Polytheism or Monotheism?

[paland]

On the first page of the King James version of the Bible, it says, "Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over ...". Just why is God speaking in the plurality?

Actually in the Hebrew Bible it has Elohim instead of God. And there are several interpretations of Elohim. One of which is "He who from the sky, to Earth came". Who are the Elohim?

This is also found in the clay tablets of Sumaria and Mesopatamia, which are over 1000 years older than the Old Testament. It leads one to believe that genesis was taken from the older accounts of the Sumarians. And according to the Sumarians, the Elohim are actually the Annunaki, which is an interesting story in itself.

But back to the original question, I have had several Bible thumpers tell me different versions on the plurality of quite a few quotes from Genesis. What do some of you all say?