Which do you believe: there is at most one God, or there is at least one God?

Question

I pretty much know how atheists and polytheists will answer this question (and feel free to do so), but I am more interested in seeing how monotheists would answer. If you are a monotheist, please don't answer that there is just one God period and leave it at that. I'm interested in knowing from which direction you would approach your belief. Feel free to use scriptural references, but with the asked question in mind. Thanks in advance.

Yes, it is a serious question.

Yes, feel free to interpret with a lower case "g". I just capitalised it in the question as a sign of respect.

Answer 1

God cannot be more than ONE because if there were many gods besides God, then there would not have been such order in the universe, and each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have lorded it over others. If there would have been many gods then each god would try to defeat others to establish his rule.

(Quran 17:42-43) Say: If there had been (other) gods with Him, as they say,- behold, they would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the Throne! Glory to Him! He is high above all that they say!- Exalted and Great (beyond measure)!

The most concise definition of God in Islam is given in the four verses of Chapter 112 of the Qur’an:
"Say: He is God, The One and Only. "God, the Eternal, Absolute.
"He begets not, nor is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him."
[Quran 112:1-4]


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EDIT >>>>>> TO "BH".

you said that christianity says that thou shall not worship other gods besides me, which according to you indicates that there are other gods. please read the whole bible.

it says

"I am Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me."
[The Bible, Isaiah 45:5]

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Islam is also very clear on this issue,

"I am Allah. There is no god but Me,..." (QURAN 20:14)
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Allah is just name of one God. which means "The only one to be worshipped", and islam believes in torah , and Moses. One God is the God of universe and everything which He has created.

sincerely .

Answer 2

The JudeoChristian Bible is clear on this subject. There are other gods (note lower g). The Bible tells us anything that man worships becomes a god in his eyes. This can be wooden idols, money, the stars, moon, etc. The Bible also tells us these are false gods.

After all, what good has a lump of wood ever done for you, as God says. Does it reply? Put food on the table? Create anything?

Further, my Bible teaches me God is a triune being. God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God the Father is the one Jesus spoke of. The Son is the one John said is The Word and The Word is God. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the only unforgiveable sin and the Spirit was sent to man after Jesus rose to be with the Father

Answer 3

I guess you would consider me a polytheist because I pray to multiple Gods and Goddesses. The approach I take to it though is that I pray to multiple Gods and Goddesses but I believe that they are multiple aspects of one entire force or being. Such is the beliefs of some polytheists. So in one hand I do not believe that there is just one God and in the other I believe that there are many. Clear as mud?

Answer 4

At Deuteronomy 6:4 it says, "Listen, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah" In the grammar of that verse, the word “one” has no plural modifiers to suggest that it means anything but one individual.

The Christian apostle Paul did not indicate any change in the nature of God either, even after Jesus came to the earth. He wrote: “God is only one.”—Galatians 3:20; 1 Corinthians 8:4-6.

Thousands of times throughout the Bible, God is spoken of as one person. When he speaks, it is as one undivided individual. The Bible could not be any clearer on this. As God states: “I am Jehovah. That is my name; and to no one else shall I give my own glory.” (Isaiah 42:8) “I am Yahweh your God . . . You shall have no gods except me.” Exodus 20:2, 3 -JB

Why would all the God-inspired Bible writers speak of God as one person if he were actually three persons? What purpose would that serve, except to mislead people? Surely, if God were composed of three persons, he would have had his Bible writers make it abundantly clear so that there could be no doubt about it. At least the writers of the Christian Greek Scriptures who had personal contact with God’s own Son would have done so. But they did not.

Instead, what the Bible writers did make abundantly clear is that God is one Person—a unique, unpartitioned Being who has no equal: “I am Jehovah, and there is no one else. With the exception of me there is no God.” (Isaiah 45:5) “You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”—Psalm 83:18.

Jesus called God “the only true God.” (John 17:3) Never did he refer to God as a deity of plural persons. That is why nowhere in the Bible is anyone but Jehovah called Almighty. Otherwise, it voids the meaning of the word “almighty.” Neither Jesus nor the holy spirit is ever called that, for Jehovah alone is supreme. At Genesis 17:1 he declares: “I am God Almighty.” And Exodus 18:11 says: “Jehovah is greater than all the other gods.”

I hope this helped you to see why I believe in monotheism.

Answer 5

I'm a Monotheist, being a Catholic.

I believe in One God in Three Divine Persons. This is what the Church teaches.

There is only one God. He is a just God and loves us unconditionally (Agape).

He is found in three forms:

God, the Father. (creator)
God, the Son. (savior)
God, the Holy Spirit (guide)

Answer 6

Thoughtful question. I guess I approach it from the angle of at least one God...and that's because I see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ as two separate individuals, but they are still on the same team if you will (or what many call the trinity). But if I were approached by either of them, I'd probably be on my knees.

Answer 7

I have serious doubts that there are any gods...however if there were, I'd think there would be many...after all one of xianity's commandments says "thou shalt put no other gods before me" which implies there are others...it doesn't say "there is no god other than me" just that their god wants to be treated as top dog, so to speak...

...but until I see some kind of proof there are any, I'm leanin' for none...there's just no reason, other than books of mythology, to think there might be...and those aren't good enough "evidence" for me...

Answer 8

The God, Father of Jesus said, I am the God above all others. What does that tell you?

Answer 9

At least one God.

Answer 10

To know Jesus Christ is to know God. One and the same.