How many gods are there?

Question

Is there a God of all possible gods? - an all encompassing set of all sets that is inclusive of all domains of space, time, and thought? Perhaps we are the co-creators of the perceptual universe. A dream within a dream? What is in a name? A rose by any other name still smells as sweet. What can exist and what cannot exist? Continuity appears to us as a necessary requisite for a causal justification of the status quo. To be completely honest though, I don't know.

Answer 1

Too many, and every single one of them is imaginary.


VLR

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The search for Truth begins with the staggering complexity of questions we all see here, and ends in a conceptual nothingness about which nothing can be said. (The God you speak of).

God is not a person or a thing, and isn't positioned in time or space. God is the Source of time, space and things, and therefore cannot be that. Conceptually, this 'God' is Awareness itself. Consciousness arises within Awareness, and the human vehicle of perception arises within Consciousness, along with it's world.

In this way Singularity is shattered into a multiplicity, making experience of 'otherness' possible. Space is a concept of mind, forming the spatial foundation for objectivity. Time is the concept that allows movement through this conceptual space, resulting in experiential events.

The universe, including humans, is a kind of dream creation of Consciousness itself, resting in silent Awareness.

There is only Awareness. There is only One. You are That. You have fallen into your own dream. That's all that has happened.

Answer 4

Deities
Wiccans believe in one supreme life force, or intelligence - sometimes called the Initiator or The One. This force then manifests as Goddess and God in perfect balance. This is polarity and all life is polarity. Neither Goddess nor God are stronger or more important than the other, they complement each other and together form the perfect All. However, pagans, and of course Wicca, believe that the Goddess and God are in all their creations in the Universe. The Earth is seen as the living body of the Goddess and is to be revered, honoured, loved and protected. Hence Wiccans are environmentalists. Wiccans see Deity as the birth and the death - full cycle. They also believe in reincarnation, death being but the end of the cycle which leads again to life. Wiccans accept responsibility for all their actions and their life. They do not believe in a devil, namely Satan, to blame their faults or mistakes on (such as the devil made me do it!). They seek to know themselves, overcoming weaknesses and building strengths. Wicca also does not seek to convert others to their belief. They believe that when a person is ready or seeking the path of Wicca they will be led to it.

Answer 5

Monotheists including Jews, Christians, and Muslims believe there is only one true God.

However there can be any number of false gods or idols.

The First Commandment forbids idolatry. Man commits idolatry whenever he honors and reveres a creature in place of God, whether this be gods or demons (for example, satanism), power, pleasure, race, ancestors, the state, money, etc.

In the lands that surrounded Israel, there were many who worshiped false gods including the Egyptians. Later the Jews had to deal with the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses worshiped by their Governors and occupying forces.

Today people put many things in front of God in their lives including money, status, self, power, etc.

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

No one truly knows but many have their opinion. Is there an infinite number of Gods and Goddesses or is there but one and all the different names we call them just a facet of the true Divine? Are we not the God of our own universe? I like to believe that the Divine is the sum of everything and that all the names we call the Divine are but parts of the whole. That includes ourselves, we are all a part of the Divine and therefore divine ourselves, as are all living things and the Earth.

The true Divine is "The All, The Essence". The sum of the all is greater than any of the individual parts. It has to be.

Blessed Be )O(

Answer 7

My religion teaches that there is only one God. Hindus use images of devas called murtis. These are representations of the different aspects of the one God. The images themselves are symbols with symbols within them. If one understands the symbolism then they understand what the image is reminding the viewer of. For example Ganesh has an elephant head. In ancient India elephants were used like bulldozers. Thus the elephant head is a symbol that God removes obstacles. Ganesh is missing one tusk, this symbolizes the fact that God manifested the entire universe from Itself. Ganesh has a large belly symbolizing that the entire universe is God...is maintained in God...and that God also remains unmanifested beyond the universe. The big ears of Ganesh symbolize that God hears all prayers, regardless of who you are or what name you call God by. He has four arms one carrying a rope symbolizing that God helps devotees along the spiritual path, an axe symbolizing that God helps cut away at bad habits and attachments that hurt one's spiritual practices, a tray of sweets symbolizing the sweetness of the rewards of spiritual practices in one's life, and then his final hand is usually open but making a gesture that symbolizes either that God bestows blessings in our lives or another gesture symbolizing that God always wishes to give us new understanding/knowledge.

Here are some of what the Hindu sacred texts say about God. Whether you believe there is multiple Gods or just one, Hindus say that it's just a different perspective on the exact same thing:

"There is only one God, though humanity calls It by many names." Rig Veda 1:164.46

"That one Being has become all this. All this is only one." Rig Veda 8:10.2

"What I am is utterly beyond your mind's ability to fully understand, therefore worship me by whatever name and form you desire. I promise that by whatever name you call upon me I will hear you and whatever form you worship me by I will bless you." Tripura Rahasya

"This universe is the outpouring of the majesty of God, the auspicious One, radiant love. Every face you see belongs to It. It is present in everyone without exception." Yajur Veda

"There is an eternal, all pervading intelligence in which all individual souls are rooted. That Supreme Awareness is the final truth. That is your innermost being. You are that." Chhandogya Upanishad

"There is one Supreme Controller, Who is the Inner Self of all beings. He projects Himself outward, creating infinity from the One." Katha Upanishad 2:2.12


Excellent question. Peace be with you.

Answer 8

Yes there is one true God the creator of heaven earth and all the souls and he does transcend all time and space and by his body which covers all time and space holding it all things together, He is the great spirit! Now he created out of the invisible light kingdom of his body and created the physical heavens and earth and all things and we are his children created in his image! Now we can receive his Holy spirit and be partakers in this heavenly kingdom right here in the physical, here is a road map to get the spirit and transcend the creation as he reveals his own thoughts to you by his spirit, once you get it, here read this:
http://www.freedomcame. /glory/ put com after freedomcame. and before /glory the system wont let me post the link normally

Answer 9

1 god....there's only one and he's the head-honcho over everything. oh yeah, and he created the universe, not us. umm, in answere to your question "what can exist and what can not exist' i think you'll find everything that can exist exists, and everything that cannot exist isn't around. "Continuity appears to us as a necessary requisite for a causal justification of the status quo." seriously dude, is that even a question? lol if it is i think you'd better break it down for simpltons like us....

Answer 10

1. Yes
2. No not a dream within a dream. Perception is simply perception. For example. I am on a shamanic journey to the underworld where I am fighting many dark things that threaten my tribe when a scorpion stings me on my big toe. Pain and reality have just trumped my shamanistic fantasy. I am now in reality. We are spirit bound to flesh for a while. The real question is. "When we die, where does our spirit go?" This is not perception. We are going to die. What happens next is 100% under your control.

Answer 11

Absolutely!
Godel defined God as the sum of all positive properties, which would include our own consciousness, self-awareness, objectivity, collective unconscious, etc. The question is whether or not God is the sum of his parts (as we are). If a non-contigent being is possible, then it must exist by necessity.