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Jayhawker Soule · 06-06-2002, 02:56 AM

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Originally posted by Ojuice5001:
<strong>Okay, the pantheon I worship has to contain a deity of the past. That is because I consider a patron deity to be important, ...</strong>

<img src="graemlins/banghead.gif" border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" /> You have no evidence for the objects of your belief system.
<img src="graemlins/banghead.gif" border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" /> You have no selection criteria for the objects of your belief system.
<img src="graemlins/banghead.gif" border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" /> You believe in <X> because it's important to you to believ in <X>.

Do you truly consider this a serious approach to metaphysics?

NOGO · 06-06-2002, 06:40 AM

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2. Monotheism, as exemplified by Christianity Christianity's main advantage (and its disadvantage--I'll get to that) is its theory of good and evil.

Christianity has two Gods, Yahweh and Satan.
Some would say three, Yahweh, Jesus, and Satan.

Ojuice5001 · 06-06-2002, 09:07 AM

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Originally posted by NOGO:
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Christianity has two Gods, Yahweh and Satan.
Some would say three, Yahweh, Jesus, and Satan.</strong>

Couldn't agree more. But since almost everyone who self-identifies as a monotheist believes in a war between God and the devil-figure, I generally go along with it and call the religion a form of monotheism. A person who believed in the Supreme God, but not the devil, has so few alternatives to blaming God for evil that it has never been a popular option. But you're right; to call a spade a spade, Christianity and similar religions should be called duotheistic.

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