Monotheism, or the belief in one God, has been an aspect of world religions as far back as recorded history tells. There is several possibilities for how Monotheism arose in ancient culture. One way would be to raise one of the gods of a polytheistic society so high above the rest that the others are eventually forgotten. Another would be that maybe a culture had started out as monotheistic. However monotheism started, it has made a major impact on society, but where did this idea arise.
From a Christian perspective, the best source of information on origin of monotheism is the Hebrew culture. As we know, the Hebrew culture wasn’t always consistent in there observance of worship to one God, but they were supposed to be. The Hebrews had a problem with always wanting to worship the
I believe that James may be right. While some religions of ancient times may have put one god above all others, it is hard to find a culture that put one out singly form the others. Even Israel in ancient times believed that when they went to war the God of Abraham fought against the gods of the people they were fighting.
Many religions over history have worshiped the sky-god. This may be the beginnings of some monotheistic ideas. The sky-god would be different from other gods, because it is one that can be seen more prominent than other types of gods. In most cultures throughout the world, sky-gods of some kind where worshiped. Some cultures even eventually stopped worshiping all the other gods, and only worshiped the sky-god. But is that truly a possible beginning of Monotheism.
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