God in many forms

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God in many forms

Although God is often portrayed as one, there is another way of looking at the nature of God & this is by representing God according to a variety of characteristics or attributes.

Many people misunderstand this way of showing God, claiming these believers worship many gods(lower case 'g' as dont have absolute power of one God).  But truth is most worshippers focus on one aspect of God that they find most appealing, without denying all other aspects of God exist & are important.  Humans cannot grasp whole nature of God, so restrict their efforts to understand limited aspect of God that they can deal with more comfortably.

Hinduism

  • most hindus say only one God; Braham but acknowledge that Braham can be seen in many forms
  • relation aspect of God can be een in 2 main ways:
    • in a two-pole idea, eg good and bad that are related in the God
    • in a greater compleity eg Trimurti
  • The Trimurti is Brahma(creator God…

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