(November 10, 2011 at 10:52 pm)toro Wrote:Then you misunderstand.fr0d0 Wrote:He's the only way. The only correct one to be worshipped; but by no means the only one.
The first sentence contradicts the last, but I'll assume that's a typo.
He is the only god worthy of our worship - is the biblical quote. ie amongst the gods on choice - he is the only 'way' (to salvation).
Yes deity is a generic categorisation that the Christian God would fit within. Along with all the Hindu gods, Allah, Zeus, Thor, etc etc etc.
When we address the Christian God, we have a set singular entity defined in the Christian bible. He has many attributes, just like people have many attributes. But they are not unknown to us. We can all look in the bible and find out exactly what those are.
(November 10, 2011 at 10:52 pm)toro Wrote: ... Also, do you mean that there are other correct "ways", but God is just the only "correct way" that is worshipped? This would mean if I began to worship another "correct way", God would no longer be the only worshipped one.That's crazy talk.
If you weren't worshipping the Xtian God you'd be worshipping another god, as referenced in the bible. Different god, different attributes.
(November 10, 2011 at 10:52 pm)toro Wrote: God has multiple definitions, none of which are agreed upon. Like it or not, this means a person discussing God needs to first define the properties of the God they are talking about.And this God is fully defined.
