Proof of multiple gods?

Question

Every book has an author, but it takes many people to actually create a book. You need publishers, editors, distributers, plus people to make the paper, the ink, the cover, etc. A can of coke is also the product of many people. Someone had to mine the aluminum, someone had to design the logo, someone had to create the forumula, etc.

If it takes so many people to create something as simple as a book or a can of coke, it is inconceivable that something as big and complex as the universe could have been created by just one god. Thus, there must be multiple gods, right?

Or are arguments by analogy inherently flawed?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

The problem with multiple Gods is, if you arrive at the conclusion that there is a God, then God, by his nature is all powerful; he fully posses his own divine nature. If you were to create an idea that there was more then one god then, because he shared his nature with another he would not be all powerful and thus, not god. The argument that you present is slightly flawed because of a coke can or a book can share its nature just like all human beings share their nature with each other whereas a supremely powerful being cannot.

Answer 3

Your argument is sound, but perhaps a book is not the best example to use, since the comeback is that a book as a single author who is responsible for it's content (the creation) while the others are more responsible for it's manufacture.

But yes, you do illustrate the flaw in using manmade objects as an analogy to "prove" God.

Answer 4

The Bible has talked about other gods (with a small letter 'g') but there is only ONE GOD and He is the ALMIGHTY JEHOVAH GOD. Similarly, when Bible translators have omitted Jehovah's name and replace it with LORD (all in capital letters), even Jesus was only referred to as 'Lord' (only 'L' is in capital) and other gods (which are man-made) do not even have the word 'lord'.

In a human point of view, we do need many people to create a simple story book because we are not even mighty enough to do everything by ourselves. Here, we have a God, who is Almighty, that means He is the One with all the Might and Power to create. He doesn't need anyone to help him create anything, everything good was created by Him.

Answer 5

Analogy is a tool used for illustration or to promote understanding and is not proof of something. All analogies break down at some point. What this illustrates is that you cannot conceive of one god being capable of creating an entire universe on his or her own.

Answer 6

the argument is fairly solid.

But the actual creation of the book is done by the author, who gets all theothers worrking to assist in its realisation.

The Vedas say the same thing about hte demigods, that there is one Supreme Lord, but in each material universe various functions are delegated to trustworthy, i.e. Godly, personalities for the maintenance of the universe.

People who are less intelligent worship the demigods....

Answer 7

Wrong.........You are thinking on a mortal and finite level about a supernatural being who is infinite and beyond our comprehension. You don't give our Creator, the God of the universe, much credit because of your lack of understanding. His ways are higher than our ways. Mankind cannot possibly comprehend the magnificence of the Glory of God. The Bible reveals much more about the Giver of Life. It attests that He "has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see . . ." (1 Timothy 6:16). Jesus Christ tells us, "For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself" (John 5:26).

Here and in the book of Genesis we find verification of the most basic law of biogenesis: Life can come only from preexisting life. Life comes only from something already living, not from inert, dead matter. God, having eternal life in Himself, is the original Lifegiver.

The Bible also reveals that God has always existed. He "inhabits eternity" (Isaiah 57:15). Humanly, we find it difficult to grasp this concept. To us it seems natural for everything to have a beginning and an end. But there are some things that are simply beyond our grasp. Here is where God wants us to rely on His Word, to accept what He reveals and reflect on how incredibly limited we are in comparison to Him (Isaiah 40:25-26, 28; 46:9-10; 55:8-9).

The Scriptures tell us, "By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible" (Hebrews 11:3). The materials at hand that are taken for granted in evolutionary theory were simply not present. God does not explain how He created the heavens and earth, only that He did. He gives us ample evidence in other areas that His Word, the Bible, is true. He wants us to take Him at His word.

Imparting spirit life to humans

Again, only God, who possesses life everlasting, can create new forms of life, whether they be physical or something far greater. He is the source of life.

From God's vantage point, far more important than His creation of biological life is that He is in the process of creating new spirit life-among His called and chosen human servants. John wrote that "He who has the Son has [eternal] life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have [eternal] life" (1 John 5:12).

The apostle Paul reminded a young evangelist that Jesus Christ "has abolished death and brought [eternal] life and immortality to light through the gospel" (2 Timothy 1:10). Humans, who have a physical life averaging about 70 years (Psalm 90:10), have the opportunity to live forever. Paul wrote about the "hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began" (Titus 1:2). He taught that faithful students of Christ have "become heirs according to the hope of eternal life" (Titus 3:7).

The Giver of Life first gave man physical life, as we read in the first two chapters of Genesis. Like the animals, man can and does die (Hebrews 9:27). But, unlike animals, man was created with the potential to attain eternal life. When you understand that God is the Lifegiver who created man for His own special purpose, with the potential of immortality, life takes on meaning far greater than the empty purposelessness inherent in a faith in evolution.

Answer 8

This is absolute proof. No scientist could possibly refute it. No theist would even try. Goodbye god. Wait. The christian god is actually 3 gods. Is that enough for a team?

Answer 9

Our God did give us the ability to reason. I don't think that was so that we could just take the Bible literally and believe the earth is 4000 years old. etc... Just because the Bible doesn't talk about it doesn't mean it didn't happen or doesn't exist.

Answer 10

Nope, only One. And What A One!
See Isaac Asimov's 1956 short story, "The Last Question." http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

Can entropy be reversed? Sure...all you need is a computer...

Answer 11

I have to agree with you. Actually we believe that there is one great being but He thought that we would not be able to get this concept as we are only humans and so He made several gods for us to be able to associate with. Cool huh?

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