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Hinduism cannot be said to be purely polytheistic. Hindu religious leaders have repeatedly stressed that while God's forms are many and the ways to communicate with him are many, God is one. The puja of the murti is a way to communicate with the abstract one god which creates, sustains and dissolves creation. [66] Rig Veda 1.164.46,
Oneness Pentecostals believe that the Word was not a separate person from God but that it was the plan of God and was God Himself. Bernard writes in his book The Oneness View of Jesus Christ , In the Old Testament, God's Word (dabar) was not a distinct person but was God speaking, or God disclosing Himself (Psalm 107:20; Isaiah 55:11).
All Abrahamic religions claim to be monotheistic, worshiping an exclusive God, although one who is known by different names. [ 52 ] [ page needed ] Each of these religions preaches that God creates, is one, rules, reveals, loves, judges, punishes, and forgives. [ 25 ]
Paul of Samosata, 269, Bishop of Antioch, believed in monarchianism, the doctrine that says that the Father alone is supreme and that God is not co-equal persons, but one unequal almighty person. Bishop Paul also held to adoptionism which teaches that Jesus was adopted as the Son of God at his baptism, resurrection, or ascension.
The Muslim religion and all these religions have been around for thousands and thousands of years. So who am I to say, 'Hey, don't do this, don't do that.' You believe what they believe, respect what they respect, and respect that person as a man or woman, and you'll make it far in life.
God is described in the surah Al-Ikhlas as: "Say: He is God, the One; God, the Eternal, the Absolute; He begot no one, nor is He begotten; Nor is there to Him equivalent anyone." [26] [27] Muslims deny the Christian doctrine of the Trinity and divinity of Jesus, comparing it to polytheism. In Islam, God is beyond all comprehension or equal and ...
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, professing that Jesus was raised from the dead and is the Son of God, [7] [8] [9] [note 2] whose coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament.
Unitarianism (from Latin unitas 'unity, oneness') is a nontrinitarian branch of Christianity. [1] Unitarian Christians affirm the unitary nature of God as the singular and unique creator of the universe, [1] believe that Jesus Christ was inspired by God in his moral teachings and that he is the savior of humankind, [1] [2] [3] but he is not equal to God himself.