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Monotheism Vs. Polytheism; The
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problems with one Deity.
The philosophical investigation of the nature and grounds of religious beliefs is one of the oldest and most persistent areas of philosophical endeavor. Religious belief and practice give rise to a variety of philosophical issues, posing epistemological questions abou ....
Middle of essay ...., Abraham's monotheism was perhaps more practical than theoretical. God monopolized his allegiance to the extent that Abraham had neither room nor time for competing deities, but nowhere in Genesis does he clearly deny their existence. By contrast, Moses defined the nature of God in a clearly monotheistic fashion (Deut. 4:35,39; 32:39). The first of the Ten Commandments, "You shall have no other gods before / besides me" (Exod. 20:3; Deut. 5:7), insists that Israel is to have only one object of .... |
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