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    Monotheism is a religion or belief system that involves just one God. Monotheism is an ancient idea, and it appears in various religions and cultures for thousands of years before the emergence of modern-day monotheistic religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. These three religions are also known as the Abrahamic religions. Monotheism is believed to have emerged around 3400 to 4000 years ago in the Egypt region of the world. Polytheism is the belief in and worship of many gods.

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    Q: Why do scholars see in Second Isaiah [1] the birth of radical monotheism and [2] the belief that YHWH is the God of universal history. In order to properly answer the first question regarding the birth of radical monotheism, I felt the need to define the term “radical”. The definition that I found in the Oxford Living Dictionary(Oxford Living dictionary, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/radical) is as follows: 1. “(especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental

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    Religion Vs Monotheism

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    contrast monotheism and monism. Include examples of each to support your analysis. Religion has existed as long as human beings walked this earth as a powerful way of uniting and relating to other people. Even though many religions have their moral, cultural, historical, and doctrinal differences that may cause conflict to arise among them, there are many similarities present among monotheists, polytheists, and even monists that most people do not realize. If we break down the word monotheism, mono

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    Monotheism can be defined as the idea of one single God (Richter 28). Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all monotheistic religions which follow one transcendent Creator of all things. Monism, on the other hand, refers to belief in an ultimate reality that is single and unique, like God, but not personified (Richter 31). Monism is evident in aspects of Hinduism such as the idea of Brahman in the last of the early Hindu writings. While both terms have more differences than similarities, they share

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    The word Monotheism is derived from Greek (mono + theism), monos mean “one” and theos mean “god”. So the person or the religion that believe in oneness of God is called monotheism. Follower of Abrahamic religions, Christians, Jews and Muslims are believing in monotheism. So the person who believes in one God also believes in the doctrine that He is the Supreme force, the sole Lord and Creator of the universe, whose rules of morality, treatment and equality and standard are same for all humanity.

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    Origin: Monotheism and Polytheism both refers to one who worships one or more upper deities of sort in order to guide him/her throughout life with morals or the fundamentals of a successful life. The first mark of religion itself originated when mankind “became human” by thanking the supposedly many gods for the wellbeing of their arts, crops, etc. Since gods were represented as the guardians of these factors, the birth of Polytheism was the first religious mark. But the most well known begining

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    he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.” Just because other gods are mentioned throughout the Bible does not specifically mean that the Bible teaches henotheism. Henotheism was thought to be created to depict the early stages of monotheism. In 1st Corinthians 8:5-6, Paul the Apostle told the Corinthians, “There are many gods, but for us there

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    1) The Hebrew Monotheism The Hebrew is the Jewish people who abandoned the polytheism of their own early history and all the other early civilizations of the near East and Mediterranean world by covenant with one God. Their beliefs that everyone they should treat each other equal. The create first religion of a book the Torah and Moses was their leader. 2) Classical Greece in Athens( Literature, Philosophers , Government) Athens was Famous for literature, poetry, drama and theater, The Athens

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    Monotheism in Ancient Civilizations People of the ancient world worshiped an array of gods, but one of the most important historical phenomenons purports the idea of a single God. The idea of this single God can either serve to unite us in a common humanity, serve to initiate discussion, or cause divisions when the attributes of this god are examined. Several ancient religions have been greatly affected by the radical effects of monotheism. Some early models of this belief include Atenism, Zoroastrianism

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    Monism vs. Monotheism The oneness of God, in the context of belief, can primarily be defined as monotheism. Under monotheism, God is speculated to be the one real and true God that is in existence. His character, attributes, and essence are presumed to be uniquely fundamental and incompatible from all other beings, i.e., gods associated other religions. On the other hand, the belief in theological and metaphysical views that all is one, and that there are no fundamental divisions in any given spheres

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