On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:48:00 +0000, ZerkonX
wrote:
>> Last I heard there was only one---making it a monotheistic religion with
>> one monolithic god.
>
>A monotheistic god does not a mono-dogma make. Plus, to get religiously
>realistic, the concept of trinity, possibly coming from the hindus, has
>been an aspect of Christianity since the beginning. This aspect, as most
>other aspects, has been yet another reason of disagreements and feuds.
>The divine nature of Christ is another. the Jehovah's do not believe
>christ was the son of god but, in fact, the angel michael and who did not
>'rise from the dead' but they consider themselves christian none the
>less.
Well, don't we all know that the "big three" (Creation,
Flood and Messiah epics) were borrowed from "The Epic
of GIlgamesh" centuries before the advent of Judaism?