What is God?

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What is God?

• A look at the different beliefs people have about
  God

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monotheism

• The belief that there is only one God

The Muslim crescent, Jewish Star of David, and
Christian cross, symbols of the three Great
Monotheisms
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the Trinity

• The distinctly Christian monotheismGod is Three
  Persons in One God

The Holy Trinity. (Question Which Stage of
Faith does this picture represent?)
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polytheism

• The belief that there is more than one god

Just a few of the thousands of Hindu gods
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henotheism

• the belief that God is the supreme God over all
  the other gods

Moses in The Ten Commandments. The ancient
Hebrews were henotheists, because they believed
in Yahweh AND the Egyptian gods
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Deism

• the belief that God created the universe but
  takes no personal interest in it.
• The Watchmaker God

Jefferson
Einstein
Darwin
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pantheism

• The belief that everything is God God and the
  universe are the same

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atheism

• The belief that there is no God

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agnosticism

• from a- gnosis not known
• The belief that Gods existence is in doubt
  because it cannot be known for certain