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Originally Posted by Ilya  I think that this is the wrong way to look at it. Polytheistic religions are the ones that lead to conflict: you acknowledge that other gods exist, but think that yours is better, so you fight the ones who worship the inferior gods. Monotheism, if properly interpreted, means that all people share a single God and if others believe in another God, they really just mean the same one (for example, according to Judaism, any monotheistic religion is correct for non Jews, because it has to be the same philosophical God as the one the Jews believe in). |
Roman and Greek gods were very contentious but they didn't destroy each other the way human beings do.
One god per human characteristic (bad or good ones) let people share those single good qualities everybody has.
That way of thinking wouldn't lead people think someone is more developed (the good guys) and someone else less developed (the bad guys).
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Originally Posted by Ilya Monotheism, if properly interpreted, |
What a big "IF" ... :-)