If Israel is montheistic why is much of christianity tritheistic?

Answer 1

Because most Christians follow pagan doctrine invented by a pagan Roman Emperor.

Answer 2

As far as Christians mostly being theistic, not true.

Tritheism is the teaching that the Godhead is really three separate beings forming three separate gods. This erring view is often misplaced by the cults for the doctrine of the Trinity which states that there is but one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The doctrine of the trinity is, by definition, monothestic. That is, it is a doctrine that affirms that there is only one God in all the universe.


As far as Israel or the Jewish, they have yet to believe that the Messiah has come. Jewish are still waiting, Christians believe Jesus as Messiah.

The world will soon know Jesus as Messiah!! Amen!!!

Answer 3

Hmm...*takes off Christian hat and puts on "general knowledge" hat*...first off there is only one God, the idea of the trinity is correctly thought of as a pagan idea, but that is not the way it is supposed to be. The idea was that God existed in three parts, not faces not aspects just ideas,

Father: The head of the house who makes rules and enforces punishment.

Son: Innocense made flesh and Gods understanding of human action through his son.

Holy Spirit: The connection to the spirit world that Christ walked through durring the resurection, God showing his full understanding of both the living and the dead. Also the spiritual embodiment of his power on Earth through those that believe, basicly its the "How" of the whole equasion.

In the end God is not one thing...he is not just Love, or Vengence or The Harvest or The Earth he is all of it at once and this was a tool to teach that idea unfortunatly when going out to preach the word things were twisted or misinterprited and then merged with pagan beliefs to help their transition into christianity..kind of how Wicca takes things from real pagans and twists it to try and make everyone one big happy pagan family...it happens everywhere...but in the end its just one God with more then a one track mind....*puts back on Christian hat*

Answer 4

Christians believe in one God. However, there are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It's kind of confusing, but look at it this way:

It's NOT 1 + 1 + 1 = 3,

it IS 1 x 1 x 1 = 1

Hope this helps, God bless!

Answer 5

I find this question and its answers very interesting. I am polytheistic. I believe there are many aspects of spirit that are honored individually and together as the whole. The great spirit being like a diamond, and the individual gods like the different facets on the diamond.

Isn't that the same thing the monotheists are saying about their trinity?

Interesting...

Answer 6

See humans always play a doctor. They took one thing and sliced in 3. THen of cause they invent thier own math
1+1+1=1

One thing Christians would not know since they never read anything is that trinity idea was not thiers, it was way before in hindu and few other pagans religions. But you would not expect Christian to be educated would you? That would be an insult to Christian to say he is educated.
Therefore GOD and his 3 parts do exist.

Answer 7

Actually Christians are monotheistic. The trinity is a concept that we may not understand, but God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one in the same but separate. Sorta like how Jesus was 100% God and 100% human at the same time.

Answer 8

Whatever gave you the idea that Jews believe differently? They believe in one God with several personalities and so do Messianic Jews and Christians.

For example, the most common Hebrew word for God, Elohim, is a pleural noun. Its first use may be found in Genesis 1:1. Do a search on www.BlueLetterBible.com in the Hebrew lexicon for the number of times God refers to Himself as Elohim. You'll be shocked.

Let's take the issue further by reading Psalm 45:6-7: "Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows." Here is God speaking with God!! There are many other examples of this, but for brevity's sake, I do not list them here.

Then there are instances of God referring to Himself as "us" (this is NOT the equivalent of the "Royal We" as some suppose) Take a look at Genesis 3:22a: "And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us." God was certainly not speaking to the angels here!

Here's another one: Isaiah 6:8a: "And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?' "

Food for thought for anyone, Jew or Gentile.

Peace and love in Jesus.

Answer 9

The "Trinity", is three distinct characteristics of one God. Much like us, We also are triune, Body( Jesus), Intellect God,Omnipotent)
and spirit ( Holy spirit). Three differing functions found in one persona.

Answer 10

Christianity is monotheisitic. There is one God, in three parts. It is tough to understand and I still have problems understanding it but that is the way it is.