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Polytheism,

TheCatWoman

Many people find polytheism strange, I don't, I find it refreshing, what I don't understand is why so many people gave it up for montheism?

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  • I'll be honest and I hope I don't offend anyone with this statement but I find religion full stop strange. Absolutely each to their own and I respect what other people believe. But I don't understand it. I don't find polytheism any stranger than montheism. I just do not believe that any gods actually exist and I find worshipping an invisible being an odd concept. I think this is part of my autism. I'm very black and white and very logical and I need there to be some sort of evidence for what I believe. And I don't see any evidence for god's existing, if there was, surely we'd only have one religion.

  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    Lack of evidence for the existence of God is one of the key sticking points for people who do not believe in a divine being or beings. Many people of faith would argue that they choose to have faith that God exists and some might say they have had personal religious experiences of some sort. 

    Some people who believe in God consider worship to be divinely inspired, yet ways of worshiping God to be human manufactured and influenced by geographical area, history, culture and so on. This idea means that it doesn’t matter whether you are Jewish, Christian, Hindu or whatever. Expressions of faith in these religions are limited by our human condition yet the essence of one God is there in each religion and can be discerned through expressions of love, charity, faithfulness, truthfulness and so on. 

    It is intriguing that you think your autism might be playing a part in how you consider religious worship. Now that would make for an interesting study—autistic people and religious experience (or lack of).

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I have seen somewhere, cannot remember where, that autistic people have a lower incidence of belief in God, or engage in religious observance, than the general population.

  • in reply to Martin
    Martin said:
    that autistic people have a lower incidence of belief in God, or engage in religious observance, than the general population.

    That doesn’t surprise me. 

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Plus literal thinking and feeling less inclination to conform.

  • in reply to Martin

    It seems to be about 50/50 here from looking at replies to this thread and a couple of others.

    I supose it could be that very black and white thinking could lead to a lower than average engagement in spiritual activities?

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