Basically monotheism vs. polytheism, which, in your opinion, is the lesser of two evils (used here as the cliched expression) and why?
2007-06-13 04:51:58 · 29 answers · asked by Moodrets 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is a hypothetical. It is an opinionated question, asking which idea seems "better" to you. By lesser of two evils I did not imply that anything was evil; I simply used an oft repeated expression.
My address to "atheists" is correct as I am looking for less-biased answers and if I addressed it to theists it would obviously result in a biased one.
I'm not sure why I would address it to agnostic theists as one person mentioned because they two would be slightly biased like all of the other people.
2007-06-13 05:09:21 · update #1
So much is wrong with the world...Id have to go for several fallible ones - abit like the ones in Terry Pratchetts disc world.
2007-06-13 07:37:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might i ask something maybe you can explain it a bit more clearly.
Why should either be the lesser of two evils to each other? Why can't they just be beliefs?
You dont have to believe them. Which is fine thats up to you, but why should my belief be compaired to one god and asked if it's the lesser of two evils?
Okay thank you for the explaination. Sorry if i miss understood what you were trying to say. Now to answer it. I've been on both sides of this fence with the whole God/ Many Gods, and then no God.
In the whole skeam of the 1 god thing, you have the idea, of him being the one and only great one who is totally perfect and never does anything wrong.
In the idea of Many Gods, depending on which one you follow, ie ( Roman Gods, Egyption Gods, or what ever other gods there are) you see a more human dynamic from them. You see the human issues we deal with daily here on earth. Jealousy, Rage, Anger, Selfishness, The idea that we are intitled to everything. You see alot of that in the Roman Gods, but you see that in other forms with other Gods.
So i would say that it's more believable, or lesser of two evils is the many Gods. They are more human like then the idea of one god.
2007-06-13 11:56:47 · answer #2 · answered by lovelyinkedlady0613 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mmmmm interesting question. I would say logically multiple fallible gods simply because there is no evidnece of perfection so it would make more sense to me of gods with flaws.
Also as in Roman and Greek mythology-when things go wrong it was always because someoen pissed a god off. With monotheist it's all "it's god's will" aka fancy way of saying I don't know. At least the poly's had a reason.
2007-06-13 11:55:28 · answer #3 · answered by chickey_soup 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given the state of the world, I'd say multiple fallible ones. I don't believe, but I liked how the ancient Gods had the same flaws and failings as human beings.
2007-06-13 11:56:38 · answer #4 · answered by Julia Sugarbaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are completely and equally illogical because the idea of some divine being roaming about the sky has no evidence whatsoever whether or not there is just one or many. Its like asking what's more logical, 1 loch ness monster or many loch ness monsters. Both are equally nonsensical.
2007-06-13 11:57:14 · answer #5 · answered by abdiver12 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes just as much faith NOT to believe in something then it does to believe in a single god or multiple gods. You have to have faith that you are sure no such god(s) exist. I feel that people are evil because they are evil. Some ideologies are worse than others, but atheism by itself is also an ideology. And it is not an infallible ideology.
Also, "atheists" and "logic" don't always go hand in hand.
2007-06-13 12:06:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well I mean if you pay attention to history you will notice that most Religions started off a Polytheistic and eventually through Convenience and human evolution it just became easier to say 1 god did everything rather then 1 god for each individual occurrence. but both are illogical
2007-06-13 11:54:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neither is logical, although at least the fallibility would explain a few things.
There is no difference as to which is worse. There are examples of horrible things done in the name of both.
2007-06-13 11:57:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion in general is a bad thing.
I'd say that Polytheism would be the lesser. When you can accept more than one god in your belief system, you are more willing to accept people who believe differently than you.
2007-06-13 11:57:41 · answer #9 · answered by riven3187 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as god or gods.
Belief in any such nonsense is not just illogical, it defies basic common sense.
Ask an Agnostic or a Theist.
2007-06-13 13:09:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋