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Does *exactly one* god exist?

9-10ths_Penguin

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
Muffled said:
I think most systems admit that more than one god existed at one time or other but that all agree that there is only one supreme God ie a god who has power over everything including other gods.

My opinion on this is that a universe with two gods would be in confusion . From the evidence of an orderly universe I deduce that there is one supreme God.
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So... would it be fair to say that you don't think that there is any contradiction in the idea of a pantheon of any number of gods, as long as these gods are arranged in some sort of orderly hierarchy?

BTW - how would a person be able to tell the difference between a universe with a single supreme God with a single will, and a universe with multiple supreme Gods who agree on every detail?

I concede that these extra supreme Gods would be superfluous, but I don't see how they'd be disprovable.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
9-10ths_Penguin said:
So... would it be fair to say that you don't think that there is any contradiction in the idea of a pantheon of any number of gods, as long as these gods are arranged in some sort of orderly hierarchy?
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I imagine that you'd have chief gods, middle management gods & then the indians...sort of demi-gods.
I haven't figured out how they get promoted though.
 
AxisMundi

AxisMundi

E Pluribus Unum!!!
9-10ths_Penguin said:
Just got to thinking: we've had a few threads here where people have debated whether or no gods exist and whether god(s) exist in the general sense. However, I can't recall having one where people debate whether monotheism is correct... i.e. whether one, and only one, god exists.

So have at it: if we take as given that god(s) exist, what reason would a person have to believe that only one god exists as opposed to two, three, several, or many?

What do you think? Does anyone have an opinion for? An opinion against?
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Why should people believe in only one god?

Power and Greed.

A large powerbase (adherents) allows for greater theopolitical power, and material wealth, and one cimply cannot attainthis with said pwoerbase spread over several gods.
 
AxisMundi

AxisMundi

E Pluribus Unum!!!
Muffled said:
I think most systems admit that more than one god existed at one time or other but that all agree that there is only one supreme God ie a god who has power over everything including other gods.
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Feel free to list them. Sicne you claim it is "most", it shouldn't be difficult.

Muffled said:
My opinion on this is that a universe with two gods would be in confusion . From the evidence of an orderly universe I deduce that there is one supreme God.
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Circular argument, sorry.
 
Katzpur

Katzpur

Not your average Mormon
AxisMundi said:
Why should people believe in only one god?

Power and Greed.

A large powerbase (adherents) allows for greater theopolitical power, and material wealth, and one cimply cannot attainthis with said pwoerbase spread over several gods.
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Huh? So a polytheistic faith would have less power than a monotheistic faith? That makes no sense to me, but maybe I misunderstood what you were trying to say.
 
Penumbra

Penumbra

Veteran Member
Premium Member
Zadok said:
My view is that the universe is both orderly and isotropic. I have found no evidence of randomness but that there is cause to all that happens.

Zadok
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Well, of course there is a cause for just about everything, but it can be a random cause.

I mean, viruses, asteroids, and miscarriages have causes, just not very intelligent or orderly ones.
 
AxisMundi

AxisMundi

E Pluribus Unum!!!
Katzpur said:
Huh? So a polytheistic faith would have less power than a monotheistic faith? That makes no sense to me, but maybe I misunderstood what you were trying to say.
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In a polythestic faith, the theopolitical power is spread across the clergy, each of whom has a "patron", ie one god(dess) they represent.
It is not centralized as in the Abrahamics.
 
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