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To: Greg or e who wrote (22829)	3/14/2012 8:51:57 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

“…yet there are three people (Father Son and Holy Spirit) who are called God, share in the glory of God, and receive worship as God.” NAH… :-) These people don't agree!! LOL!! Christianity: 2.1 billion Islam: 1.3 billion Hinduism: 900 million Chinese traditional religion: 394 million Buddhism: 376 million African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million Sikhism: 23 million Juche: 19 million Spiritism: 15 million Judaism: 14 million Baha'i: 7 million Jainism: 4.2 million Shinto: 4 million Cao Dai: 4 million Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million Tenrikyo: 2 million Neo-Paganism: 1 million Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand Rastafarianism: 600 thousand Scientology: 500 thousand [Source: Encyclopedia Britannica]

To: Greg or e who wrote (22829)	3/14/2012 11:04:02 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

"If you take the statement seriously it would appear the " one God* " was chosen or elected to that position by others who shared his image and likeness."* >I honestly don't see how you get that interpretation from that verse.< Here's the verse again: "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness... The statement's face value alone clearly indicates an acknowledgement of others. If he was referring to the Trinity the practice of referring to himself as " our " would have continued throughout the Bible. That never happened. Give it up. BTW, unless your God was human he was, by definition, extraterrestrial.