Should a monotheistic God ever be considered good or great?

Should a monotheistic God ever be considered good or great? Aug 9, 2018 16:03:05 GMT

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Post by Aj_June on Aug 9, 2018 16:03:05 GMT

Aug 9, 2018 14:59:47 GMT general313 said:

Aug 9, 2018 12:40:11 GMT Aj_June said:

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One extra observation I will like to make - It is not just 3 Abhrahamic religion that claim to have logical, omniscient and all-powerful monotheistic Gods. Even religions such as Baha'I, Sikhism, Vaishnavism and Zorastrianism also claim to have one ruler who is omniscient. good, logical. The attributes of monotheistic Gods are nearly the same.

I wonder if there was influence between the Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic religions. If not that might suggest an underlying inevitable universal principle to arrive at the same description of God (either because He/She/It exists or because of an unlearned common human psychological quality involved in the synthesis of these religions). On the other hand maybe "infinitely powerful supreme being" is an elementary and trivially natural direction for a religion to take.

Sometimes things are blown out of proportion and conspiracy theories gain much attention. For example- There were quite a few scholars trying to create a case that Jesus visited India. I think such claims are totally far fetched and lies.

But there were two major interaction points in ancient world. Hinduism and Zoroastrianism seem to have evolved from people who either had very close relations or had common ancestor. I mean there are so many words, deities and customs same about them that their interaction and influence on each other can't be denied. I have zero doubts that Persians and Indians or other central Asians had lots of interactions.

Poisoned Dragon had sent me 2 or 3 links of very reputed scholarly works that commented on interactions of Zoroastrians and Jews and their influence on each other. of course a fanatic Jew or Parsi will deny it but considering the fact that Persians ruled over Israel for many centuries I have no doubt that both religions may have had at least some influence on each other. So it seems Zoroastrianism may be the one link common to both real east and middle east. Another point to note is that none of these religions have been monotheistic from the start. They evolved into monotheistic religions. I have lots of free time in next two weeks as I am off work till then. I might search a bit and make a topic on this issue.