Is Christianity Polytheistic?

Huh. Sorry but that is not a very strong argument.Christianity does lay claim that there is a creator, and many people even believe in that creator, but that provides no support for the reality of the Christian God. There is as much support for Raven or Brahma or Amun or any of the other creators mentioned in mythology.But the question is whether or not Christianity is polytheistic?The answer to that depends on the era of the respondent as well as the context of the particular discussion. The early Jews were definitely polytheistic.Historically, Satan is a lesser creature, a servant of the Judaic God. Much later the myth of a fallen angel was incorporated although the source of that myth was excluded from some Canons, particularly the Western Canon.Even then though, Satan was not a God but rather something even less than man.The real internal inconsistency though is the concept of the Trinity, and the only way to deny that it is polytheistic is to simply make a denial, and that is what Christianity does, we declare it a "Mystery", a Unity of Three.What we don't do though is ever present a model that truly explains it.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

It was a quote from your post. The examples you post are not your argument? How peculiar. Perhaps you can point out where I quote mined anyone? Perhaps you missed that I was addressing YOUR position not the position of someone else?AbE: Ah, the heresy of Monarchianism.Edited by jar, : No reason given.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

Actually I quoted a full sentence from you and thanks to the design of this forum my post is linked back to the exact message so context is maintained.Monarchianism is a Trinity based heresy, often seen in two forms, one where the Trinity is represented by three different modes, as in your example of solid, liquid, gas.But don't worry, there are many more heresies for you to explore.And I've never been able to find a reasonable or logical explanation of the Trinity that does not end up as Polytheistic except the model I outlined in Message 284.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

I explained that I have never found an explanation for the concept of the Trinity other than the model I presented, declaring the inconsistencies to be a Mystery.But it seems that you really need to learn a little bit about the religion that is Christianity. To claim that there is only one and that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are not separate and unique entities has been deemed heresy, the specific heresy called Monarchianism.Understand that is not my opinion, not what I say, but rather the declaration of Orthodoxy Christianity for almost 2000 years.I'm not sure how old you are or whether you know much about Christianity, I can only point out the factual errors you make and try to help you learn a little about the religion you seem to have chosen. What you describe dates to around 200CE and was actually proposed as a counter to the concept of a Trinity so it is a heresy that has been around for quite awhile.You probably should know that to say "Jesus/Holy Spirit are not deity in themselves" is also the sin of Blaspheming the Holy Spirit, the one unforgivable sin that damns the utterer to hell forever according to the Bible so you might want to rethink that.Edited by jar, : fix sub-title

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

You don't have to adhere to their rules. You are free to believe most anything you want, even that their rules are wrong.What is stupid is to suggest that a religion-independent use of the term 'god' is appropriate to a discussion of a particular religion.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

You could say that YOU class them as such, but remember that is simply YOUR belief, and certainly no more valid then their position.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

You are free of course to make any classification you want. Just understand that it has no more validity than their position that they are Monotheist.The problem is you are trying to apply your definitions of what a word means when it is not the definition they use.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

Very good.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

Jess Straggler. Seems important to him.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!