Why can't there be two Gods? (Note: God is the Maximally
Great Being)
Ans. In my view, a maximally greater being must only be one
because that being is beyond any comparison and greater than anything ever
existed or tend to exist. If two Gods exist, then there is question of who
shall be the powerful, the greater one i.e. a feeling of competitive view. So
that doesn't lead to a maximally greater being. E.g. We can find stories in
Hindu Puranas where Vishnu, Brahma have competitions to prove who is mightier.
Such cases lead to conclusion that a maximally greater being
must only be one.
There cannot be two maximally great beings because, for any
given attribute or for the cumulative set of all innate attributes, only one be
maximally great being.
Meanwhile, in the blessed Trinity, the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit are 3 distinct persons but co-equal and all these three persons
are maximally great. So, can there not be co-equal
maximally great beings?
In this case, what I point out is that the blessed Trinity
is about One God as one being. It’s one being having tripersonal existence. So,
there is no comparison since each of them are maximally greater in virtue of
being as one substance, one nature and one essence. Furthermore, each person is
fully God and differ in their office but are in perfect harmony and unity.
There are hence no competitive roles but only harmony. And it is not more than
one maximally greater beings but one such being whose existence is in
tripersonal. And this is perfectly compatible.
Special gratitude to Raj Kumar Richard, an South Indian apologist, who reviewed my answer.
For more:
Click 1: Answer by Raj Kumar Richard
Click 2: Answer by the Carpenter's Desk
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