Doesnt Genesis possibly support polytheism?

Question

Let us create man in our image
Let us dispurse mankind and make them speak different languages.

There is nothing in the Bible that says, straight out that the rest of them are angels, or jesus, or what have you.

Answer 1

Thats a good observation. I beleive "us" refers to God, his son and the angels. The bible does not say alot of things of that nature. If the only people in your house are you, your wife and 2 children and you say "come, let us build a doghouse" what does that mean? that there are 2 husbands? no, it means you and all in your house.

Answer 2

You yourself choose this answer below as best the other day and yet you write this follow up question?

You call yourself a servant of God. If you serve God then how is it you have no knowledge of Him? Does He even speak to you through His Word? It appears not, if you agree with the tripe this person below gave you.

When I started to read the Bible many many years ago, I had trouble with the first two verses in the Book of the Beginning. Genesis.

Genesis 1:1-2
In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth.
(notice the period at the end of the sentence)
That punctionation mark means that this is the end of what is written there. We then go to verse two and start a whole new sentence with a new and different idea.

And the Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

Between verse one and verse two is a separation of time. A real long time. Perhaps billions of years. No one really know the lenght of time that has happened there.

It took me over five years of searching and praying before I could understand what happened between the first two verses. Without the Keys to the Word, you'll get nowhere.

Jesus Christ is the Key. You need to start there and allow the Father to guide you through His Word with wisdom and understanding.><>

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

The gods who were afraid of man taking over after humans gained knowledge of good and evil. These gods believed if humans also ate of the Tree of Life, humans would be immortal and be a threat to them. That is exactly the truth the Serpent told them, and that is exactly why the gods put Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden. This is all from a literal interpretation of Genesis.

The story of the Tower of Babylon also suggests more than one god, but this time they are afraid humans will see they can do anything and be a challenge if they complete the tower, so the gods destroy it and confuse mankind's language to keep them from

Answer 3

Well the early parts of the Bible, like the Creation story often derive from polytheistic roots. For instance in the case of the Creation story there are earlier Mesopotamian versions which show this same 7 day event but relate the things being created to the various gods and godesses that came into being on those days. Also the whole concept of a Messiah is prefigured in the same area with gods like Tammuz and Marduk who are sacrificed, descend into the underworld, where they defeat the powers of evil, and then rise from the dead.

Answer 4

Don't laugh, but there's a world-known preacher (Chuck Missler) who presents a straight-faced arguement that those "Sons of God" who created man in their own immage, were actually aliens from space.

If you do some research on Gnostic beliefs, it may shed some light on your question. See, not everything in the Bible STAYED IN THE BIBLE. The Bible became a cannon somewhat early in Christian history. In other words, the council of Nicosea decided what goes into, and what doesn't go into the Bible.

Only recently are people exploring things like the Book of Enoch or the Nag Hamadi Texts.

It's also interesting that they talk about a God who "walked" in the Garden of Eden. At that time he also spoke and ate. Later, he became more pure spirit, according to the traditional text. Is it really the same God. Do some reading. It's fascinating.

Answer 5

WRONG !! God and the angels.

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Check out the word "God" in the Hebrew.

H430
אלהים
'ĕlôhîym
el-o-heem'
Plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: - angels, X exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.

Wayne Murray

Answer 6

They also don't say there is another god. It is the angels G-d is talking to because they were heavenly creatures, not of earth, and therefore not inlcuded in the Earth Creation Story. They were who G-d was talking to.

Answer 7

God was referring to the dimensions of himself. The Trinity, the three in one. Christ, the Father, and the Holy Spirit....

Answer 8

Once they were dispersed, they had known the word of God. It was upon them to believe and follow, or go on to whatever worship they wanted, free will.
More of a guess and opinion than theory.

Answer 9

The aliens came to earth in their ships and seeded the earth in their image and when the earth was populated by their sperm, they departed to another world.

Leaving behind the dead sea scrolls for you to enjoy.

Answer 10

SOUNDS LIKE IT TO ME. JUST THINK OF ALL THE ANIMALS MANY OF WHOM ARE EXTINCT. WHOSE IMAGE ARE THEY IN. MAYBE THERES A DIFFERENT GOD FOR EACH ANIMAL. WE HUMANS ALL HAVE EYE-TEETH JUST LIKE ANIMALS. REMEMBER YOUR INTERRPRETATION IS JUST AS ACCEPTABLE AS ANYONE ELSES. I BELIEVE GOD IS NATURE, AND WHEN CONDITIONS ON EARTH MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO WERE PERFECT CREATION TOOK PLACE CHEMICALLY OR WHATEVER ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EARTH.