I just heard this lil white boy say there are 830 million gods in hinduism.

Is he full of shyt? of is this fuh true?

they are pushing too kids too hard. I saw the first two episodes and a couple of the kids were crying to go home.

I don't know exactly how many gods they have in the Hindu religion but there are a nuff nuff.

http://www.allaboutreligion.org/hinduism-gods-faq.htm

First of all you cannot believe kids on those numbers. Kids don't know better.

Secondly if an adult would say there are many many gods in Hinduism then that person is an idiot.

Hinduism is monotheistic like most of the popular world religions and if you understand the concept behind Christianity then you would be able to grasp those behind Hinduism.

The trinity in Christianity represents one god. Jesus and the father are two separate beings and yet they are one, but most amazingly The Holy Spirit, Jesus and God are worthy of worship, yet there is only one god.

Hinduism believes in one god, that manifested in many different forms. Imagine for a second someone worshiping before an image. Does that count as a god? Nope that is the representation of a form of god.

Muslims pray while facing towards the Ka'ba. Which means you can technically face two directions, if you were to face East you would be facing towards the Ka'ba, if you were also to face West you would be facing towards the Ka'ba because the world is round. For example if you were to fly East you would eventually get to Arabia and if you were to fly West you would eventually get to Arabia also.

Most religions have some support for Pantheism, while Islam try to distance themselves from Sufi Pantheism and main stream Christian church try to do the same from several branches.

In the end like Voltaire said, "if there is no god, it would be wise to create one"

I don't need the mathematical analysis if i did I'd say there are billions of gods in hinduism since every animal and human is a god in it's own form.

I am asking how many worshiped gods are there in hinduism. 1,... 100, ... 1000, ... 100,000,000 ?

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Originally posted by Nuff:
I don't need the mathematical analysis if i did I'd say there are billions of gods in hinduism since every animal and human is a god in it's own form.

I am asking how many worshiped gods are there in hinduism. 1,... 100, ... 1000, ... 100,000,000 ?

One god buddy, that is the meaning of monotheism.

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:
I don't need the mathematical analysis if i did I'd say there are billions of gods in hinduism since every animal and human is a god in it's own form.

I am asking how many worshiped gods are there in hinduism. 1,... 100, ... 1000, ... 100,000,000 ?

One god buddy, that is the meaning of monotheism.

Are you sure it's monotheism and not henotheistic.

Don't pull a Judas on me and deny the fact before the cock crows thrice.

God is one in many forms.

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Originally posted by Nuff:

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:
I don't need the mathematical analysis if i did I'd say there are billions of gods in hinduism since every animal and human is a god in it's own form.

I am asking how many worshiped gods are there in hinduism. 1,... 100, ... 1000, ... 100,000,000 ?

One god buddy, that is the meaning of monotheism.

Are you sure it's monotheism and not henotheistic.

Don't pull a Judas on me and deny the fact before the cock crows thrice.

Don't pull a Judas on me and deny the fact before the cock crows thrice

umm..that would be PETER not Judas ..
yuh sure yu went to qc ?

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Originally posted by James:

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Originally posted by Nuff:

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:
I don't need the mathematical analysis if i did I'd say there are billions of gods in hinduism since every animal and human is a god in it's own form.

I am asking how many worshiped gods are there in hinduism. 1,... 100, ... 1000, ... 100,000,000 ?

One god buddy, that is the meaning of monotheism.

Are you sure it's monotheism and not henotheistic.

Don't pull a Judas on me and deny the fact before the cock crows thrice.

Don't pull a Judas on me and deny the fact before the cock crows thrice

umm..that would be PETER not Judas ..
yuh sure yu went to qc ?

My bad. Too much typing and too little thinking.

BTW dus QC teach you that? I thought church did.

Nuff do you worship god? If so is this along religious lines? I just finish reading Chinua Achebe's "Things fall apart", and also have a monotheistic vibe, although he did talk about chi (personal god).

Even in the ancient times, if you were to read the Homer's Iliad or Virgil's The Aeneid. You will see it comes down to the ruling of the head god. Whatever Zeus says come to pass, or whatever Juno says come to pass. In many of these books although they use the word god, these god are nothing more than super prophets. Let us not forget the amazing power given to Moses or the amazing powers given to Jesus. Zeus gave birth to many of the other gods in the Greek myths.

Many people believe that life is god and therefore everything that have life have a small part of god, if we were to go back to Achebe "personal chi". Sadly to say we can use the man example, but his family was one of the first to give up their African customs and convert to Christianity.

Man I asked a simple question but I am getting a round the world answer.

OK how many forms dus Krsihna come in.

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Originally posted by Nuff:

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:
I don't need the mathematical analysis if i did I'd say there are billions of gods in hinduism since every animal and human is a god in it's own form.

I am asking how many worshiped gods are there in hinduism. 1,... 100, ... 1000, ... 100,000,000 ?

One god buddy, that is the meaning of monotheism.

Are you sure it's monotheism and not henotheistic.

Don't pull a Judas on me and deny the fact before the cock crows thrice.

It is monotheism because it accepts different forms of one god (the good god).

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:
First of all you cannot believe kids on those numbers. Kids don't know better.

Secondly if an adult would say there are many many gods in Hinduism then that person is an idiot.

Hinduism is monotheistic like most of the popular world religions and if you understand the concept behind Christianity then you would be able to grasp those behind Hinduism.

The trinity in Christianity represents one god. Jesus and the father are two separate beings and yet they are one, but most amazingly The Holy Spirit, Jesus and God are worthy of worship, yet there is only one god.

Hinduism believes in one god, that manifested in many different forms. Imagine for a second someone worshiping before an image. Does that count as a god? Nope that is the representation of a form of god.

Muslims pray while facing towards the Ka'ba. Which means you can technically face two directions, if you were to face East you would be facing towards the Ka'ba, if you were also to face West you would be facing towards the Ka'ba because the world is round. For example if you were to fly East you would eventually get to Arabia and if you were to fly West you would eventually get to Arabia also.

Most religions have some support for Pantheism, while Islam try to distance themselves from Sufi Pantheism and main stream Christian church try to do the same from several branches.

In the end like Voltaire said, "if there is no god, it would be wise to create one"

some clarity on this topic

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Originally posted by Alexander:
God is one in many forms.

food for thought for many here

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:
I don't need the mathematical analysis if i did I'd say there are billions of gods in hinduism since every animal and human is a god in it's own form.

I am asking how many worshiped gods are there in hinduism. 1,... 100, ... 1000, ... 100,000,000 ?

One god buddy, that is the meaning of monotheism.

Are you sure it's monotheism and not henotheistic.

Don't pull a Judas on me and deny the fact before the cock crows thrice.

It is monotheism because it accepts different forms of one god (the good god).

I think it's henotheistic ... because it accepts the one god theory but doesn't deny the existence of other gods.

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Originally posted by Nuff:
Man I asked a simple question but I am getting a round the world answer.

OK how many forms dus Krsihna come in.

It is not the duty of men to keep track of the forms of god, it is impossible for us to even comprehend the forms of god unless it is revealed to use in images we can understand.

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:
Man I asked a simple question but I am getting a round the world answer.

OK how many forms dus Krsihna come in.

It is not the duty of men to keep track of the forms of god, it is impossible for us to even comprehend the forms of god unless it is revealed to use in images we can understand.

That is a rather weak position to take.

So is a fish god? You have to define god if you are to worship him.

nuff this is where many people were brainwashed and indoctrinated to be against Krishna's people.

There is only one hindu god!!

sabi?

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Originally posted by Nuff:
I don't need the mathematical analysis if i did I'd say there are billions of gods in hinduism since every animal and human is a god in it's own form.

I am asking how many worshiped gods are there in hinduism. 1,... 100, ... 1000, ... 100,000,000 ?

add a few more zeros to the numbers cause we are all a 'tiny spark' of that one 'Divinity'

Enough of the religion talk. I try never to discuss religion.

I merely asked one question but didn't quite agree with what i thought the response should be.

Let's leave it at that.

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Originally posted by Nuff:

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:
I don't need the mathematical analysis if i did I'd say there are billions of gods in hinduism since every animal and human is a god in it's own form.

I am asking how many worshiped gods are there in hinduism. 1,... 100, ... 1000, ... 100,000,000 ?

One god buddy, that is the meaning of monotheism.

Are you sure it's monotheism and not henotheistic.

Don't pull a Judas on me and deny the fact before the cock crows thrice.

It is monotheism because it accepts different forms of one god (the good god).

I think it's henotheistic ... because it accepts the one god theory but doesn't deny the existence of other gods.

Explain to use what you think henotheism means...

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Originally posted by Nuff:

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:
Man I asked a simple question but I am getting a round the world answer.

OK how many forms dus Krsihna come in.

It is not the duty of men to keep track of the forms of god, it is impossible for us to even comprehend the forms of god unless it is revealed to use in images we can understand.

That is a rather weak position to take.

So is a fish god? You have to define god if you are to worship him.

sehs who
how do you 'define' the formless, unseen,imperishable and absolute....

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Originally posted by Nuff:
Enough of the religion talk. I try never to discuss religion.

I merely asked one question but didn't quite agree with what i thought the response should be.

Let's leave it at that.

there is only one god in hinduism. learn that and yuh MIT degree worth something.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by krishna:
nuff this is where many people were brainwashed and indoctrinated to be against Krishna's people.

There is only one hindu god!!

no 'hindu' god as god per say the creator created all beings for all kingdoms inclusive of
hindu, moslems, christians, buddists.....

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Originally posted by Nuff:

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Originally posted by Asif Mohamed:

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Originally posted by Nuff:
Man I asked a simple question but I am getting a round the world answer.

OK how many forms dus Krsihna come in.

It is not the duty of men to keep track of the forms of god, it is impossible for us to even comprehend the forms of god unless it is revealed to use in images we can understand.

That is a rather weak position to take.

So is a fish god? You have to define god if you are to worship him.

Is a fish god? Wow wow wow, how can I answer that? Are you asking if god can be a fish? God can be anything god choose to be. Yet be giving god fish-like attributes we are limiting god. If you were to read Ali "Najul Balagah" you would understand that every attribute we attached to god is a limitation of god.

Here is a little quote from the book.

"The foremost in religion is the acknowledgement of Him, the perfection of acknowledging Him is to testify Him, the perfection of testifying Him is to believe in His Oneness, the perfection of believing in His Oneness is to regard Him Pure, and the perfection of His purity is to deny Him attributes, because every attribute is a proof that it is different from that to which it is attributed and everything to which something is attributed is different from the attribute. Thus whoever attaches attributes to God recognises His like, and who recognises His like regards Him two; and who regards Him two recognises parts for Him; and who recognises parts for Him mistook Him; and who mistook Him pointed at Him; and who pointed at Him admitted limitations for Him; and who admitted limitations for Him numbered Him.

Whoever said in what is He, held that He is contained; and whoever said on what is He held He is not on something else. He is a Being but not through phenomenon of coming into being. He exists but not from non-existence. He is with everything but not in physical nearness. He is different from everything but not in physical separation. He acts but without connotation of movements and instruments. He sees even when there is none to be looked at from among His creation. He is only One, such that there is none with whom He may keep company or whom He may miss in his absence."

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by krishna:
nuff this is where many people were brainwashed and indoctrinated to be against Krishna's people.

There is only one hindu god!!

no 'hindu' god as god per say the creator created all beings for all kingdoms inclusive of
hindu, moslems, christians, buddists.....

point!!!!.

I am gone, guys explain this thing to Nuff, because I can see this whole discussion is over his head already.

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Originally posted by Alexander:
God is one in many forms.

So if someone decides to worship a shoe as god , is it god in another form ?

There is one God and He is to be found everywhere.

My understanding is that Hindus believe in one God but uses many different forms to identify that God. I believe that there is only one God which all of us see differently. It is the limitation of our understaning that creates the confusion here.