Historical Understanding of God and gods in Monotheism, Polytheism & Atheism - Jimmy Akin
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Throughout human history, people in all cultures have sensed the divine and developed a bewildering arrays of beliefs and ideas. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the conflict between belief in
one God vs. many, the journey that God had led his people on through time, and how we should understand these concepts today.
https://sqpn.com/2020/08/god-and-the-gods/
Further Resources:
• Jimmy’s article on the Divine Court: https://tinyurl.com/y4nclg4w
• Michael Heiser’s book The Unseen Realm: https://amzn.to/2D1aUTB
• Kami: https://tinyurl.com/ya4uwotf
• Amenominakanushi: https://tinyurl.com/ycgrf85t
• Amaterasu: https://tinyurl.com/yxket6vc
• Joseph Smith and Elohim as “Gods”: https://tinyurl.com/y696w78c
Mysterious Headlines: (UFO/UAP Theme)
• Navy UFO Program to Release Some Findings Regularly: https://tinyurl.com/y6c7ln29
• War Zone Investigation into Colorado Mystery Drones: https://tinyurl.com/yysxkewh
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Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is the rejection of belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which, in its
most general form, is the belief that at least one deity exists.
Monotheism has been defined as the belief in the existence of only one god. A god that created the world, is all-powerful and intervenes in the world. A broader definition of monotheism is the belief in one god. A distinction may be made between exclusive monotheism, and both inclusive monotheism
and pluriform (panentheistic) monotheism which, while recognising various distinct gods, postulate some underlying unity.
Jimmy Akin is an internationally known author and speaker. As the senior apologist at Catholic Answers, he has over 20 years of experiencing defending and explaining the Christian faith. Akin has background in the Bible, theology, the Church Fathers, philosophy, canon law, and liturgy.
Polytheism is the worship of or belief in multiple deities, usually as a pantheon of gods and goddesses. In most religions which accept polytheism, the different gods and goddesses are representations of forces of nature or ancestral principles, and can be viewed either as autonomous or as aspects
or emanations of a creator deity or transcendental absolute principle (monistic theologies), which manifests immanently in nature (panentheistic and pantheistic theologies). Most of the polytheistic deities of ancient religions, with the notable exceptions of the Ancient Egyptian and Hindu deities, were conceived as having physical bodies. Polytheism is a type of theism. Within theism, it contrasts with monotheism, the belief in a singular God, in most cases transcendent. Important polytheistic religions practiced today include Chinese traditional religion, Hinduism, Japanese Shinto, and various neopagan faiths.
Polytheism is the belief in or worship of more than one deity, a type of theism. Polytheism contrasts with monotheism, the belief in only one deity that is, in most cases, transcendent. Oftentimes, polytheistic religions reflect belief in a pantheon of deities that may themselves have religious
sects and rituals dedicated to them. Polytheism was common in the time and place of the Abrahamic religions, namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The Quran, central to Islam, quite explicitly denounces polytheism, though there is certainly evidence to suggest that the Hebrew Bible, which Judaism and Christianity are established upon, may have originally been polytheistic to some extent.