Monotheism = One God, Christianity's 3 in1 triune Gods is Polytheism isn't it?

Question

Not to mention the Virgin Mary and all the other intercessary saints that run into thousands as well as the various orders of angels.

3 in ! gods is a not very convincing way of pretending three gods are one, I'm sorry but only one God is monotheism. If it looks like polytheism and talks like polytheism then it's polytheism I'm afraid. Christianity is polytheistic.

Answer 1

There is no god but God

Answer 2

You have already stated that God is triune, he is ONE God in three personages. This is not polytheism. The virgin Mary, while a very special person who did a very special job is not a deity and should not be worshipped, although some sects do this it is unbiblical. Angels, while they exist as different orders, are not to be worshipped. The so-called "saints" are not to be worshipped either and were created by the Catholic church inorder to replace the many gods that were worshipped by the pagans of the Roman empire. Saints are infact all people who are saved, being a saint does not make you greater in anyway that anyone else, it just means that you are saved. So no, true Christianity is not polytheism. You could argue that such sects as Catholicism and Mormonism are polytheistic.

Answer 3

Actually, no. God is one god, but the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three manifestations of the same God. So, when you worship God, you worship all three of them. Though they are three, they are still one.
As for the Virgin Mary and saints, they are not supposed to be worshipped at all. The Bible says that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Light, and that there is no other route to God except through him. The Bible also says that only God is able to forgive sins, not the Virgin Mary or saints.
Blame this false doctrine on Catholicism. Ancient Rome was largely pagan, and, because of that, when Emperor Constantine declared Christianity legal, he had to do a few things to make Christianity fit with paganism. Among them were changing the Sabbath, adding pomp and circumstance to Christian worship, and disguising pagan gods with Christian appearances or names. The picture of Madonna and Jesus is just one example. It has been proven that the image of a mother and son have been used in other religions as well, such as that of Babylon and Egypt.
As for the saints, the Bible doesn't support them. The Bible doesn't allow Christians to ask saints for forgiveness, because they cannot forgive, nor can they intercede if they are dead. It's just a Catholic tradition that's Biblically wrong.

Answer 4

It is not because all the three persons: The father the son and the Holy Spirit are three persons in one God ergo monotheism. Hindus are practicing Polytheism or greeks and so on

Answer 5

Understanding the concept "Trinity in Christianity and Hinduism" -


Monotheism primarily believes in the existence of one god. Monotheistic beliefs are almost identical to the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. In Advaita Vedanta theory the entity of God is one without an iota of doubt.

In the trinity concept of Christianity... the existence of an Almighty God the Holy Father, Jesus as the son of God and a holy spirit forms part of the trinity. The existence of three independent entities forms the core teachings of Bible.

In Hinduism... the concept of Advaita Vedanta is the foremost and most believed upon. Bhagavad Gita (the most sacred scripture of Hinduism), the doctrine put forward by Lord Krishna in the battlefield of Mahabharata also confirms the existence of one and only God.

Hinduism also believes that God Almighty has three free facets to life... the creative attribute of Almighty God known as Brahma, Bhagwan Vishnu the preserver and Lord Shiva as the maintainer. It is Lord Shiva who has control over life and death of the body. This aspect of God is never referred as trinity in Hinduism. More on trinity here- http://www.godrealized.org/jesus_christ.html

Answer 6

no that there is anything wrong with polytheism but christians aren't.

think of the trinity as god splitting himself in 3. If I were to cut off my arm and my leg their would still be only one of me- but 3 seperate parts of me.
angels aren't gods and neither are saints. they are just blessed by god, mary being the msot blessed

Answer 7

You never asked a better question.
Do not lesten to the other satan motivated answeres. Mary and the other saints are not Gods. God is Jesus Christ who died for us. There is only but one God (Dueteronnomy 6,8) so therefor the 'Trinity' is only one God. If you belive otherwise you are just as lost as the others who make a mocery of God and shall perish like those who mocked Noah.------ You need prayer-----

Answer 8

Mary and the saints of the catholic church are not "Gods".
Father, Son, Spirit are not, and do not act, independently, as individual "gods" would. One of the best analogies I've heard for the Trinity is when you cut a warm cherry pie - on top three distinct pieces, inside just one continuous pie.

Answer 9

Christianity IS a monotheist religion because it beleives in ONE God, Jesus is the SON of God and hte Holy Spirit the Messenger, the Virgin Mary the Mother of Jesus whom is the SON of God...i dont see anywhere in there saying that all of them are gods...

Answer 10

Yes and no. The idea of the Trinity strikes me, as it did Thomas Jefferson, as gibberish, but I wouldn't call it polytheism. It is what it is. As with Hannibal Lecter, we don't know what to call it.

Answer 11

Chrisitanity teachs that man is a three-fold being. He has a body and soul and a spirit (See Genesis 2:7, where god forms the body from the earth, breaths into it a spirit, and it becomes a living soul). Each has a different purpose and works in a different realm. The body works in the physical realm and can control physical objects. It is limited by the laws of time and space. The mind works in a different realm - that of thought. It has no direct control over physical objects. You can not move an object with your mind. It also is not bound by time and space. Your thoughts can move from modern day to New York to prehistoric Africa in a second. You spirit is the part that connects to the spirit realm were heaven is located.

Each part is "you". Your mind is just as much "you" as your body. Take away the mind, and "you" are not longer there. Just your body. Take away the body, and "you" ate gone. They are all "you".

God is the same. He is a three-fold being who works in three different realms. Just as each part of "you" has a name - body, soul and spirit - so each part of God has a name - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They are all "God", they just work in different realms.

The Father works in the spirit or heavenly realm. The realm is occupied by other beings, such as angels. From that realm is where the Father created the physical realm.

The Son worked in the physcial realm. He came down to earth, taking the form of a human being, and was a servant to God , obeying Him even to the point of dying on the cross. (See Phillippians 2:5-11). I have been physically at work and school and mentally somewhere completely different. Same with God. He can physically be on earth as Jesus, and spiritually still in heaven as the Father, who exist outside of time and space.

The Holy Spirit is that manifestation of God within the heart of man (which includes the soul). He is the one who comes within each believer and brings the new birth, and then stays to be that person strength, comforter, aid, teacher, and guide.

Isn't it something that people find it impossbile to believe that God could be physically on earth as Jesus and still in heaven as the Father, but I have never heard anybody argue that if God is living within each believer, then he can not be in heaven ruling. Something about adding a physical body and people stop thinking about God being everywhere and everywhen, and start limiting Him to time and space.

So Christians believe that these is one God, but that He is manifest in three different realms. Those manifestations are called Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each is just as much "God" as any of the others. Yet they are One God.