From: utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!kh Newsgroups: net.religion Title: Proving the existence of only one god? Article-I.D.: unc.4655 Posted: Mon Feb 14 04:25:58 1983 Received: Wed Feb 16 05:05:26 1983 Before you try to prove the existence of GOD, you should first consider what you are proving. There are many different kinds of gods, after all. Despite some people's insistence that they are all the same God, they have many different characteristics. Just off the top of my head, I can think of a few types of gods: Creator of universe Creator of man Omniscient and/or omnipotent being Very powerful being Perfect (whatever that means) being Patron of the Jewish race Great man (a.k.a. really hoopy dude) such as Buddha, Gandhi Anyone voted to be a god by the Roman senate While some of you may try to equate one or more of these, even the gods themselves don't always agree on who has rights to what. After all, does the god of the Old Testament ever say that he is the ONLY god? I know he says not to worship others (which seems to imply ...), but does he ever actually deny the existence of others? I haven't read much of this collection of stories, so the more learned may wish to comment. Kenny Hirsch "I'm an atheist -- I don't believe in Zeus." duke!unc!kh kh.unc@UDel-Relay Chapel Hill, N.C.