I feel there can be more then one God. But could there be a second. Would jealousy and pride stand in others way. For example: Your the first one with the most accolades, how do I to do that, I can't be first anymore.
2006-09-03 07:49:11 · 33 answers · asked by Rathaford 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
There can be if you want to believe it. Religion is not set in stone. I say, believe what you want to believe.
2006-09-03 08:13:40 · answer #1 · answered by -♡Pookie♡- 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, there can be more than one God.
For example, in philosophy, there is the God of Abraham and Moses, and there is the God of Aristotle. These two Gods differ; one is constantly in flux, the other is unchanging. The God of Abraham and Moses is called the Hebrew God.
There are Greek Gods (and Goddesses), and there are Gods in almost every theology on this planet. Allah is a God; Zeus is a God.
Jealousy and pride are human attributes, not Godly ones. The Gods would not argue over 'who is first.'
2006-09-03 08:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Absolute Truth is one, the spiritual singularity that is the source of all material and spiritual manifestations. By definition there is one Absolute Truth because if there were two or more that truth would then be conditional and not absolute. However, the Lord manifests unlimited numbers of expansions of Himself in the spiritual world to preside over the innumerable planets there and He has unlimited numbers of avatars that descend to this material world. All of them are as transcendental as the original form of the Lord, Sri Krsna, and at the same each of them are individuals as well. Therefore, in one sense, yes, there are bajillions of Gods, each presiding over a different Vaikuntha planet, spiritual planet, but at the same time because they all have their source from the same primeval Lord, there is still only one Absolute Truth, Supreme Personality of Godhead. This concept of simultaneous oneness and difference is not something that can be understand within the present state of our material contaminated consciousness. The material mind and intelligence has no ability to grasp this or any another spiritual subject.
2006-09-03 11:37:45 · answer #3 · answered by Jagatkarta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the end it's impossible to know, really. But I figure that if there's one supernatural power, why not two?
It would really depend on how you see deific forces, too. The Greeks had it figured that gods were basically omnipotent men, prone to vices, fickleness, bad days, jealousy. Going by that, more than one God could mean chaos, or it could mean that it just somehow works out in the end.
2006-09-03 08:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by micky_baxter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possible, you can look up throughout the history of mankind's religion there are systems of faith that ground their belief in polytheism. And yes the human-like characters of the gods made them full of jealousy and even rivalry. After all humankind are the made from the image of god, or if you look at it from different perspective, we made our god from our own perception of how a god should be. So, in reality it is possible that there are more than one god, just as it is possible that there is only one god and even that there is no god at all, how to proof that?it all depends on what you perceived and believe.
2006-09-03 08:31:19 · answer #5 · answered by jingleh4m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there can't, at least not from a Judeo-Christian-Muslim perspective. The definition of "God" is an all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present spiritual Being. It would be impossible to have two of them.
The Greeks and Norse gods and goddesses were different, because they were not all-knowing or all-powerful. In fact, the Norse gods weren't even immortal- most of them get killed at Ragnarok.
2006-09-03 07:59:33 · answer #6 · answered by ashcatash 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh yeah, read the bible. Most people don't see that there are other gods talked of in the bible, they are lesser gods.......still gods, but of less importance and significance. Less power, none have more power than the highest. Jealousy was an issue hence the fallen angel. Your example sucks though.........not even close in comparison.
2006-09-03 07:57:45 · answer #7 · answered by WitchTwo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure there can be more than 1 God . Even the bible speaks of other people believing in their gods.
If you mean is there more than one almighty God, then I,d say No.
That God is Jehovah God.
Pretty simple really , hes the almighty one and the rest are just there or not really there!?
2006-09-03 07:58:43 · answer #8 · answered by ~♥ L ♥~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a mystery. Is God a universal? Is God a particular? Is God both universal and particular? There is God the father and God the son and God the Holy Spirit.
2006-09-03 07:59:23 · answer #9 · answered by David L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there are. If you look at the religions where there are multiple (egyptian or greek myth is full of them) then you will notice that they are extremely human. They have faults, morals (or usualy lack there of), they can die, they tend to look human in some way, and they are not all-powerful. When God said in the ten commandements "thou shalt have no other gods before me", I think what He meant was more along the lines of "don't borrow another nation's god and put it in My place."
2006-09-03 08:05:25 · answer #10 · answered by Breezy-E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course there are. If you believe in the Christian Bible, GOD himself gives you the clue. In the 10 Commandments GOD says: Thou shalt not have any other Gods before ME. Now, to me that means that there are other gods, and you can acknowledge them, but don't put them higher than the highest. Does that make sense to you? If not, then it will give you some-thing to think about.
2006-09-03 07:55:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋