Is Christianity a closet polytheism?

Father, Son, Holy Ghost (plus Mary for Catholics).

We think of Hinduism as a polytheistic religion, yet many Hindus worship Shiva and view Ganesh, Hanuman, etc., as aspects of Shiva. Kali is Shiva's consort AND source of his power. When it comes time to destroy the world, Shiva becomes Kali the Destroyer of Worlds.

What's the difference?

Looked at this way, Islam is a true monotheism, as is Zoroastrianism.

Christianity is better characterized as a polytheism along with the Greek and Roman religions, the Nordic religion, Hinduism, and Shintoism.

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Permalink Reply by anonymous on October 1, 2015 at 1:59pm

I agree. Hard to follow a group that cannot count to 3 without screwing it up.

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Permalink Reply by Strega on October 1, 2015 at 3:49pm

Chuckles, well Mary is the Mommy figure, God is the Daddy figure, Jesus is the son figure, and the Holy Ghost kind of floats around being spiritual and misty and stuff

Happy families!

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Permalink Reply by Erock68la on October 1, 2015 at 4:50pm

Halloween's coming up. Maybe I'll dress up as the holy ghost.

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Permalink Reply by Strega on October 1, 2015 at 5:22pm

You could cut big holes in a white sheet and score a double as Swiss Cheesus and/or the Holey Ghost. I guess if you walked backwards in it you could even be a bit Farther.

(I'll go strangle myself now, shall I?)