I think that Christianity might be polytheistic, even though most people probably might not admit it.
Both religions believe in different faces of one, true, ultimate power (for those who don't believe this about Hinduism and pretend to be above Hindu cosmology, I beg you to cite your sources). The trinity is thought to be something we mere wee humans cannot understand, but to trust that these are three faces of one force - as are pretty much all the Gods in the Hindu theology. The figures compliment each other, sometimes conflict, but are aultimately harmonious to the difficulties in the human experience.
I never understood why Christianity claimed to be monotheistic. At best, it (along with Hinduism) are Henotheistic, as opposed to strict polytheism.
Can someone explain this to me with a well thought out answer (no angry one-word answers, please), to explain the beliefs, for I've studied theology for years - just a critical explanation of Christianity as mono/poly/heno theism.
2006-06-28
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