RE: One God versus many
November 30, 2021 at 1:18 pm
(This post was last modified: November 30, 2021 at 1:29 pm by Anomalocaris.)
I believe many animist religions of Euroasian steppe also have just one single supreme deity, represented by the blue sky, plus many spirits who are considerably less than full deity but who have been delegated to control different aspect of the physical and spiritual world.
The notion that there really is just one unitary supreme being with nothing intermediate between it and humanity always runs into the problem that for such a being to be initially seen as worth bothering to believe in, it must be appeaseable. yet to be appeasable it must exhibit desire and consistency of will and purpose. But the world is difficult to fit in the mold of predictability overseen by a covsustency of will and purpose.
The notion that there really is just one unitary supreme being with nothing intermediate between it and humanity always runs into the problem that for such a being to be initially seen as worth bothering to believe in, it must be appeaseable. yet to be appeasable it must exhibit desire and consistency of will and purpose. But the world is difficult to fit in the mold of predictability overseen by a covsustency of will and purpose.