2007-03-22 09:32:07 · 5 answers · asked by anissa r 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We're not polytheistic in the true sense of the word. We do believe in one God, but worship various manifestations of Him.
If you consider all possible deities from all parts of India, there have to be thousands if not tens of thousands. Makes sense, God has many qualities that can be accounted for by one deity each.
2007-03-22 09:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by lotusmoon01 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not Hindu, but I have heard a scholar saying that all Hindu scriptures call people to worship one God. And when i asked a Hindu friend this same question, she said they have three: a creator, a retainer and a destroyer.
According to what she said, they also take many symbols when they worship God -- although the scholar, on the other hand, revealed the Hindu verses of the different scriptures, which all said that Hindus should not take symbols, images and creatures as God. He said that many Hindus don't know that.
My friend had also told me that there are many different Hindu sects, which each believe in the concept and number of God/s Goddess/es differently.
It's quite confusing. It's better to ask a Hindu scholar.
2007-03-22 16:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by Confused 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is everything, a field that permeates all. This is called Brahman. He/she/it is the infinite, so it cannot be described properly by men. Additionally, we have deities which are just different forms of God, all stemming from the same "god-energy" that everthing is made of.
2007-03-22 16:35:38 · answer #3 · answered by Jedi 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
One god for each arm on vishnu.
(So like fifty or something).
2007-03-22 16:34:48 · answer #4 · answered by Julian 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
one.
2007-03-22 16:36:13 · answer #5 · answered by glass. 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋