Yeah, I’ve never heard even the most radical Muslims say that Jews were polytheistic. That’s a new one. Shi’a polytheistic? I’ve never heard that one either, just that they are idolatrous & way out of the bounds of Islam.
I was always told that Christians believe in 3 gods, both by other Jews & Muslims.
“I was always told that Christians believe in 3 gods, both by other Jews & Muslims.”
That’s a nasty slander, rejected by no less than the “RamBam.”
Not sure I understand the trinity concept, but it’s like water, ice, and vapor -— more or less the same thing, different aspects.
I am Christian, and I have no doubt the one and only God, my Lord, is the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.
In further follow up, and clarification, I can see how the “3 Gods” story gets going, but it is wrong.
My imperfect understanding is that, like Jews, Christians believe that the Messiah shared/will share God’s perfect soul -— the distinction being who the Messiah is.
In Christianity, there is a distinction, theologically, between Jesus and God-the-Father, and technically, Christians worship God by-and-through Jesus, as the high priest, whose sacrifice makes Christians sritually pure so as to ask for forgiveness from God and/or pray to God for other matters. (In short, the last Passover sacrifice.)
The “Holy Spirit” is the spirit of God-the-father that comes forward and helps Christians (who listen) know the will of God-the-Father. Never could figure out why this counted as a “third”
Not a religious scholar here. Just my redneck understanding.