Holy Spirit, The father, Jesus, Satan, Mother Mary, Saints, Angles, Demons,etc. I thought Christianity was supposed to be mono-theism.
2007-01-30 04:58:07 · 17 answers · asked by PØstapØc 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes anything that has supernatural power by definition is a God. Christians worship multiple Gods with a ruling 3 headed God.
2007-01-30 05:06:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
~~~Post,,,, As an educated atheist I feel it is my duty to inform you of your errors. Christianity has 2 or 3 'gods', depending on how you interpret it. Using your terms, The Father and Holy Spirit are two. Jesus was a Demi-god while on Earth acting as a Man-God. Once dead he assumed his place on The Throne next to dad,,, as a god. Satan, demons and Angels are demigods. Mother Mary and Saints are Human Beings. I didn't make the rules in the christian religion but you should know how The System works to refute it intelligently. Keep Asking pertinent questions like these.
2007-01-30 15:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by Sensei TeAloha 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The first 3 are God. God exists in 3 persons (not personality, it's hard to explain with words)
Satan is not God, he's just a spirit who commands the majority of evil spirits (all the demons). Satan was an angel, got kicked out by one of God's angels (by God's command) because he tried to lead a rebellion against God, and now he tries to oppose God's people/his elect/those who are saved.
I guess Mary and the saints is more of a Catholic thing (correct me if I'm wrong). Catholics tend to believe that they themselves cannot access God directly, so they need to give the message to a saint, Mary (generally anyone who's considered great and is close to God). The Christian denominations I know consider every saved person a saint, as a saint is just another name for a Christian and isn't to be worshipped.
Angels are spirit beings created by God. They have been noted to assume human form from time to time. Like humans, they have a free will but ours is less limited, as if an angel defects, they either become a demon or join the ranks of one of the angels who are given special torture (like those who slept with human women), and they can't repent.
Christianity is mono-theistic. the only mentioned "gods" are the idols we make: when you esteem our treat something equal to or greater than God, it becomes your "idol", which is sinful. These idols have no actual power, but by "worshipping" them we can lose our closeness to God and even limit God's work in our lives.
2007-01-30 13:30:27 · answer #3 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, satan, angels, and demons are NOT gods. The Holy Spirit, the Father, and Jesus are all God. The way it was taught to me is that it is like an egg. You have the shell, the yolk, and the white. They are all the egg, but they are also separate parts. They are all God.
2007-01-30 13:05:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is only one god. The holy spirit and Jesus Christ is one and the same as the Lord.
Mother Mary and the rest are not gods.
And you can't really think Satan is a god?
2007-01-30 13:03:38 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is one TRUE God... He manifested in 3 ways, Father Son and Holy Spirit. Same God, different forms. Angels, Demons and Satan are not gods, they are angels... though some people treat them as gods, they are FALSE gods. Mary is a person, human and mortal, not a god/goddess Catholics exalt her but the other Christian religions do not. Any god that is not God Almighty, is a false god.
2007-01-30 13:07:29 · answer #6 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is....
One God....eternally existing in 3 distinct persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Never inferior to one another. As for the saints.....that would be us (christians).
2007-01-30 13:04:01 · answer #7 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read Deut 6:4 and Mark 12:29. There is only 1 God. Anyone who says anything different is confused.
2007-01-30 13:08:07 · answer #8 · answered by IKB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in true Christianity, there is only one God Jevovah in three parts:
The Father
The Son (Jesus Christ)
The Holy Spirit
much like a man can be a father, a son and a truck driver without being three different people.
all the others you mentioned are false gods created by mankind for it's own purposes
or lesser beings created by Almighty God for His purposes.
2007-01-30 13:06:21 · answer #9 · answered by Chef Bob 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One God...Father, Son and Holy Spirit in one. The natures but one God. The others are not God.
2007-01-30 13:10:58 · answer #10 · answered by free 1 indeed 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋