Sorry i took it wrong.:fim: With all my posts i assumed that, being a Christian, one would know I also believed in a heaven. Where that is pardon the pun , only God knows ,. I've heard of it as above the earth but exactly where don't know
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eh, I've never trusted the wikis as primary sources, for what I think are obvious reasons.
from Merriam-Webster:
polytheist
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<dl><dt class="hwrd">Main Entry:</dt><dd class="hwrd">poly·the·ism http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif</dd><dt class="pron">Pronunciation:</dt><dd class="pron"> \ˈpä-lē-(ˌ)thē-ˌi-zəm\ </dd><dt class="func">Function:</dt><dd class="func">noun </dd><dt class="ety">Etymology:</dt><dd class="ety">French polytheisme, from Late Greek polytheos polytheistic, from Greek, of many gods, from poly- + theos god</dd><dt class="date">Date:</dt><dd class="date">1613</dd></dl> : belief in or worship of more than one god
also from Merriam-Webster:
God
a being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require human worship ; specifically : one controlling a particular aspect or part of reality
it's all semantics. but Christianity has a pantheon just as surely as the Greeks and the Norse
Ah, but in Christianity we do have the "dying God," though he rose from the dead. Check out C.S. Lewis' autobiography Surprised by Joy for a great read on this topic.
As far as angels and demons, I don't see them as essential to the doctrine of Christianity, and I don't know of any Christians who worship them. I've always thought of them as similar to men, but perhaps on a higher plane of existence. I believe Jesus said that in the resurrection we would be like the angels, so that is what I'm referring to. The old non-canonical Book of Enoch has some interesting conjectures about them.
As I said earlier, my faith is not in a book, or what someone said, or a doctrine or creed. It has indeed become quaint and old-fashioned to believe in a God who loves ALL of us like a Daddy, but that's my take on it in a nutshell. For those of you interested in such things, I highly recommend Unspoken Sermons by George MacDonald. In this great book he addresses many of the topics we've been discussing here.
PEACE!