To quote Genesis ch1 v26
' And God said, "Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness,...." '.
2007-01-15 10:39:12 · 26 answers · asked by thesrhlz 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Certainly seems that Judaism was, at one point long in its past, a polytheistic religion. Check out the story of the tower of Babel. Yahve is definitely talking to others. There are stories in the Psalms about how Yahve defeated the god Leviathan. It's also interesting to see how the compilers of the bible tried to hide this. But Elohim is plural for gods.
Also, we have found representations of Yahve and his wife Astarte that were carved by early Israelites/Canaanites (the two are virtually indistinguishable from each other, regardless of what the bible says).
Finally, using the trinity is a non-answer, as the doctrine of the trinity does not come from the bible; it comes from the council of Nicea. The biblical authors don't really support it. Not that trinitarianism actually makes any sense at all; nearly any time you try to define it, you end up in heresy. The single best definition I've heard is, "Sit down and shut up."
2007-01-15 10:49:30 · answer #1 · answered by abulafia24 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the word is eloiheim.
jesus prayed to eloiheim while on the cross
But Paul said there may be gods many in heaven, but to us there is ONE God and ONE lord, saviour, Jesus christ. He also said there is 3 that rule in heaven.
Jesus said ONLY God is good, defering that he is the Son of God but he is also called god, because he was part of the godhead that created all things on this earth and in this heaven.
Christianity teaches the Trinity as the supreme truth of God, but the bible actually declares there is a godhead. The godhead is a plural from of the eloiheim. For every planet that is inhabited, there is a throne, and for every throne there is a Saviour or a Son of God that rules with God and there are always the angels that minister and serve as well. Only the holiest of holy attain such an exaltation.
2007-01-15 10:47:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope! There isn't even one god. If you count the number of gods people believe in, or have believed in, you will start to see that it's all in peoples minds. Before the Age Of Reason, people needed gods to give them answers to all the unanswerable questions, so they made gods of the Moon, the Sun, their ancestors, animals, volcanos, or whatever. Great! But now, we don't need them anymore, and like Zeus, and Odin, and Thor, Venus, Baal and countless others, they will ALL bite the dust someday. Sorry folks, but we are on our own. Hard to accept, but nevertheless........!
2007-01-15 10:53:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The Bible used to speak of both a male God and female Goddess, as well as smaller, but still powerful demigods. That was altered in approximately 500 BCE by corrupted patriarchical priests, and elements of that sexism still exist in the Bible today.
Or maybe it's talking about God's creator's creator's creator's creator's creator's creator's creator's creator and its fellow beings?
By the way, it does NOT refer to the Trinity. The "Trinity" was made up at the Council of Nicea in 325 CE. Sorry to tell the lot, but the supposed "trinity" is a horseshit compromise.
2007-01-15 10:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. But we worship and pray to God the Father.
Elohim (God; gods; Heavenly Father) is the plural form of the singular noun 'eloah (compare Arabic Allah) in the Hebrew Bible, where it is used 2,570 times as compared to 57 times for its singular. But as one commentator has noted, why this "plural form for "God' is used has not yet been explained satisfactorily" (Botterweck, Vol. 1, p. 272).
2007-01-15 11:22:34 · answer #5 · answered by Someone who cares 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you mean Gods like George Bush & Tony Blair.
2007-01-15 12:04:19 · answer #6 · answered by Sam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean God`s God and creator, the name God will not utter? It`s possible - an endless chain of Gods, all of them worshipping the one `above`.
2007-01-15 11:03:58 · answer #7 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh no, the scourge of religious crack-pots is taking over. God is mind control, and a frightening number on here seems to be under that control. There are lots of quotes from the war-mongering little bible, you people really are nuts.
2007-01-15 10:44:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
The angels are also made in G-d's image and were up there with Him, helloooo
2007-01-15 11:10:35 · answer #9 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course there is more then one God, it is only those middle east religions like Christianity, , Judaism, and Islam, that trey to limit us to only one god. Even then they have to go and fight over it.
2007-01-15 10:45:05 · answer #10 · answered by corvuequis 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋