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.