2007-03-28 16:08:35 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wow. so many people missed the point.
Here is what my thoughts are. There is a difference and it is not just in the number of gods.
Monothesim always places the diety at perfection, without fault. And thus superior to all other things. All things were made by this supreme being.
Thus those who directly act on his behalf are superior to those who just worship him ( the assumtion that a pope is more holy than a lay worshiper and thus has the inherent right to interpret the deities works and words).
Polythesim is quite the reverse, the dietys together created everything, one of the deities is usually stronger than the others but is not all powerful. Each deity has faults and virtues.
The assumption is that while the priests may interpret the works and words of the deities they will make their own desires known to the lay people as readily as to the clergy because each deity is striving for itself, thus no assumetion of holier than thou.
2007-03-28 16:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by Tom 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1. Polytheism has many deities.
2. Monotheism usually relegates their single god as all-powerful. Polytheism cannot do this.
Note: Becuase of this, the gods can be easily excused forr not answering prayers, as they have oppositions, or a lack of power.
3. Poly gods are generally not perfect, creating a more believable deity.
I'm not saying my gods exist, but monotheism makes no real sense.
2007-03-28 16:17:03 · answer #2 · answered by Squishy 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Since Monotheism was the first religion later polytheism came into play as you know mono means one poly means many
2007-03-28 16:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by gorbalizer 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Polytheism is the belief in multiple Gods. Such religions include Hinduism, ancient Greek belief, Egyptians, and most ancient religions. Polytheistic belief was the first religious belief bases, this belief of many Gods controlling the various wonders of nature that they could not at that time understand.
As man began to understand more of the world around him, monotheistic belief dawned. The first group of monotheist was the Jews. This fade caught on and now it is the major religious belief in the world.
2007-03-28 16:16:13 · answer #4 · answered by Oshihana 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
monotheism is believing in only one god, whereas polytheism is believing in many gods.good examples would be christianity and judaism where people believe in just one god and no other god(or supreme being of whatever). a perfect example of polytheism would be the ancient greeks and romans who worshiped hundreds of gods and goddesses
2007-03-28 16:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by snshnangel04 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Polytheism believes there are many gods, while monotheism believes there is only one.
In my opinion, both are believing in imaginary beings.
2007-03-28 16:11:56 · answer #6 · answered by philcya 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Polytheism means to worship multiple forms of God. Monotheism is to worship one form of God.
2007-03-28 16:11:50 · answer #7 · answered by devdas 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The most obvious answer is that Polytheist believe in multiple gods, and monotheists believe in only one god.
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2007-03-28 16:19:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hinduism-polythiesm & monotheism.
Islam-Monotheism
Hindus pray many gods, and also know that they are different form of one god.
Islam thinks that hindus pray to many gods. They preach faith in one god.
2007-03-28 16:26:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Poly: Many
Mono: One (or a std of the throat.)
Polytheists believe in more an one deity while monotheists believe of a single deity.
2007-03-28 16:14:27 · answer #10 · answered by xxfree.lovexx 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋