# 3.2.3 Erroneous Views of God

<h1>Erroneous Views of God</h1>
<p>By seeing what He is not&#44; we shall be helped to a better understanding of who He is.</p>
<h2>1. Agnosticism-from two Greek words meaning not Knowing</h2>
<h3>Denies the human ability to know God</h3>
<h3>From the same etymology as ignoramus</h3>
<h3>The agnostic declares that the finite cannot grasp the infinite.</h3>
<h3>Refutation to this view</h3>
<h4>We can know of God without comprehending Him</h4>
<h4>The Scriptures declare that God is knowable</h4>
<blockquote>Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give them a heart to know me&#44; that I Am the LORD:</blockquote>
<blockquote>Daniel 11:32 The people that do know their God shall be strong&#44; and do exploits.</blockquote>

<h2>2. Polytheism is the worship of many gods</h2>
<h3>Characteristic of ancient religions</h3>
<h3>Still practiced today in heathen lands</h3>
<h4>Hinduism</h4>
<h4>New age cults</h4>
<h3>Based on the idea that the universe is governed by many forces</h3>
<h4>God of water</h4>
<h4>God of fire</h4>
<h4>God of other forces of nature</h4>
<h3>Worshipped the creature more than the creator Rom. 1:25</h3>
<h3>Refutation to this view</h3>
<blockquote>Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Matthew 4:10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God&#44; and Him only shalt thou serve.</blockquote>
<blockquote>books.John 17:3&mdash;And this is life eternal&#44; that they might know Thee the only true God&#44; and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent</blockquote>
<h4>kjv/deuteronomy.6:4 books.Deuteronomy 6:4</h4>
<h5>God is One</h5>
<h5>Three persons within One God</h5>
<h5>Monotheism the worship of One God</h5>
<h2>3. Pantheism all is god</h2>
<h3>The earth is all part of god</h3>
<h4>Trees&#44; birds and all the animals</h4>
<h4>Man is also god</h4>
<h3>According to the pantheist god lives and expresses himself through nature</h3>
<h3>Refutation to this view</h3>
<h4>Pantheism confounds God with nature</h4>
<h4>The poem is not the poet</h4>
<h4>The creature is not The Creator Romans 1:25</h4>
<h2>4. Materialism matter is the cause of all life and mind(Big bang theory)</h2>
<h3>Denies any distinction between mind and matter</h3>
<h3>Man is simply an animal</h3>
<h4>Evolution</h4>
<h4>Humanism</h4>
<h3>Refutation to this view</h3>
<h4>Life only comes from existing life</h4>
<h4>No instance has ever been demonstrated of life coming from dead matter</h4>
<h4>God is the creator of all life</h4>
<h2>5. Deism admits there is a personal God&#44; who created the world; then left it to be governed by natural law</h2>
<h3>A wound clock left to run on its own</h3>
<h3>Leaves no room for Divine intervention</h3>
<h3>No miracle is possible</h3>
<h3>Refutation to this view</h3>
<h4>Scriptural testimony of Divine intervention</h4>
<h4>Historical record of God&apos;s providence</h4>
<h2>6. Dualism there are two opposing forces of good and evil</h2>
<h3>Portrayed as good angel verses bad angel</h3>
<h3>Refutation to this view</h3>
<h4>God is more than an impersonal force</h4>
<h4>Satan&apos;s kingdom has been defeated</h4>