I am reading bible. It is dilemma that Christianity has one or two or three gods?

Question

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word. (1 person)
The Word was with God. (2 persons, the Word and God - if word is not combination of alphabets)
John 10:30
I and my father "are" one. ( "are" is used for more than one people)

Answer 1

One God, Three Persons.

Cheers :-)

Answer 2

No,it is like this "In the begining was the Word(that is Jesus) and the Word (Jesus) was with God(the Father) and the Word(Jesus) was God."
The Father,the Son and the Holy Spirit are God.It's like 1x1x1=1 God in 3 persons rather than 1+1+1=3 individual gods.
In Genesis 1 it says "Let US make man in OUR image"....
In Collosians 1 it says "God made all things through Jesus"..
In Acts 5 Peter says to Annanias,"You have lied to the Holy Spirit.You haven't lied to man but to God".
I hope that helps.Our small brains have a hard time comprehending God sometimes.He really has to talk simply to us at times.

Answer 3

John 1:14 Word become flesh.

Jesus was human when He was here. Father, Son and the Holy Spirit are one God in three God heads.

Answer 4

O.K heres how it is. So in the beginning of the earth's creation, there was God. God was alone so he created us and he gave us his word which taught us how to live. So that means the word isn't a person. It is was God said. Then after a while since humans were always sinning they were like, "God!!! How can we be perfect? You don' get tempted so you don't know how it is" so then he sent Jesus down here. Jesus is part of God sent here in a human form to save us all and experience life. Since being part of someone and being separate at the same time wouldn't had made any sense a long time ago they called him his son. Then theres the holy spirit. The holy spirit is another part of God that comes in direct contact with us. It is that feeling of joy or that burning passion for God christians get. Everything is part of him yet seperate. The Spirit, God, and Jesus are often refered to as the holy trinity. But everything is still one.

Answer 5

I will try to set aside my own beleifs and answer this academically. First of all most Christians would refer to this as one of the great mysteries of the faith. That there is ONE God who is in the form of three distinct, for lack of a better term, forms. It is refered to often as the Holy Trinity - Father (El, Yhwh, etc. the heavenly being), Son (Jesus, the living incarnation of God), and the Holy Spirit (the sort of concsine that God sends to the beleivers). This is a very complicated subject for not only non-christians but also for many with-in the faith. I do not think I can do it justice here, and feel you would have to do further research that just this website to truly do the theological theme justice. I would point out some of the problems you may be having with the text however.

First of all John (or the author responsible) was trying to aim his gospel at a more educated portion of society, and as such, his gospel is the most "flowerey" if you want to use such a word. There are many more allegorical references and the entire opening section you pull your question from was directed torward highlighting the beauty of the foundation of Christianity. Many scholars (if not most) agree that John is alluding here to the Trinity. The Word represents God's son Jesus or the Holy Spirit, as they were what were brought to humans in the Christian tradition to insruct man on God. It is a simple use of words to hint at a complex concept that would have been readily known to the Christians this gospel was aimed at.
One other point worth noting is that you use modern english grammar constructions to try and make a distinction in the writing of John 10:30. Two problems, both inter-related if not the same. One, the New Testament was not written in english, rather Greek and then Latin. Two, and related to this, you can never use the grammatical constructs of a language that you have translated into a second (or in this case several) language(s) to comment on the original intention of the author in the original language. At least not without risking being wrong.


Edit: In response to Lady Morganas comments on "Monoism." Early christianity (and arguably early pre-union Isreal) have of course borrowed from past religions. The catholic church will even admit as much. WIth that being said you seem to lump all "Monoism" into the same catagorey as you do all polytheism. Monotheism takes several forms. Even Zorasterism is a form of monotheism. In the same sense you also lump "paganism" and polytheism together. This is a broad oversimplification. You have described in you "triple-goddess" a very Celtic/Western European concept on an arguably Jungian universal symbol. I would assume this comes from, as your screen name applies, an Irish/Welsh understanding of the "old religion," which itself, is not that "old" compared to many other world religions, of which it borrows heavily. Even "Lugh the Long Armed" is your run of the mill Sun (possibly later Son) god, and his modern depiction is heavily influenced by how the Romans in Brition related him to Hellios/Apollo. Peace.

Answer 6

Wrong!
In the beginning was God, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God John 1:1
As for Jn 10:30
When Jesus says he and the Father are one he refers to being one in purpose

Answer 7

One God as three distinct persons. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.

Answer 8

There are 2 Christianities: the TRUE ONE,
& the false multitude of sects.

True Christianity follows the Bible.
The Trinity is not actually in the Bible.
If you would like to learn where the teaching came from,
I suggest reading:

The Trinity :
- Should You Believe It?
- How Is the Trinity Explained?
- Is It Clearly a Bible Teaching?
> How Did the Trinity Doctrine Develop?
- What Does the Bible Say About God and Jesus?
- Is God Always Superior to Jesus?
- The Holy Spirit--God's Active Force
- What About Trinity "Proof Texts"?
- Worship God on His Terms
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_01.htm

Answer 9

God is one manifested in 3 persons who is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The three make up ONE God. God is ONE in unity. The name for God in the Old Testament is Elohim which is plural, Adonai is also a name for God, it is plural. Genesis 1:26 says "Let Us make man in Our image"... God is one. Deuteronomy 6:4 says God is one. Mark 12:29 has Jesus saying the same thing, that He is one. All Christians and Jews will tell you they have ONE God.

Answer 10

Punter: I can understand your confusion, however it is not true that we Christians have three Gods. There is only one God.
The God of Abraham, Israel, and King David.
Christianity is Judaical in the roots and the trunk of our faith Punter.
The Christ is God come amongst us to pay for the worlds salvation. When we crucified Him, the Christ left us with God's Holy Spirit to help and guide us further in our lives until He returns to take His church home to the Holy Father's kingdom.
Now I know it sound like, and looks like three different deities but think of His identification as you would someone here on earth. For instance me.
I am a man, I am a Christian, I am an artist.
Three different titles and all are true; but of one man.
So you have three different classes of identification of me, and all of them are true. They all encompass my identification. Yet every one is a different title to me. They are all part of my whole. I am just one man however not three.
It is the same with our God. Remember He is God. If He was incapable of all three then we would have a higher entity than mankind; but not a God.
Nothing is impossible to God, nothing. Otherwise I would not worship Him. I would acknowledge this beings superiority but not as a god.
The faith of a Christian is the same as a Jewish man/woman. We believe there is only one God. The difference is that the Jewish man/woman does not believe that God has come down to us yet, a Christian does. A Jewish person believes that the Messiah will come down to save us, we believe that the Messiah has already come, and is coming again.
I hope this helps clear some of the confusion in reading the Holy Bilbe.

Answer 11

Punter: This is describing what is referred to as the real Beginning of the Earth, at Creation. Jesus is the "Logos" (Greek) or "Spokesman" And God, the Father, is the Designer. God, the Father, stated to Jesus (Logos) what was to be done, Jesus spoke it and the Holy Spirit performed it. Thus, the Trinity - 3 in one !