Let us change the question and ask - can gold have many forms? Of course gold can appear as a ring, a chain, a bracelet, a earring, a nose-ring, a statue, anything. Just like gold is the cause, and all these pieces of jewellery are just effects, God is the cause, the forms that appear in this world are effects - everything in this world is nothing but a manifestation of God. Not just all the living organisms breathe the power of God, even nature is made up of the five particles which is nothing but God. Science has proved that every particle of matter is nothing but energy. What is this energy? It is God energy.
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There is the greek god Poseidon, but not many gods in Greek Mythology can actually change forms.
Essentially Hinduism presents many forms of the same God to let the believer have his/her own choice. God is compassionate par-excellence and should not God provide choice? - God does.
Hinduism is very ancient Religion. During this long time periods God took different form to achieve different goals. Thus so many forms of the same god.
according to Hinduism all the God are forms of Supreme God. Supreme god show Incarnation (avatāra) for the sake of humanity, thus he has many different names.
Although there are many forms of God in Hinduism like Lakshmi and Ganesha, but the supreme being is called Brahman.
Many religions today and throughout history believe in the existence of more than one god. Religions today that have more than one god are:HinduismShintoBuddhism (though Buddhism doesn't actually teach the idea of prayer, and some forms of Buddhism have no god).Some forms of neo-paganismSome forms of Wicca
polotheism is when you believe in more than one god in a religion. E.G. Hiduism is a polothiest religion as they have a god that take many forms.
Hinduism is a polytheistic religion where Brahman is the universal spirit that appears in many forms.
Hindus believe in one god. His forms might be different but the god is one. For different purposes god took different forms to save humanity.
Certainly, Many people believe that Hinduism is Religion of thousands of Gods. But they do not realize that all these god refer to one Supreme God & are direct forms of the Supreme god himself.
Yes. Many forms of torture and even death could be inflicted on anyone questioning God or the church.