Christianity is a polytheistic religion.

This, being a debate about Christianity being a polytheistic religion, and my taking Con's side, fully entitles me to stating my opinions; therefore, I will be showing arguments that Christianity is a monotheistic religion. This debate is also a religious debate, and therefore quoting from the Bible is perfectly acceptable. That being said, I will now address my opponent's arguments. ____________________________________________________________________________________ I would like to ask my opponent to show me proof (solid, clear evidence) that the devil is, in fact, a god. All he has said so far is that Satan is a spiritual entity that has power in the physical world - I could say the same thing about demons and angels and spirits of people who have passed, but it doesn't make it true, and it also does not make these spirits gods. (I would like to note that this is merely an example, I in no way believe this). If my opponent would not like to only use the definition of the Christian God, then he should not be arguing that Christianity is a polytheistic religion. The definition that my opponent referred to in his last argument, "(often lowercase) a supreme being according to some particular conception: the god of mercy" is not referring to the Christian God, but rather a god of a different religion or culture. Greek mythology has nothing to do with Christianity, and therefore bringing it up as a defense to the argument that Christianity is a polytheistic religion is futile. My opponent states: "It is clearly faulty to ONLY submit this definition, considering it would declare almost all of the gods that Humanity has believed in no longer gods. It is self-evident that this definition cannot be applied given the nature of this debate. " We are not talking about "all of the gods that Humanity has believed in", we are talking about the Christian God, the God of the Bible. I am not undermining the gods of other religions, I am simply stating that this debate is not concerning gods of other religions. My opponent also states: "And despite this, we are not using the Bible's definition of god, we are using the generally accepted idea about what a god can be, as provided by the various religions which have been had by Humanity. " Again, we are not discussing other religions, we are discussing Christianity. If you are going to proclaim that Christianity is polytheistic, you need evidence to back yourself up, rather than just saying that Satan is a god but isn't called that in the Bible. The Bible is the book that all Christians rely on as a source of history that is completely accurate. If the Bible does not say that Satan is a god, but rather the devil, then Satan is not considered a god in Christianity. ____________________________________________________________________________________ I will admit that, although not purposefully, I did contradict myself by saying that Satan has no power in the physical world but that he is influential in the media. I should rephrase that - Satan does not hold the same power as God, and he only has the ability to try to influence humans away from God. We most often see this through the media, because Satan uses humans who are not Christians to do his "dirty work". He doesn't hold power over them, he influences them because they are vulnerable and do not have God protecting them from Satan's evil ways. Influence and power are not almost synonymous here, they are two different things. ____________________________________________________________________________________ My opponent states that the gods of other religions were not necessarily omnipotent, but that they focused on different aspects of reality. The basis behind Christianity is that God (the ONE God of this religion) is omnipotent and omnipresent and can do all things. Satan can not do all things. Satan is not a minor god either, because Christianity does not have minor gods. Find a verse in the Bible or some Biblical text that says directly that Satan is a god. ____________________________________________________________________________________ My opponent closes his arguments by stating that he was very obviously referring to the fourth definition given by dictionary. com, and not the first one. However, this being a debate about Christianity, it was not absurd for me to have assumed that he would be using the definition of the Christian God. ____________________________________________________________________________________ I leave my opponent with the burden of proof.