God and the gods - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Throughout human history, people in all cultures have sensed the divine and developed a bewildering arrays of beliefs and ideas. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the conflict between belief in one God vs. many, the journey that God had led his people on through time, and how we should understand these concepts today.
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Further Resources:
• Jimmy’s article on the Divine Court: tinyurl.com/y4...
• Michael Heiser’s book The Unseen Realm: amzn.to/2D1aUTB
• Kami: tinyurl.com/ya...
• Amenominakanushi: tinyurl.com/yc...
• Amaterasu: tinyurl.com/yx...
• Joseph Smith and Elohim as “Gods”: tinyurl.com/y6...
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[@allisgrace1313]

I stumbled upon your channel a month or so ago. As a convert from neo-pagan to the One True Faith I so appreciate these interesting talks!

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Oh, thank God. Glad to see history repeating for once! The Church converted our ancestors, now she coverts us.

[@AaronJamesFD]

Amenominakanushi is a really fun word to say.

[@JimmyAkin]

I certainly thought so!

[@tonyl3762]

Absolutely fascinating insight into angels and demons! Had heard the Church fathers thought of the pagan gods as demons. Also vaguely remember reading in the Bible about angels assigned to certain nations. But now it makes total sense how the Church fathers came to that conclusion from Scripture, with certain demons actually being attached to certain pagan nations (helping explain some of their heinous practices and God's wrath and judgment upon them). Thanks!

[@lilyw.719]

The Bible says twice that the gods of the pagans are demons. It says so in one of the Psalms, and then St. Paul quotes it.

[@deutschermichel5807]

According to an ancient tradition from the 10th century St. Michael the Archangel is the patron saint of Germany

[@adamhovey407]

I am so glad you pointed out the similar etymology between those various words, and the Arabic word Allah, it gets really annoying when Christians say that Muslims don't worship God, they worship Allah. Would they say that about Arabic-speaking Christians? It bothers me, because I've had the privilege of worshipping with Melkite Christians, IE, Byzantine Catholics from the Middle East. If someone wants to debate whether or not Muslims and Christians worship the same God, by all means do it, but it just really bothers me when Christians, especially ones that should know better, say stuff like that.

[@royalsoldierofdrangleic4577]

I think they worship a false image of God, meaning they believe in the God of Christianity but they received him in a distorted way. I think we should interpret this way that part of "Lumen Gentium" about Islam and Muslim, "we both worship the one Creator God..."

[@ceciliaherrera5223]

Agree very much. Are we brothers or not? Do we have one Father or do we not?

[@IM-tl7qv]

Actually, the Arabic for God isn't Allah, it's Ilah, like in the shahada, la ilaha illallah, there is no god but Allah, so I think they are well within their right to complain about that.

[@CircusofPython]

@I M Not correct. The “Al” of Allah makes “ilah” or “god” mean “THE God.” It serves similar to the capital G for God. Ilah vs Allah is the same as god vs. God.

[@lilyw.719]

Actually, it is the authentic Catholic faith that Muslims do not worship the true God. That entire religion is demon inspired. Unfortunately, Vatican II has taught a lot of heresy and essentially become an apostate church, the false church that has been prophesied from the beginning. Some of us maintain the true faith, though, so that Jesus finds some faith left on Earth when He comes back.

[@deutschermichel5807]

In German we also have two words for “prince” : Prinz (son of a king) and Fürst

[@me2143658709]

I found the part on the entomology of various names to be fascinating! I have a strong desire now to do some writing involving Kal-El carrying the meaning of "voice of God"

[@victorolson5663]

Thank you for this episode. This was the most informative episode that I have heard, and it reminded me of some of the episodes of Father Richard Simon.

[@BonMotGuy]

Fascinating! That cleared up so much. Thank you!

[@varyar77]

Another great episode. I'd love to see you cover Heaven worship in ancient China - it's a topic that greatly interests me that I can't find much information about.

[@JuanRamirez-di9bl]

I'm watching this 2 years too late, I was looking at a painting from Gustave Dorè, The Triumph Of Christianity Over Paganism (1868), related to the video

[@timothythrash1201]

Fallen angels have been worshipped as gods from all cultures

[@mayanlogos92]

9:37 - right, it all comes down to what they think when they hear elohim... (as it being grammatically plural) but ik orthodox jews wont worship anyone but God which is ONE

[@nateskinner97]

I personally see the Nephillim as a Hebrew explanation of stories like Hercules.

[@veenapaul4462]

When a person dies, whom will he encounter ,the Supreme God or the god of his belief?

[@allisgrace1313]

Can we explore the topic of vegetative souls?

[@1001011011010]

Usually when a singular is plural it seems there is a reason. For instance, "pants". There are two legs in one "pair" of pants. Or billiards. There are numerous billiard balls, etc. Many see Elohim as being indicative or being a hint of the 3 Persons in the One God.

[@MrMarcodarko]

Its actually because God has no body. Thats it

[@1001011011010]

@@MrMarcodarko How does this lead to such a thing? That God by nature does not have a physical body does not entail a plural. For instance, an angel also lacks a physical body but "angel" is a normal singular word. If you say this is because it denotes a function rather than nature, you can look also at "spirit," which likewise refers to the immaterial. Neither of these words seem plural in Hebrew.

[@ShaunCKennedyAuthor]

Elohim (אלהים) gets just a little more interesting in Hebrew. If we start with El (אל) we can make that feminine by adding the ah or oh, to get Eloh (אלה.) Often Aramaic adds the same sound (as you mentioned) but usually with an aleph instead of a he. (אלא) So אלה could be goddess. Except that it gets stranger. To make a feminine noun plural, you replace the ah with ot. (אלות) which just about never shows up in the Hebrew Bible. It always gets the masculine plural ending added, to make Elohim. (אלהים) There was an Israeli scholar that I'm drawing a blank on the name for that that defined monotheism and polytheism in a unique way. He said that all theists (poly and mono) see a metadivine realm or substance from which absolute laws (what we might today call laws of physics and morality) came from. In polytheism, this metadivine is impersonal and inanimate. In monotheism the metadivine is personal and active and gets assigned as the top god.

[@francescogorbechov4192]

El Elohim Yahweh

[@royalsoldierofdrangleic4577]

First, maybe

[@timothythrash1201]

I am Christian I have no judgement for anybody for I will be judged. Christianity is a way of life following Jesus teachings of how to follow God. I am a sinner and can be wrong. The word of God has been passed down in these texts for thousands of years. A lot of people would have you believe these are made up stories. Look at the word for yourself and you decide.

[@HeroQuestFans]

three category three entities downvoted this episode

[@jeremysmith7176]

So what the Elisha mean.

[@RK-dk5vt]

God is salvation

[@jeremysmith7176]

@@RK-dk5vt Thanks. Jimmy actually awnsered the question in the feedback for this episode.

[@francescogorbechov4192]

Mormons believe that Elohim is there Heavenly Father, and that he lives with his many goddess wives on a planet near a mysterious star called Kolob.