Are there any Deities named that do not Exist? Meaning is there anywhere a Deity that has a name that does not exist? (part 2 = )How can a person tell the difference between a named Deity who does exist and a named Deity who does not exist?
2007-01-14 18:11:43 · 11 answers · asked by raxivar 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
1) Logic dictates that there must be at least one named diety which does not exist.
Many deities are exclusive of one another. The god of the Christians is a prime example. If their god does exist then no one else's can. If at least one god other than the Christian god exists it precludes the existance of 'Him.'
The concept of a certain deity does not grant existance. Just because I can imagine that I might have a brother named Chuck does not actually mean that my parents conceived of such a person. Even though my concept of a brother has a name the conception of that brother never occurred.
2) As for how to tell which exists. If people could do that the word 'faith' would not be used by those who were religious.
2007-01-14 18:27:19 · answer #1 · answered by dullorb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Yes, especially if you count deities *known* to be fictional because someone made them up. The most likely probability is that the great majority (if not all) of deities are purely imaginary.
2) A deity would have to show itself and demonstrate its nature in a fashion which could not be refuted. So far no deity has done so.
2007-01-15 02:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a personal Deity. It is named (too, sacred to reveal). And it does not exist. No Deities seem to exist, but if one or more did, then the difference would be told by their smile.
2007-01-15 02:22:31 · answer #3 · answered by voodooprankster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of them exist.
But if one did accept that premise that one or more deities (supernatural entities) exist I think observation would better support the concept of many deities than a single deity. Then could explain how someone might be favored by one deity but disliked by another. It would better explain all the conflict in the world.
That's why the "one God" gang had to invent Satan, because if you say one God can and does control everything you end up having to blame him for natural disasters and diseases and such. But if Satan is so powerful that he can do all this bad stuff in spite of resistance from God, doesn't that pretty much make him a god too?
2007-01-15 02:15:58 · answer #4 · answered by frugernity 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'll make this easy for you:
No deities exist whether someone bothered naming them or not.
2007-01-15 02:15:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, that's a head-scratcher! No deities exist, so I'm not sure why you'd bother to ask that question.
2007-01-15 02:15:21 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
people have been making Gods from the dawn of Time, they have Gone astray from the One God.
The Only Diety that exists is the One who created the universe, you and everything else, it doesn't matter what you call it, Allah, god, YHWE,..
2007-01-15 02:17:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They can't. But common sense would tell us that probably NONE of them exist.
2007-01-15 02:15:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How about Jehovah? Yahweh? Allah?
2007-01-15 02:16:54 · answer #9 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-15 02:15:19 · answer #10 · answered by hollisterscenekid 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋