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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:04 AM Original message |
Why is monotheism supposedly better than polytheism? |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Because God said so? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. which god? there are so many to choose from nt |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. the One True God(tm)! |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. Cleaner chain of command |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's true. And, it makes it easier to justify evil acts if one can say |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Yep. The whole Trojan War thing could have been avoided |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I blow them away at my church when I ask: |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Because the vast majority of people who follow a religion |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. Possibly because most religious scholars are monotheistic and so see |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. because the bible tells me so? |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. It certainly simplifies things |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. Who knows? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's just that monotheism is "in" ... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Exactly. Christianity is not monotheistic. It is a monotheistic veneer |
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Wildewolfe (470 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. By the same token |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. Damn, Good Question.... |
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Neo Atheist (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. is there any logical reason for belief in either poly or mono? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. Three reasons. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
19. I don't think it is personally- but here are some of my thoughts. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
20. That assumes that the current major religions are monotheistic. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. Is there any logical reason to put 10 blank lines |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes, it's "in." :-) nt |
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