Is henotheism the answer to our problems?

I think the world would be a better place if everyone was Henotheistic. We could exercise more tolerance for each other's beliefs, at the very least. You don't need to believe that the other religion is false; you just need to believe that it exists alongside yours, so maybe there are different Gods, different Hells, different Heavens...

But it's quite difficult to achieve it, esp when the morals/ideals of religions clash. So the best is simply to accept that others have different sets of values, and let it go. As long as they don't harm themselves/people around them, does it even matter what their beliefs are?

Yes the Bible does speak of many god's Satan the Devil is actually a god. There is only one almighty God. A study of the whole Bible makes it clear who that is. The us mentioned @

(Genesis 3:22) And Jehovah God went on to say: “Here the man has become like one of us in knowing good and bad, and now in order that he may not put his hand out and actually take [fruit] also from the tree of life and eat and live to time indefinite,—” is His son Jesus.

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Bible scholar Donald E. Gowan says: “There is no support in the O[ld] T[estament] for most of the proposed explanations: the royal ‘we,’ the deliberative ‘we,’ the plural of fullness, or an indication of a plurality of persons in the Godhead. . . . None of these explanations makes much sense in 3:22, which speaks of ‘one of us

The similarity of the expressions at Genesis 1:26 and 3:22 gives us a clue. At Genesis 1:26, we read that Jehovah said: “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness.” To whom was he addressing these words? Referring to the spirit creature who became the perfect man Jesus, the apostle Paul said: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; because by means of him all other things were created in the heavens and upon the earth.” (Colossians 1:15, 16) Yes, it seems logical that at Genesis 1:26, Jehovah was speaking to his only-begotten Son, the “master worker,” who was at his side during the creation of the heavens and the earth. (Proverbs 8:22-31) The similarity of the expression at Genesis 3:22 suggests that Jehovah was again speaking to the one closest to him, his only-begotten Son.

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Definition: The Supreme Being, whose distinctive name is Jehovah. The Hebrew language uses terms for “God” that convey the idea of strength, also of majesty, dignity, and excellence. In contrast to the true God, there are false gods. Some of these have set themselves up as gods; others have been made objects of worship by those who serve them.

Baal is called a false god. The Bible tells us there is only one true living God who's name is Jehovah. No, the world would not be a better place allowing worship of false gods. This is the problem now. I have no problem with my belief in God. Nor do I have a problem with other people's beliefs in God. You must be an atheist.

I believe you have a valid point and I agree with you most emphatically.That is because I had a transcendental experience where Oneness shone its Light upon me.It was revealed to me that all religions and philosophies have the same objective in mind.They are but many manifestations of the same One Truth.Once this is fully realized the barriers of prejudice melt away.You begin to see everything as Oneness and fully know that all are brothers and sisters to the same cause.And no one religion or philosophy has a monopoly on the truth.All truths are One and the same.From this perspective we can all learn from one another in peace,Michael.

I'm afraid that it wouldn't work.

Suppose that you have two directly contrasting religious beliefs, how can you believe that you are right, without automatically believing that other people are wrong?

It's like believing that the world was created over millions of years, but saying that the belief that it was created in 6 days is just as valid.

What about theological faiths such as Hinduism and Shinto? Where do they fit in?

Equally, wouldn't henotheism just be another forced interference in people's personal faith. Just another way of telling people what to believe, and watering down their core beliefs.

It sounds like the kind of thing that an atheist would try to enforce in order to destroy organized religion.

If the God Yahweh believed the world would be a better place if we were all henotheistic Noah' flood never would have happened.

Sounds good. I have always wondered why the omni-potent god needed to be jealous of lesser gods.

If followers of each particular No. 1 god can live and let be and nnot argue about which god is truly No. 1, things would be much better than they are now. Still not ideal but better.

Go ahead! None can stop you.

In the civilized societies, people prefer to call their progenitor as father, there is no question of "x is also my father, so as y".

Of course it would be, will people? When this "hell" freezes over.

Minded their own business that is.