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Debate on the polytheistic past of monotheism
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<blockquote data-quote="ShamashUruk" data-source="post: 71554793" data-attributes="member: 400322"><p>Because it didn't, pre Israelite for the most part we find polytheistic belief systems. The Egyptians however do have a sect of their own monotheist, who escaped Egypt en masse about 1340-1345 bc. But, we don't find monotheism in early civilizations. A good example is the Sabbath which is a day of rest, I think Saturday. The earlier use of the term come from Babylon, sappatu, and is originally the 15th day of the month, the Jews being monotheistic borrow the ideas of a day of rest from Babylon, who believe in a multitude of Gods. But there are numerous other reasons, even linguistics indicates so. First languages come out of Sumer, Sumerian's worship a variety of Gods and in each city-state they worship one God, which could be argued for Henotheism. Yet, there is no evidence of monotheism. Please provide evidence of monotheism from early settings that cascade down the historical line. Even if you were to argue an Adam and Eve concept, you cannot do so without the origins of other creations epics that came before the Biblical creation epic, which is just another epic among the others. Admittedly Christianity is cute and all in its modern form, yet it has had a very serious past, both positive and negative. Not that, that is a reason, but my assertion is that Christianity should not be discarded as it has its own merits. In a spiritual sense for me the Bible has many Sumerian epics and legends, such as Noah and the deluge which is set on a backdrop of a much older flood epic, the epic of Ziusudra. Your response.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShamashUruk, post: 71554793, member: 400322"] Because it didn't, pre Israelite for the most part we find polytheistic belief systems. The Egyptians however do have a sect of their own monotheist, who escaped Egypt en masse about 1340-1345 bc. But, we don't find monotheism in early civilizations. A good example is the Sabbath which is a day of rest, I think Saturday. The earlier use of the term come from Babylon, sappatu, and is originally the 15th day of the month, the Jews being monotheistic borrow the ideas of a day of rest from Babylon, who believe in a multitude of Gods. But there are numerous other reasons, even linguistics indicates so. First languages come out of Sumer, Sumerian's worship a variety of Gods and in each city-state they worship one God, which could be argued for Henotheism. Yet, there is no evidence of monotheism. Please provide evidence of monotheism from early settings that cascade down the historical line. Even if you were to argue an Adam and Eve concept, you cannot do so without the origins of other creations epics that came before the Biblical creation epic, which is just another epic among the others. Admittedly Christianity is cute and all in its modern form, yet it has had a very serious past, both positive and negative. Not that, that is a reason, but my assertion is that Christianity should not be discarded as it has its own merits. In a spiritual sense for me the Bible has many Sumerian epics and legends, such as Noah and the deluge which is set on a backdrop of a much older flood epic, the epic of Ziusudra. Your response. [/QUOTE]
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