Greek mythology tells us about the polytheism of the ancient Greeks. From LearnThat.org.
It is a bit of a difficulty in polytheism to to rank the gods. From Wordnik.com. [soooo… « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
One of the advantages of polytheism is that it creates some flexibility. From Wordnik.com. [April 2009] Reference
This teaching may be called polytheism rather than idolatry. From Wordnik.com. [India, Its Life and Thought] Reference
Galilee with theriomorphic polytheism, that is, the tendency to embody the qualities of divinity in animal forms. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient East] Reference
After this, beginning with the third chapter, follows a criticism of polytheism, that is, the false theology of the barbarians. From Wordnik.com. [History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)] Reference
I would also join the Unitarian Universalists because one thing I worry about regarding polytheism is cultural appropriation of other people’s faiths. From Wordnik.com. [soooo… « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
James, you asked: Is 'polytheism' just a form of 'theism'?. From Wordnik.com. [What is an Atheist?] Reference
We usually English it by "polytheism," which is clumsy and conveys a wrong idea. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
Some acts of men are bad, such as tyranny and polytheism. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
Xenophanes, the first philosopher to oppose Greek polytheism. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
And such polytheism implies a pluralistic view of the universe. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
A more decided polytheism than that of Egypt cannot be imagined. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The latter was closely bound up with polytheism and hero-worship. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Thierry thinks that this polytheism originally prevailed amongst the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348] Reference
Buddhism, by a departure from the doctrine of the master, a new polytheism. From Wordnik.com. [A Comparative View of Religions] Reference
As a French scholar has said, where there is polytheism there are no false gods. From Wordnik.com. [The Jesus of History] Reference
It passes from apparent atheism and materialism to theism, polytheism, and spiritualism. From Wordnik.com. [Religion in Japan] Reference
We are witnessing today what happened in the Roman empire during the decline of polytheism. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
They knew that to denounce polytheism, was to array against them the whole power of the State. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
An even more detailed understanding of celestial phenomena influenced the decline of polytheism. From Wordnik.com. [Harvest Moons and the Seeds of Our Faith] Reference
He is enjoined to treat them with kindness, but not to obey them if they lead him to polytheism. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
Life, under such a system of polytheism and wild belief, is a constant scene of fears and alarms. From Wordnik.com. [Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891] Reference
With advancing thought the ideas of polytheism later gave place to the nobler conception of monotheism. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity] Reference
From an indiscriminate mass of polytheism and gross superstitious belief in gods, genii, the sons and daughters of. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
We have already seen how even the best theology of the Greeks led to nothing but a sort of organized or unified polytheism. From Wordnik.com. [The Basis of Early Christian Theism] Reference
Take a statement of the mingling of polytheism, monotheism, and pantheism from the extreme south of India, a thousand miles away from. From Wordnik.com. [New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments] Reference
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