Polytheism?

Question

Why do Christians say that there is only one god, and that God never lies when the Bible clearly says otherwise in Gen. 3:1-3:7 and Gen. 3:22 of the King James Bible?

Stating that Adam and Eve did actually die in the flood doesn't prove that such was a direct result of eating the fruit of knowledge, only an indirect result. Also, this is a serious question. Explain what you'd like to me, and don't hold back. But those who are just denying the question and counter attacking the concept of Satan are just wasting their time. Serious answers only, please.

Also, Wayne T.,
I've been studying different religions, escpecially Christianity, for just under fifteen years. I don't ignore any biblical passages, as I don't need to. You should locate "the Heirophants Proselytiser Questionairre" on the internet, and research it a little if you think there are no contradictions in the Bible.

Answer 1

They will tell you something about a trilogy or triumvirate or trinity or some such rubbish.

It actually is some of the last remaining evidence that Moses was a henotheist and not a monotheist and that the creator god was part of a pantheon.

Ever notice that he never introduces himself to Adam as YHVH

Answer 2

Genesis 3
The Temptation and Fall of Man
1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”








Genesis 7
The Great Flood
1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. 2 You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; 3 also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth. 4 For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.” 5 And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him. 6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.
7 So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth, 9 two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 On the very same day Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark— 14 they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life. 16 So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
17 Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit[a] of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23 So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. 24 And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.

can ya show Me where the lies where? cuz Im confused at your supposed loophole?

Answer 3

God did not lie man did die and when God said you have became like one of us he wasn't referring to more than one God he was referring to himself and the angels.

Answer 4

Perhaps you should read that agian. It says nothing about other gods. It does say such things as "ye shall be AS gods" and "the man is become AS one of us...."

NOT

"Ye shall be gods" and "the man has become one of us."

Answer 5

What does Satan tempting Adam and Eve have to do with Polytheism and lying? If your saying Satan lies when he tempts yeah i agree with that...

Answer 6

A contradiction in the Bible ?! Oh I am so surprised. You do know that there are web sites listing thousands of them....

Answer 7

Christianity includes elements of monotheism and polytheism in order to double its market share.

Hey, it worked.

Answer 8

it is the concept of a triune being. I could explain it to you, but you don't strike me as being interested in anything more than trying to make Christians look bad.

Answer 9

cognitive dissonance, its easier to dismiss it as *just the old testament* than face the facts.

Answer 10

Teeheehee! You found a loop hole! Good for you!