I count 1. Father(big god) 2.Holy Spirit (second in command) 3.Son Jesus (The heir to the throne) 4.Mary, (Queen of Heaven) and Satan (The anti-God). does this cover it? I know protestants only worship four of them...
2007-11-01 07:33:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
kind of a big number for a religion claiming to be monotheistic
2007-11-01 07:35:14 · update #1
Mary is never considered Divine (accept when Fundamentalists want to misrepresent true Catholic beliefs).
Classical Christianity proclaims a Trinitarian belief, one God in Three Persons. Satan has always been described as a fallen angel, never as anything Divine - he's not the "anti-God".
2007-11-01 07:39:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
First of all, Mary is not a God. While Catholics have elevated her to a high position in their minds because she was the mother of Jesus, she is not a God. I agree with Catholics that she was Holy; but to be a God, you have to be perfect, sinless. Mary was not sinless. This is why Protestants have not elevated her to such a high position in their beliefs. Secondly, and I say this with all sincerity, please be careful of how you use the word 'worship'. Protestants, nor Catholics, worship the Devil, aka Satan, Lucifer, etc. They believe in him, but they do not 'worship' him. And no, Satan is not a god. The only ones who maybe might believe that Satan is a god would be Devil worshippers.
Here's the best way I know how to put it: Protestants, Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Mormons, and the like, believe in whats called the Holy Trinity. Basically put, God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three different parts of the SAME God; not 3 different Gods. To give you a non-religious example, the US Government is made up of three different branches, (the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial) yet they all help to make up the same government. And each part has a different function/task. But God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit make up the same God.
So, to answer your question, at least from a Protestant point of view, Christians only believe in ONE God.
2007-11-01 09:06:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Three Gods almighies Father, Son and Holy spirit
2007-11-01 07:42:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God The Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are one God yet three personifications of God. The trinity is hard to wrap your brain around, but is 3 in 1. Think of an egg. Three parts to an egg yet still one egg. Mary is not deified in the Bible but was a woman of faith. And Satan is the adversary. A fallen angel. Definitely not a god.
2007-11-01 07:38:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Just one the holy spirit and Jesus are just aspects of the one God. Mary is not a god nor is Satan he is a fallen angel.
2007-11-01 07:38:37 · answer #5 · answered by Brandy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Their is only one GOD that we Worship and that is "I am"
the God of Abraham,Issac and Jacob" the Alpha and the Omega. where do you get Four? Mary was just a vessel and a human, Jesus is God, and the holy spirit is GOD, and Satan is the antagonist ( the Enemy).
Don't get it twisted and don't start Trolling because in is unbecoming.
PEACE
2007-11-01 07:40:15 · answer #6 · answered by R B 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There is one God the holy trinity is all one.
why are you counting Mary as a god she was only human. And the devil is not a god remember that is why he was kicked out of heaven for trying to be one.
2007-11-01 07:40:57 · answer #7 · answered by Tx Guy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dont forget the Tetragammaton!
YHVH
Yod= genderless ultimate, the I AM
Heh= the feminine that gives it form
Vah= the male aspect born of Heh
Heh= the goddess born of the union between the first Heh and Vah
theres 4 in one!
2 parts Goddess, one part God and one part genderless...... and they call their god a "HE"?!
2007-11-04 00:43:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Father+Spirit+Son = 1 God.
Mary = Earthly mother of God (Jesus), same status as any other human.
Satan = Fallen angel. Anti-God yes, but he's not even fit to be God's opposite. He's the archangel's opposite because both are creations of God, who stands alone.
2007-11-01 07:38:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
No, we have only One, The Real God, The Father of Jesus, The Holy Spirit into us! Ops, understand by "we" those who are saved through Jesus...
And Only He through His Spirit provide us with "the patience" and the wisdom to answer to such questions...
2007-11-01 07:38:15 · answer #10 · answered by Desir D 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋