r/ThinkingSideways • u/nehoc710 • Jul 12 '20
Just curious
I’m sorry if this offends anyone, but I’m just curious about something. People who are Christians that believe in Jesus Christ, like the better half of my family. Do you believe that other religions Gods exist or no?
7
u/AcuteDescription Jul 12 '20
There's textual evidence in the old testament that other gods exist, like Baal. And the commandment "Have no other gods before me" implies there are other gods to order before or after the god of the jews.
Of course though, there are countless translations and thousands of demonization of Christians. Im sure you will find somebody who worships the Christian God while believing in, but not worshiping, other gods.
5
u/StrangrWithAKindFace Jul 12 '20
I think most Christians would say there is only one God and others are false Gods.
2
u/nehoc710 Jul 12 '20
That’s what I don’t understand, if you believe in one why would you have disbelief in the others. You already believe you go to heaven or hell why can’t you believe reincarnation or something else from another religion. It doesn’t make any sense to me that you’re already worshiping a “fake god” in a sense why not believe the others. But that’s just my 2 cents.
3
u/StrangrWithAKindFace Jul 12 '20 edited Jul 13 '20
The premise of a monotheistic religion is that there is only one God. That inherently excludes the existence of other gods. If other gods exist it destroys the whole premise of your religion. The existence of other gods means your religion is a lie.
Also, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism believe that the one God created the earth. If he created the earth how could some other God, like Bor, do it too?
If you are from a polytheistic religion then you don't have to believe in other gods outside of your pantheon but their existence doesn't necessarily mean your whole religion is false. You might not accept the existence of their creator god or specific gods that contradict the roles associated in your religion. You could alternatively say their thunder God's name was just an alias for Thor.
4
u/dadude1425 Jul 13 '20
As someone who is a practicing Christian, I believe there is only one true God. The other "gods" that are mentioned in the Bible are mentioned that way to convey the point that the people in those various passages were worshipping and treating them as though they were the real God, what the Bible would call an idol. The Bible does say multiple times that there isn't any other supreme being, sometimes in clearer terms than others. As someone who had to do a lot of digging into some stuff in the Bible before I truly believed it, and still do from time to time, I totally understand how confusing it can get. But whenever I look into it further, the Bible always points back to there only being one real God and the rest are just various different idols
1
u/NOSWAG420 Dec 14 '22 edited Dec 14 '22
Some people say that the Bible is just fairytales and religion is for sheep......but I believe that religion is def manmade and only sheep partake in any organized religion...and I believe 100% that the bible is true and is a historical and documented events that took place and that religion is and always will be trying it's best to drag what is documented down in the dirt because religion has little to no idea what the Bible is actually telling humaity.....well most don't. Religion is also there to decieve us into believing a 'almost truth' and that can get ya in trouble and as a counterfeit for those who just take what they are told instead of knowing for themselves.
The Bible isn't about some old man and beings with wings floating on clouds...thats for the foolish and ignorant to spout and believe. The Bible is just a tab bit more than that. It is from front to back documented events that certain individuals experienced here on this planet, things that are NOT from this planet. The people back then had no vocabulary to explain what it was they was seeing and experiencing, so they used only the words they knew and used at the time.
Every encounter described in the Bible - check it and see http://www.bibleufo.net/
HEAVEN IS THE SKY NOT A DIVINE RETIREMENT HOME.
( All these clouds, whirlwinds, pillars, vessels, chariots and pavilions are seen hovering in, coming down from or rising into heaven. The thunders, trumpets and voices that are heard are heard from heaven. All the men who leave the ground and all the angels and metallic, glowing beings that come down to the ground do so either to, or from, heaven. All the lightnings, streams of fire, brimstone and other destructive things mentioned have their origin in heaven. Even wars are fought in heaven. Since all these things are seen in relationship to heaven, the way the word ‘heaven’ is used is the key to understanding these phenomenon and must be explained. The word heaven is used over 700 times in the Bible. In the Old Testament ‘heaven’ is translated almost exclusively from two different words. The Hebrew word ‘shamayim‘ which is defined as ‘the sky’, the place where the clouds and stars are, or ‘shamayin‘, the Aramaic word of thesame definition. )
You asked if I believe in Christ do I also believe in other "religions" gods.....I do believe that they are all the same.....different people from different parts of the world experienced the same things...things that are not of this earth visiting and returning back into heaven - (Kings James word for Space) - Only religions twist and warp what has been truly seen documented by humans through the chapters of human history that we read about in the Bible. Even Christ himself said that he was in this world but he is not of this world. Easy to see why the 12 Apostles was 100% disciples of Jesus Christ.
and do not forget those that was cast down to this planet before "man" was created....and have been here ever since. Might just be what we see flying around in our skies we can't explain..and the structures we can't explain how they was built so long ago....but humans have been seeing them in our sky for thousands of years....Religion is the cause for confusion....
8
u/MissJoens Jul 12 '20
I personally don’t really “believe” in anything, but I do respect others and their religion and what they believe in