Monotheists: Why are you monotheists?

Question

If you believe there is only one god, and you believe that this is a logical conclusion to observing the world, could you explain why?

There are no other species of one being. Miracles happen for people in every religion. Many religion's holy books say their gods exist. I've seen nothing to indicate that one god is the right god for all people, or that one god exists.

The Path to a particular god may be narrow, and no one might get to one god but by the intercession of his incarnation, but that doesn't mean there are no other gods?

Isn't it more likely that multiple non-omnipotent gods exist than one omnipotent god, especially since there is fairly strong evidence against an omnipotent god worth worshipping?

Can you tell me a reason why I should believe *YOUR* particular version of the "One God" over another's, or over polytheism?

It seems logic allows only no gods or many.

Okay, that's nice, but why do you think that?

I'm just trying to understand a concept I have never experienced belief in, here, lady.

I'm not an atheist, thanks.

OH MY GODS!!!!!! I asked a question because I wanted an answer! Why! Silly me! I thought this was Yahoo Answers, I didn't realize this was Yahoo Agreewithpeopleautomatically.

I'm sorry....Did I just read that polytheism is not good because it's hard? Um. Believing in something you have no evidence for is hard. Geting a 35 on your MCATS is hard. Who said religion had to be easy?

Answer 1

You are making the same mistake everyone else makes that asks why people don't believe in their god. you are assuming that they think like you. Sadly, most of them don't even think.

I think the simple answer is that they were born into it.

Answer 2

Well, Speaking from an Islamic point of view. It doesn't really make sense to have many 'gods'. A God is supposed to be omnipotent, all knowing. So why should there be a 'god' for everything. One God is sufficient to rule the whole universe because he has the capacity and the power to, unlike any human. Also, I understand what you might mean by 'miracles', but according to Islam, Allah will give and feed and make happy even those people who are not Muslim. WHY? Because it's a test. Allah provides non-believers with a lot of his bounties to see whether they see out of the materials and shine and glimmer of this world. .... That's to answer what you said about miracles happening everywhere. Also, a lot of the times shaitaan (devil) will make something happen so that that faith is led even more astray and will not be able to recognize Allah as the supreme ruler. Allah said that the true believer will spoil Shaitaans plans.

Hope that Helps.

Answer 3

I can't really see how one god is any less logical than many gods. When you speak of gods you get into the realm of the unknown, the supernatural. Anything could happen. I think that both the scenario of one god and many gods is equally likely (or rather, in my point of view, unlikely).

I think it's the fact that you are dealing with the supernatural that allows for just about anything in a belief system, including one god or 63 gods. Then you have to ask, why only 63? Why not 77? Then you'd have to ask, why 77 and not 13,955? It gets a little tricky to validate one number of gods over another.

Answer 4

MoonLit Muslima has a good start.

The One God is PERFECT, being the exemplar of all virtues and lacking in none.

* God is everywhere. There is no place that God is not present.
* God is all-knowing. There is nothing that you can hide from God's gaze.
* God is almighty. There is nothing which God cannot do.
* God is benevolent, merciful (forgiving), peaceful.

Every virtue you know of and every virtue you have yet to discover is perfect in the One God.

If a god were lacking even the smallest part of any virtue, then that god would be utterly short of Perfection and therefore unworthy of total devotion.

The belief in One Perfect God can yield in believers a great desire to imitate perfection as much as possible, even while coming to understanding that such perfection is impossible outside on that One Perfect God.

Answer 5

Monotheism (one God and one God only) is the only thing that makes sense to me. My theology is really rather complicated, but I'll try to explain it simply:
- Whatever line of thought you follow, there must be one ultimate beginning to all things. For some people it is the Big Bang, or cosmic singularity; for others it is God (singular).
- The God hypothesis makes more sense to me than the reductionist-materialist view of atheism. I believe that mind/intelligence is a necessary precondition for matter, not the other way around. (Quantum physics proves this (to my mind), but it would be rather complicated for me to explain how in this forum.)
- Some people prefer to believe this "uncaused cause" is more like a force (as in Star Wars), but it makes more sense to me that this ultimate mind (aka God) has more of the characteristics of a person than of a mindless "force". (Note that personhood does not require that this supreme entity be as anthropomorphic as we tend to make it. "God the father" is a way for us to come to grips with something that is beautiful and awesome beyond our comprehension; we scale it down to human terms so that we can (in a small way) begin to understand it.

Believing in multiple "gods" doesn't really get you anywhere in answering the ultimate question of the meaning of life. The one and only God does, in the most satisfying and compelling way I can conceive.

For me, Christianity does the best job of describing what the ultimate universal mind is all about, which is why I'm a Christian. I'm willing to accept that other faiths may be approaching the same ultimate truth but from a different angle. Jesus himself taught, "Judge not, lest you be judged."

Answer 6

There are only three major one Islam, Christianity and Judaism.

Heres a nice story to remember

Once a king called a Jewish Rabbi, a Christian priest and a Muslim scholar. He asked the to present the case for their religion, why was it better?

The priest said the Rabbi can go first because the Jews came first and then the Rabbi, said the Christian should go first. They are argued and then said let the Muslim go.

Ok the king said, why are you right and they wrong. The scholar said, "If the Jews are right, then the Muslims are with them because we believe in Moses, the Christan's are okay too. If the Christan's are right then the Jews are in trouble and the Muslims are right because we believe in Jesus. But if the Muslims are right then the Jews and the Christan's are in trouble because they don't believe in Muhammad." (peace and blessings be upon him)

Answer 7

I agree. to a degree


The Wiccan church believes in 3

The All or One, who is the whole of the two

The Male and the Female




And in the end, every person has their own image of god, so there is a god for every person on the world.


And the reason people are argueing so vehemently against you is that they are afraid. Do you understand how many people have based their faith and lives on the basis that an omnipotent god will look out for them? It scares them to think that their god cannot protect them and that they must depend on themselves.



In the end I say believe in your god. Don't push it onto me, whatever it is you believe. If I want to know about yours, I will ask.

Answer 8

The question is, why should there be a God?
as a Muslim, God to us is our creator, and the one who sets laws for us, for He knows what's best.

isn't having too many gods just will make worshiping them, obeying them and doing what's best depending on them just hard?

What is the use of so many gods, if not to worship and be led, wouldn't that gives us just too many ways to follow and as humans wouldn't that be just too tiring and hard specially if those ways could contradict each other or differ?

Having one God is a mercy actually, for we have one way, one creed...

it is more logical to me, that there is one God.

Answer 9

polytheism is impersonal. one is given to a deity or deities in that religion, and one serves said deity without ever knowing them. the universe was a 1 in 10^123 chance. God is personal.

miracles are often faked or miscalled. even by Christians.
right God for all people? God doesn't conform and is not to be conformed.

??? you're making no sense. there's no other me. know me or not, there's one me.

the definition of God is very strict. anything lesser is not a deity. either an angel/demon, or life-form. God shares His glory with no one.

God trumps all. atleast for me.

it seems like logic to either have one or none to me....

Answer 10

I believe there is one God for many reasons..
First of all, I know there is a higher being that created the world
Second, I believe the Bible is innerrant-T(he intention of the writers seems to have been to record their history. Numerous instances in the Bible are confirmed in other sources.)
Third, Because the Bibl is true, everything Jesus said about only one God, is true......

Email me for more or if you didn't understand.......

Answer 11

i'm a poly/pantheist. i'm not specific the universe is even conscious individuals, yet i'm valuable there are a number of gods on a point someplace under her and above us. i could additionally choose to have an otter to worship.