2007-09-07 15:40:54 · 18 answers · asked by Mai 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I was about to answer that the Egyptians were Polytheistic, but then I realized that I wasn't sure about the answer. However, the Egyptian religion was not one of the three great desert religions, Jewish, Islamic and Christian which were all monotheistic, so I assume that it was polytheistic, which was the preceding type of Religion.
My own assumption is that Monotheistic Religion which predominated in later human society was a naturally transition based more on the way government was being organized after the weakening and finally collapse of the governments like in Egypt and Greece, but a government ruled and governed eventually by the sovereign state but not the holy state.
This simplification was a necessary change so that government could control the population in a more manageable level and a more rational level. In other words, the people could begin to participate in the government in many more rational and flexible manors necessary to the running of a more flexible rational government system.
2007-09-07 15:59:29 · answer #1 · answered by zclifton2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polytheistic
2007-09-07 23:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by crazy_chic_luvs_rupert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Egyptians were polytheistic for most of their 3500+ history except during the reign of Akhenaten, who established the world's first monotheistic religion with the worship of the Aten, his own 'personal' god of the sun disk, in the 14th century BC. There are some theories that he influenced Moses and Judaism.
Also, they didn't actually believe the pharaoh was a god. They considered him SEMI-divine and that he became a full god only at death.
2007-09-07 22:46:30 · answer #3 · answered by pampersguy1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
polytheistic!
"Egyptian religion has over 700 gods and goddesses with a variety of beliefs depending on the time period of Egyptian history which is being studied."
2007-09-07 22:45:58 · answer #4 · answered by live.likenotomorrow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Polytheistic for all of their ancient history except during the time of the king right before Tutanhkaton / Tutankhamen.
2007-09-07 22:45:07 · answer #5 · answered by David B 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They were Polytheistic. Have you ever seen "The Mummy" or something? They had referred to many gods such as Isis and Anubis...there were a lot of Gods and Goddesses they worshipped.
2007-09-07 22:46:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Except for a short period (See King Tut) Polytheistic.
2007-09-07 22:46:48 · answer #7 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Egyptians had many gods.
The god that was the most important was determined by the whims of the pharoah. Some pharoahs were partial to one or the other god. Or goddess.
2007-09-07 22:45:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Poly for a long time till they accepted Islam
2007-09-07 23:26:04 · answer #9 · answered by arty_mail 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were polytheistic.
2007-09-07 22:46:15 · answer #10 · answered by gleipnir76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋