monotheism in ancient Israel which I actually think happened later and for different reasons than people commonly
Because monotheism , which was created, some argue, in Egypt, the end of their ruling 1,200 years
But monotheism , and Judaism, and Christianity, and Islam, created moral.
true monotheism the the kind of by the standard reckoning of the standard dating of biblical texts and I should
of monotheism that was good for the whole empire so it might have had a kind of a wide a wide compass but but I mean
But I think that monotheism is a reason-based belief.
There's monotheism , and there's idolatry.
polytheism to monotheism roughly between a thousand BCE and and and the 6th
you like monotheism he said you know no God with me and beside me there is no Savior or he quoted God saying that but
polytheism to to monotheism well King Solomon you've probably all heard of he
so exilic monotheism is reflected in what's called second Isaiah you get a lot of clearly you know I am the first
connection with monotheism so god says of several nationalities they shall come
I think monotheism is the really ghastly thing.
I think monotheism is the really ghastly thing.
reaction to the implications of theism and monotheism specifically that simply aren't present in those cultures uh and
scholars think that that's not true monotheism and that the and that I would
is it is I don't think monotheism is intrinsically belligerent and in fact
know I think how widespread monotheism was during part of that time and I think
may see a more tolerant monotheism but your see are actually back down away
um I'm actually troubled by monotheism I I have a hard time with it
I go through the big three monotheisms , Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and right there all of them have a history in the sense of all the different versions that there are of the
pretty good and that actually uh the monotheisms and particularly Christianity offer a really quite good guide to how to live well by well I mean
And that goes hand inhand with the birth of monotheism .
examples from the Hebrew Bible and talk about how I think monotheism emerged and
think this is a pretty big step toward monotheism it's not clear that Josiah believed there was only one God he was
is not the final chapter in the history of monotheism in ancient Israel and it
inclusive as opposed to what you could call the exclusive monotheism during the
did they try to kind of impinge on any monotheism that was there already you
is that actually Cyrus the Great of Persia sponsored monotheism remember he
The sacred face is represented in the semitic monotheisms - Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Which is monotheism .
And actually, in ancient pre-monotheism culture it was still bad to kill people, or to do some bad stuff.
As an idea, it rivals monotheism .
argue that this really does zero-sum non zero something actually sheds light on why monotheism emerged in ancient Israel
thing there's a kind of weigh station in the evolution of monotheism between polytheism and monotheism scholars call
BC about a century after Isaiah and we're getting closer when monotheism does emerge was F&I he very clear
still a problem if you if you want to move all the way to monotheism which is that there are gods of domestic lineage
I'll say for now is is that part of the spirit of monotheism as it emerged was a retribution that kind of took the form
its neighbors are very nonzero-sum and I think you get a different kind of monotheism after the exile that is is
um it's and in fact it's not really clear that monotheism took really really firm root in Israel so I mean we don't
the heretic pharaoh, who might have started monotheism ?
Practical way is something the human being created, even before monotheism emerged.
So Plato is struck by similarities and the way we're falling back on social media to fill the vacuum that monotheism has left,
have to ask why what is it about the trauma of the Exile that that pushes Israel over the brink to true monotheism
have to look closely but I think you see a lot of signs of a different kind of monotheism after the exile that are
There are many forms of secularized worship now and they're becoming, Kinderschules in the Jewish religion, for example, which abandoned any idea of monotheism , but want that sense
of heritage and want that ongoing tradition that is imbued with Jewishness as opposed to Judaism, which is very rooted in monotheism and belief in God.
A lot of where we've gone wrong is with monotheism because this God is such an angry God and a vengeful God and there have been so many
But when she calls children intuitive theists, the one thing that is lacking there that exists in most concepts in the current world monotheisms