2006-07-01 08:39:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I can't help but notice that nobody disagrees with the fact that Moslems and Jews are true monotheists while Christian monotheism is all over the place depending on one's knowledge and opinions of the Christian Creed. I have extended the expiration looking for more responses.
2006-07-06 13:33:25 · update #1
Some are and most are not. I believe in one God - but the trinity believe in three that act as one. Trinity is a hangover from Catholic Rome. It was a concept created and formulated in 200AD by Tertullian - the Roman Catholic Church made it official about a century after that.
The point is, trinity was not taught in the New Testament Church.
2006-07-01 08:43:24 · answer #1 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say no...at least not in the way strict monotheist religions are. The argument that the trinity is actually one being means Hinduism can qualify as one religion since al lthe deities are manifestations of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva who are all a trinity form of Brahman. Despite all the dogma, the true reason christianity is a trinity is because the elements that chritsianity borrowed from pagans were filled with stories of trinities. mad the conversion process easier. You would think that Jews would have been aware of a trinity after thousands of years if that were the nature of their religion. Christianity is supposed to be descended from Judaism but things like the trinity make it clear that it shares much more in common with pagan religions.
2006-07-01 15:51:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholics and other Christians that believe in God as the Holy Trinity would say YES.
Some Jews, Moslems, and non-Trinitarian Christians would disagree.
The Bible does not contain the word Trinity. However, the Holy Trinity is hinted at repeatedly in both the Old and New Testaments.
The early Christians prayed and struggled over these hints for a couple of centuries. The concept of the Holy Trinity (three persons in one God) was mainstream Christianity in 325 A.D. at the Council of Nicaea and our belief is expressed in the Nicene Creed from that council:
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father. Through Him, all things were made. For us and our salvation, He came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried. On the third day, He rose again in fulfillment of the scriptures: He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son, He is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. ...
With love in Christ.
2006-07-09 02:35:17 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Christians are truly monotheistic. They serve the same God as the Jews. We base our theology from that of the Jewish religion. Their holy books are included in our Holy Bible. There is One God. We believe the Messiah has already come, the Jewish people (at least the ones that are not Messianic Jews...meaning Jews that have received Jesus as the Messiah) do not believe that the Messiah has come yet. That is the major difference between those two faiths, which are truly close in every other aspect.
2006-07-01 16:04:14 · answer #4 · answered by nikki 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Although they like to call themselves monotheists, the truth is that there are several deities in Christianity, depending on the sect. There is God, of course, and there's also Jesus Christ who, despite what Christians tell themselves, is a separate entity from God (otherwise his "sacrifice" just doesn't make any sense). Some Christians also belive in the Devil, the Antichrist, and a whole slew of angels and guardian "spirits". These are all separate deities, and belief in multiple deities is polytheism, not monotheism.
2006-07-01 15:44:29 · answer #5 · answered by Erik P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are suppose to be monotheists, but a bunch of them got this weird idea of 'trinity'.
3 gods, but not 3 gods ....only 1.
Crazy man!
2006-07-01 15:43:24 · answer #6 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True Christians don't believe in the trinity, because there is no trinity. Not once in the Bible does it have that word. God cannot be 3 people, he cannot be his own son.
2006-07-01 15:45:48 · answer #7 · answered by Missy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it clearly states in the Bible that NO one has seen the face of God. so how can we even begin to describe him? NO ONE KNOWS. weather he could have three faces or he could be a big cloud of smoke. NO ONE KNOWS! religions are so messed up trying to put face to God and pointing the finger at each other. what did the Bible say about judgement? it's ONLY God's job to pass judgement. GET OVER IT!!!!!
2006-07-01 16:04:52 · answer #8 · answered by kiddquik 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their holy scripture say so but most Jewish and Christian followers go against it.
The read plain and simple lines like the 10 commandments and then go against it.
2006-07-01 15:44:22 · answer #9 · answered by Mesum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some Christians are.
2006-07-01 17:29:21 · answer #10 · answered by suthrndaysi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋