exactly one God[...]
"Metaphysical necessity"? Now I'm all curiosity.
Well, I'd still like to hear what kind of argument could be made that renders the existence of exactly ONE deity (no more, no less) a "metaphysical necessity".I guess you can always lump things together. The most basic entity or entities = God.
"Metaphysical necessity"? Now I'm all curiosity.
I was just wondering if the Christians on here believe in the existence of other gods, and if people belonging to other religions believe in the existence of other gods and the christian god.
If you do believe in their existence, what brought you to the deity you currently interact with and does it impact your practices/faith at all?
Good question, I think the most helpful solution is to ask first, who or what is God? In the same way that we can ask this, so the religions of the world have developed an answer to this question,
The experience of being-itself can differ according to cultures,
We see this even in the history of Israel and Judah where belief shifted from polytheism to monotheism.
They are polytheistic and monotheistic simultaneously. That is, though there are many spirits taking on flesh, they are all part of the One.