i am a Christian, so of course i don't believe they are, but i want to know what others think.
2007-05-19 09:34:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No reason they can't be. The vast majority of religions (if not all of them) agree that their version of Divinity is perfect, and that we are not. Seeing as all of our holy texts have been translated and rewritten who knows how many times, and that's all -after- being passed down verbally through the generations, there are flaws in what we have now, so therefore, our holy texts are imperfect as well. Religion is manmade, and therefore imperfect. So, how can the imperfect even pretend to know the perfect?
I believe that Divinity was smart enough when we came into being that It knew that we would never all agree on what It truly is. Compare the basic teachings of various religions, and you will see that (again) the vast majority (if not all of them) point in the same direction. Harm none does not contradict the 10 commandments, does it?
2007-05-19 09:46:04 · answer #1 · answered by gimmenamenow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, absolutely.
I don't see how you could interpret it any other way! Divine attributes are divine attributes. Just because you change the name or leave out a characteristic here or there doesn't mean that you are talking about a completely different being.
I am also a Christian. In the New Testament, Paul quotes from a hymn to Zeus and refers to Zeus as God. He also maintains that the pagans worship the same God as the Christians and Jews (is he God of the Jews only? No, he is also God of the pagans), that there are no other gods but God (but, he says, the pagans do not have that 'gnosis'), that God has manifested himself among the pagans (i.e. blessed them with divine revelation). Some of the oldest known Christian writings use the words "Jupitar" and "Zeus" instead of the word "God." The very fact that the New Testament refers to God as "Theos" is telling - "ho Theos" in Greek was one of the titles of Zeus, and the word "theos" was a pagan term. The Apostle John calls Jesus the "Logos," one of the divine titles of Apollo, as well as a pagan term that had been in use for over 600 years before the New Testament was written. The Book of Revelation calls Jesus the "Bright and Morning Star," a well-known name for Mercury/Nebo/Hermes in Babylonian, Greek, Roman and Egyptian religion. The Woman of Revelation Chapter 12 is unmistakenly the Greek goddess Demeter (or Ceres), and the Sophia of the Old Testament is none other than the Egyptian Isis.
2007-05-19 16:50:50 · answer #2 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Even in the bible the "GOD" admits to being a jealous God. By saying this, he also admits there are others like him because u can't be jealous of anything less than yourself, and he admits of not being able to control his emotions. This did result in his lost of temper that caused him to repent in Ex-32;14.
Now for God to repent reveals that he is NOT the Most high and there are Gods or a God above him. He did it before in Gen-6:6,7. So who ever he repented is higher than him thus they are not on the same level.
2007-05-19 17:16:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jahfrog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
For example, if your trace your own faith back far enough, you're worshipping El, a minor Babylonian harvest (or fire, depending on which archeaologist you ask) deity.
Although FreyR, the Norse fertility god, is ALSO associated with harvest, they're clearly not from the same pantheon.
Don't even get me started on Set.
2007-05-19 17:35:14 · answer #4 · answered by Boar's Heart 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are but 2 gods.
The real one, named Yahweh, and the usurper, named Satan.
Satan, wanting to disguise his intentions, has put out a multitude of gods.
However, they are all variations on a theme. The theme is satan.
2007-05-19 16:49:12 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that there is just 1 God and that each religion has their own way of worshiping God. I don't believe any religion is right or wrong.
2007-05-19 16:39:58 · answer #6 · answered by SARAH 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is one God, the Creator of Heavens and Earth, Jehovah: Father, Son, Holy Spirit, and all others are lies and falsehoods, idols and demons.
2007-05-19 16:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by gg28 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there is only one true god: The Holy Trinity, the Father, teh Son and the Holy Spirit. All the other gods are idols
2007-05-19 16:44:21 · answer #8 · answered by alfonso p 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My personal belief is that gods, theology, and mythology were at first intended to explain things, but now we have the technology for science, it's not so much used for that, but rather as a spiritual crutch. So really, every version of a god is someone's "spiritual crutch".
2007-05-19 16:45:05 · answer #9 · answered by Picard Facepalm 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If your a Hindu then all of the gods are a variation of one god... for me there is only one GOD he is ALLAH
2007-05-19 16:44:19 · answer #10 · answered by je 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋