are there more than one "God" that created Adam.?

Question

I was looking thru the bible and noticed in genesis 1:26(the creation of man) that it said: "let us make man in our image, in our likeness...." does that mean that their are more than one God since the text refers to God in the plurar form.

I also notice many times that god is refered to in both "I" and "us, our" many times in the bible, like in the tower of babel (genesis 11:7), more than one God made the changing of the languages.

Answer 1

YES...Someone else who can actually read the damn bible!!!

Sorry...got a little happy there.

In genesis, the word elohim is used more than once. It is a plural word that when literally translated, it means brethern or pantheon. Hebrew and Christian theologians are the only two groups who use it in the singular.

The bible says that when Eve was being tempted by the serpent, he tells her that "on the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil." (genesis 3:5)

After Eve and Adam fall from grace by eating the fruit, and before casting them out, god turns to the elohim again and says "See, the man has become like one of us, with his knowledge of good and evil. He must not be allowed to stretch his hand out next and pick from the tree of life also, and eat some and live forever." (genesis 3:22).
Genesis 4:16 says "So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden." This implies that the old testament god Yahweh is only a local deity with no influence over a land outside of his jurisdiction...other people lived there, most of which had developed some type of society.

You can use the same logic for the 3-in-1 god of the new testament too...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The sociological aspects here are that they abandoned this belief when trying to convert the pagans to their cause.

There's the info...you do the math.

Answer 2

The author of the universe is the source of all skill. He makes use of it in a lot of techniques, the creation of the solar and photo voltaic equipment, the celebrities that we may be able to easily see a number of them from the earth, God knows precisely the variety of them in the infinite universe, besides as what percentage hairs are on the pinnacle of everyone. He can remember the records of each and every human being who has ever lived and how lots of those who're alive on the earth in the present day, and what percentage are lack of life, and being born at this minute. He has the destiny already planned and the time set to treatment the themes on the earth and the basis motives of the present obstacles that are combating moral progression on the earth. each and every thing textile had it is initiating from the religious realm of which develop into planned, and designed with suggestions from an rather wise Maker. If it takes a human to carve an arrowhead, as an social gathering, it took someone many situations better wise than a human to layout and make a strand of DNA to training guide the variety of a man or woman. no that is uncomplicated to make existence in a laboratory, and under no circumstances will. the appropriate inventor of all time can't even make a seed that grows right into a tree, no longer to educate the complicated cells to develop right into a existence. it really is uncomplicated to appreciate; it is because we couldn't make ourselves. We were given the understanding that we own, yet we are no longer the source of understanding and under no circumstances the source of existence or skill.

Answer 3

It's referring to the Trinity if you're Christian, or if you're Jewish, the Angels, whom God allowed to help partake in the creation. In "our image" means God is eternal, as is the soul he gives us. Deuteronomy 6:4 says there is only one God, not to mention many other verses. Genesis 1:1 says it was God (and God alone) who created the Heavens and the Earth.

Answer 4

Before creative differences at the Council of Nicea, God was both male & female incompassing all being! The divine goddess was killed off to make way for the male dominate patriarchy we now know & love (or love to hate! depends on your slant!)

The older religions were based on gods as a female, Isis, Eastur (she may be a bit more familiar to some as it was her pagan day of worship that became the day that we celebrate as Easter!) Everything Christian is a bastardization of earlier pagan days of worship! Including Christmas!

Answer 5

One God, One love...
The plural pronouns are used in Semitic languages like Aramaic, Arabic, Hebrew and so on to reflect the greatness of the object or the subject (depending on the type of pronoun: object or subject pronoun). Of course that is if the object or subject is singular. This concept is also used in the conjugation of verbs. In general you pluralize a singular noun to emphasize its greatness. This concept is still used in many languages (mostly Semitic).

Answer 6

'us' in Genesis 1:26 is the 'plural of Majestry'

Ancient Hebrews spoke of God in the plural because God is so great and powerful. The plural is also the superlative or the best. It is also known as the 'editorial plural'. eg. heavens, waters.

Answer 7

Elohim - one of the "names" of God is the plural form of the word El. The God of the mountain told the Hebrews to choose to serve only one God. MAke your on conclusion. I've made mine

Answer 8

you know that is very interesting question. in the orginal bible it says that Gods created the Earth. I believe in Proverbs 8 it talks that we all lived before the world was created. I believe Adam was created after mankind or what our spirits looked like before we were born.

Answer 9

Adam is a bastardized version of the story of Adame, the boy born from clay, it was stolen from ancient times and I am insulted people try and claim it as a christian creation.

Answer 10

no. God is a trinity: Father, So, and Holy Spirit. That is the 'us' the Bible refers to.