2007-03-10 06:11:12 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
More than one god.
2007-03-10 06:13:44 · answer #1 · answered by Alex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polytheistic means you believe in more the 2 Gods.
2007-03-10 06:18:59 · answer #2 · answered by Albino Kangaroo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polytheism is a belief in and/or worship of multiple gods and goddess'. The word comes from the Greek, "Poly" which means many and "Theoi" which means gods. You have Soft Polytheism and Hard Polytheism. Many modern day Wiccans are Soft Polytheists, which means that believe in many gods but believe them to be aspects of The God or The Goddess. Whereas a Hard Polytheist, such as an Asatruar, believes each God and Goddess is an individual entity, with their own personality and character and is not part of a greater whole.
2007-03-10 06:15:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
From the greek polytheoi
Poly = many
Theoi = gods
Literally "many gods", so polytheistic is a belief in many gods, although 'many' can be as few as two.
2007-03-10 06:17:22 · answer #4 · answered by Tom :: Athier than Thou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who believes in more than one God.
And yes, many of us Christians who believe in the Godhead instead of just one God are polytheists. I don't know why some people have a beef with that. It's really not a problem. I mean, they don't have separate agendas or anything, but they are separate, and so we believe in more than one God.
2007-03-10 06:15:06 · answer #5 · answered by Laurel W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A culture is polytheistic if they worship more than one god (for example, the ancient Greeks worshipped Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, etc).
2007-03-10 06:14:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A religion that teaches their is more than one diety or god is said to be polytheistic. A person who believes there is more than one god would be said to embrace polytheism.
2007-03-10 06:16:12 · answer #7 · answered by Wrath Warbone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
pol·y·the·ism Pronunciation[pol-ee-thee-iz-uhm, pol-ee-thee-iz-uhm]
–noun the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
[Origin: 1605–15; poly- + theism; cf. F polythéisme]
you know you could of just looked it up on an online dictionary :P
2007-03-10 06:22:20 · answer #8 · answered by Aintitthetruth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
e Greek polytheos polytheistic, from Greek, of many gods, from poly- + theos god
It means Many "gods".
2007-03-10 06:15:14 · answer #9 · answered by Eartha Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poly means many and theistic denotes anything to do with Gods so it means belief in many Gods.
2007-03-10 06:14:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Televangelist--- believeing in-- his money,,your money,,and the lords money,,, polytheistic
2007-03-10 06:19:51 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋