The Manmade Gods of Monotheism
How basic history deflates monotheistic myths
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10 min readDec 25, 2019
Why are billions of people monotheists?
Polytheism was the norm in large societies in the Bronze and Iron Ages, and animism, shamanism and totemism were prevalent in clans and tribes stretching back to the Stone Age. According to monotheists, the one and only God revealed himself through prophets such as…
