Is Christianity Polytheistic?

Your comrades have told you that you're wrong in your line of reasoning. Your opponents have told you the same. The only one that's left to tell you you're wrong is...you. After listening to my answer, do ask people of other regions as well. IOW, my answer is NOT a objective, universal set of criteria. Since you've taken up a next to impossible task ( i.e objectively, universally defining god), it is in your best interest to speak to people of differnet religions and come up with a speculative, partially correct set of criteria.Here goes:Supernatural
Benevolent
Powerful (or miracle-working...that works too)Note: This isn't the set of criteria for defining God according to Christianity. You asked for some recognizable criteria likely to be present regardless of culture, language or religious specifics. Edited by Dr. Sing, : formattingEdited by Dr. Sing, : No reason given.Edited by Dr. Sing, : No reason given.

Right.Except, they're all of the same substance and always function as a single unit.

So, do you have a problem with that? I never told you that those three criteria are hard and fast rules that every god fits. I only said that these are the basic criteria that majority of theists probably will agree on when defingin god. Are there exceptions like Kali? Of course. This is where you leave the general arena and enter into the specifics of Hindusim to find out how it defines gods--and its definition is pretty poorly developed...so guess what, Kali qualifies for god. The god of destruction. When you come out of the arena of Hinduism, and enter into monotheistic religions, you'll find that their definitions are a lot more refined and therefore allow for only one God.You are the first and only person I've met who seems to have a preference (atleast a hypothetical one) for wicked deities. Normal people want to worship good gods....you know, favorable ones. And yet, you seem to to be taken aback when I include the criterion, benevolent?

I don't get what you're saying. If it was important, I'm sure you'll further explain it to me. If not, we'll just ignore it... Wow, you're the first person I met to whom the Trinity makes good sense? I don't fully understand it. I believe it. You might not want to believe it...and you have your freedom to disbelieve it, ridicule it, whatever. So physical state = composition?One and the same thing?

Yeah, they don't have a problem telling us we're wrong about the Trnity being one God because they think our reasoning is messed up. They are not trying to manipulate our definitions, like you are....and that too, using Greek Mythology's definitions of all things.1+1+1=3 has got to be universally true , yes? (unlike the definition of god which varies (and is allowed to) from religion to religion, Straggler). No matter what corner of the planet you're on, what ethnicity you belong to, what profession you're in, what culture yours is...3 entities are 3 entities. This truth does not vary and is NOT allowed to vary...even if you're Christian. This is the point atheists are trying to make to us. Its a matter of reasoning. I can see why such an argument is valid. But your equivocation is simply a huge confusion party.

I'm no anthropologist. So, I can't give you a professional answer. I can tell you what I would do though. When perusing a religion, I would apply the defintion of god that the particular religion in question has in its setup. I would not go around apply Greek mythology's god concept to Hinduism in order to identify whether or not Shiva or Saraswati qualify for god. I would look at the list of the bilions of gods in hinduism and think, ah...so these are what are "gods" in Hinduism. Next, I go on to Christianity and do the same. (Except we have onyl one person on the list).If you are trying to amalgamate a general god concept by pick and choosing the most commonly recurring god attributes from different religions and say that there's no reason why satan doesn't fit your amalgamation---that strikesm e as inaccurate reasoning. Thats is not how things work in religion. As others have pointed out and as I have said right in the beginning--- in religion, people don't have a pre-made mould that their god fits into. It, rather, works the other way round. People subscribe to a religion and accept as god whoever that religion (or scripture) proclaims to be god. Be it 3 billion gods and godesses, as in hinduism....or 1 God, as in Christianity.

So do even your own atheist chums that assert what I do also look stupid to you? and what is that? Could you flesh this out please?