Does anyone know how many "gods" there have been throughout history? Please cite your source.?
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Well, throughout history, there has been thousands.  Just about every culture had the own gods.  Greeks had over 40 gods, Egyptions had over 60 gods, and those are just the obvious ones.  What about the Inka's, and various American Indian cultures.  Even the middle east before Mohamed brought Allah and Jesus brought Christianity had hundreds of Gods... One for just about everything.  Exact numbers, I don't think any would ever be able to give you that, but I could be wrong, let's see what is posted (other than the Christians who say only one god, and muslims who say only one allah).
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I agree and this is one of the most difficult issues that I have been struggling with lately.  Our ancestors of 2000 years ago did not have the science nor the technology to explain everyday events.  "Oh my gosh!  That glowing ball is back!  It must be a god!"  So, they named him Helios.  I'm just so confused as to why the Bible is still the end all, be all authority.  We've obviously made leaps and bounds in our understanding of the earth, our solar system, our galaxy and our universe.  Ugh!  I'm just so confused and find it VERY hard to follow with blind faith.
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I think there is only one God.  Men have called Him many things; God, Jehovah, Great Spirit, Allah... the list is quite lengthy.  I doubt that He really cares what you call Him, as long as you do call.
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Reminds me of that bit in Catch 22.\n\nAnyway, I don't believe in a God of History; one whose supposed exploits are charted in writings from the past. There is no way I can face a divinity who sits from the distant yesterday and claims that enough has been done, or who has dangled false hopes over our future. Life is not that simple. The God that I would believe in would exist in the here and now, and would be defined through such an existence rather than through the broken remains of our ancestors.
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Seven is the correct answer. I'm not sure what kind of source you're looking for, but I've found it in multiple sources.
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Assuming that you count your millenias from the time planet Earth came into existence, there have been 4.5 million millenias.\n\nAssuming you count it from when man first (seemingly) appeared (I am a Darwinian), there have been around 5000 - 7000 millenias (the exact period of origin of man isnt known)\n\nAssuming that you are so short sighted to be counting from the Christian Era, there have been two millenias (0001 AD to 1000 AD and 1001 AD to 2000 AD). We are therefore in the third.
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Where did you get that!? lmao There are no Goddesses in Christianity; there is only one God.
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A good question. There is as much *** proof *** of his existence as there is for all the other deities and pseudo deities.\n\nNote the word *** proof *** here meaning "not what some mortal scribbled down in parchment a few hundred years AFTER the alleged fact, THEN had it translated - several times - interpreted and re-written."
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Lots. A whole lot. Very very many. Hinduism alone recognizes a few million--they may actually have one of the more accurate numbers, as Hinduism recognizes gods of other religions as well.
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Wikipedia is a very good start for this. This page summarizes the beliefs behind many different creation myths. It is sorted by culture / ethnic group / religion and provides external sourcing.
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There were many, many Egyptian gods. Researchers say there were over 2,000 throughout all of Egypt although most of them were lesser gods. The main gods egyptians worshiped were Amun, Anubis, Aten, Atum, Bastet, Bes, Geb, Hapy, Hathor, Horus, Isis, Khepri, Khnum, Ma'at, Nephthys, Nun, Nut, Osiris, Ptah, Ra, Ra-Horakhty, Sekhmet, Seshat, Seth, Shu, Sobek, Tawaret, Tefnut, and Thoth.
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my religion is Bible-based, so that is the text that i will be focusing on.\n\nover the years archaeologists have used the Bible to find people, places, kings, kingdoms, and even entire civilizations that were previously thought to not exist.  they were in the Bible, but no one found them until they used the Bible to find them. \n\nthe Bible puts on a timeline a cataclysmic flood about 4500 years ago where everything was destroyed from the face of the earth.  the oldest tree discoevered dates to about 4500 years ago.  coincidence?  read on...\n\nin the late 1990's, the earths population topped 6 billion.  in 1810, it was just over 1 billion.  following the curve that these numbers give us, the human population was at it's beginning about 4500 years ago (where the Bible has 8 living people)\n\nthe first greek translation of the new testament was written 250 years BC (before christ).  it has in it over 300 prophesies pertaining to the life of the messiah; all of which were fullfilled by Jesus.  the odds of this all happening as written are monumental. \n\nGod proved that He surpasses time and space with the prophesies, that He created time and space with the intricacy of His creation, and that He loves time and space with the sacrifice He paid.  maybe the Bible was penned by men, but each and every word written was via divine inspiration from God Himself.  no man could accomplish that.  religion was created by man, as the simple definition of "religion" is "man's quest for God"; however i believe in a different school of thought, and that is one of "God desiring a relationship with His creation; specifically man."  it isn't about being religious, it's about having a relationship with God.
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Trust me on this one. There were 13 Roman gods. The thirteenth was known for his tricks and bad deeds. That is why 13 is beleaved to bad luck.\n\nP.S.\nGiggly Giraffe is correct if you count Jesus, but that has nothing to do with 13 being unlucky.
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Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are the only three religions that only a a singular "god" that is male. All other religions have multiple "gods" and/or female "gods".
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That answer would overload this database.\n\nThere is a site that lists many religions. See below:
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I like your logic, and I agree.  I believe all gods are one God, just different names/aspects.  The supreme ruler is an IMMENSE being, and mere humans with our human brains cannot possibly interpret the whole thing as it is.  So we look at aspects of the supreme being.  I see one part, and you see another part.  But we're seeing the same Being.
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there are and have been thousands \n,if you count all the primitive religions as well.\neach one is totally real to its followers\n\nthe primitive religions were probably more real ,because they happened ,with out the intervention of scheming political bookwriting priests.\nthey came from peoples inner fears and wonder