--- In [email protected], boyboy_8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > YHVH is but one representation of the God of Abraham, Isaac, > Jacob, Moses, etc. He had several names and the this is but > one. For Jews, He is THE only God. The same for Christians > (with one exception) and all Muslims. Same God. THE God. > "A god" we would say is refered to in other systems, like those > found among natives in the Americas and throughout Hinduism. > There are countless gods in India. Not the same thing as YHVH. > > Mainstream Judaism sees YHVH as a Unity, non-dualistic, Creator, > Master of the Universe, etc. ONE God. To quote a passage from > the Torah known as the "Shema": "Hear, oh Israel. The Lord, our > God, the Lord is ONE". (Exodus 3:8). This is the statement of > Unity.
There are innumerable such statements in the Vedic literature--especially in the Upanishads--referring to Brahman. There are lots of "gods" in Hinduism, but (as I said earlier) they are all simply aspects of the One.
