Sunday, November 10, 2013

Polytheism versus Monotheism

One thing I want to point out very clearly is that Christianity as a religion goes is generally viewed as what I would call an offspring religion.  It follows the worship of Jehovah, as started by the Israeli people at least one thousand years before Christianity came on board.  So I am going to include some of the Jewish myths as they are generally the same beliefs that Christians share.  There are some major differences between Judaism and other belief systems of the same era.  for instance in Egypt you had a very loose worship system, in Greece it was even worse, you worshiped whoever you felt like, whenever you felt like, and no one would take offense at you worshiping Osiris over Horace, or Poseidon over Zeus, it just did not work that way.  In fact many of the ancient gods preferred the diversity, and were simply happy to be worshiped at all.  Then came Yahweh, Jehovah, the God of Gods, and king of kings, as preached by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and his first rule is "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" imagine how different that would be to have someone challenge your entire belief system?  Jehovah took the idea of Polytheism, and crushed it, but there are still many aspects that are similar, and even today we see some Christian sects reverting back to polytheism.  The first aspect I would like to speak on is God vs. Jesus.  Many Churches have taught that God and Jesus Christ are the same being, but when you read the bible it shows aspects of their relationship that prove that they are not the same being.  For instance Christ calls out to God for strength while in the Garden of Gethsemane, and then He submits to God's will.  One of the many aspects that support the multiple Deity aspect of Christianity.

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