text: In my belief, there is only one Deity.  But you can compare Deity to a diamond in that there are many different facets.  The gods and goddesses of every pantheon, the Christian God, the Jewish G-d, Islam's Allah are all facets of the Universal Deity.  The names we use are only there to help us identify with Deity.  I use the names God, Goddess and a few names that I identify with depending on the reason I am praying to or speaking of Deity.