Is Christianity polytheistic religion?

I don't think so. In a polytheist religion there are many gods with different powers and origin. They usually don't communicate and when they do there isn't peace between them. In Christianity there is only one God. He had a son, Jesus, who came to the Earth to speak in the name of God. The angels would be only the messengers, the holy ghost is not a God himself, it is the spirit of Jesus. When Christians pray they pray to God or Jesus in the name of God.

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Actually, it kind of is. See, by Christians believing in the Holy Trinity (God the father, Jesus the son, and the Holy Spirit), Mary, Joseph, the angels, and the saints, that means that it is polytheistic. On the other hand, most Christians will argue with me by saying that they only worship Jesus and pray to Jesus, but that is not always the case.

Hello alnilam!:-) I shall not go much into detail but I would like to clear some points here, so that the perspective is very clear. GOD does refers HIMSELF as plural, not only in Bible but also in Quran (Koran), Torah, Talmud etc. You will find plural pronouns not only for GOD but also for some other. Like, in Quran, there are several verses to this fact, for example, "We have descended this scripture and we are it's protector." We can see that a plural pronoun is used here, but there is a consensus that it is just in linguistic reverence terms rather than factual. Thus whenever a direct noun is used for GOD, Quran (Koran) always refer to it as a singular, which is peculiarity of Quran compared to Bible. Muslims are the purest monotheistic religion. Not only Christians have a concept of "son of GOD" but also many Jews believe "Uzair" to be "son of GOD". In Islam, GOD is/can never be in human shape, form, attribute; HE is free from any human traits or attributes. But, let me also clear here that some muslim denominations have also over stepped on this concept. They believe "Ali" (cousin and son in law of Muhammad) to be God, though they are banished by their fellow believers. Second point that I would like to address is that 'Jesus' is not just an ordinary Prophet in Islam or Quran. Quran, though speak of high respect for all Prophets and that belief in each of them is compulsory, yet there are categories and separate terms for Prophets depending upon their level of activity and function in divine system of guidance. Some are called just 'Nabi', whose function is to just call people to righteousness as commanded by GOD. 'Nabis' had duties limited to just their family, some to extended family and some others to a little wider extent. Others are called 'Rasul', the messengers, whose function is wider and not only to receive the message through 'Gabriel' and deliver guidance but they are also given a script. Then there are 'Ulul Azm Rasul', whose function was much wider and they received 'Holy Books'. These 'Ulul Azm Rasul' (highly regarded messengers) are only five, namely Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. So, 'Jesus' is not just an ordinary Prophet but has a special value and regard in Islam as well as in Quran. I hope it clears some issues here!:-)

You might be opening a can of worms here...LOL... While I'm not Christian myself, though I haven't abandoned my Christian upbringing, it always did strike me that Christianity, especially Catholicism is polytheistic--Yes you have the belief in one God, but many Christians of course believe in Christ, and then there is the Virgin Mary..and then....all those saints!! And each saint usually represents some aspect--like St. Jude, usually considered the patron saint of lost causes..so this is almost like the equivalent of the ancient Gods and Goddesses of pagan times where they too represented some quality

There is only 1 God. A very common error on translating the bible is that people concentrate on the text not on the intended meaning. God's name is Yahweh and His son is Jesus. That is why Jesus is the son of God.