Polytheism

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  • 300 BCE

    Ancient World

    A wide spread of polytheistic culture started in Greece, Rome, and Egypt.
  • 300 BCE

    Gods of the Ancient World

    Greek gods took on human forms and personalities, and in many cases interfered with human activities. Greek gods were organized into a "family" to explain natural phenomena and establish the cultures roll in the universe.
  • 146 BCE

    Ancient World: Roman Empire

    When the Roman Empire conquered Greece, the Romans assimilated much of the Greek Polytheistic culture.
  • 100 BCE

    Roman Influence

    Overtime, Rome's influence spread and absorbed other gods from other cultures that it conquered.
  • 50 BCE

    Ancient World: Rome's Influence

    In addition to Egypt, Greece, and Rome; polytheism wide spread in Ancient Asia, African, European, and Native American cultures.

  • Modern World

    Polytheism still represents much of today. Except for the monotheistic religions such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, most of the worlds religions are overwhelmingly polytheistic.

  • Modern World

    Still popular in todays Western Civilization because of the increase in immigration of Easter cultures and mainstream popularity of New Age plurism.

  • Modern World

    Today's view of Polytheism is that with this belief, there is rarely an absolute truth associated with polytheistic thinking.

  • Modern World: Pros and Cons

    Ideas of morality are relative to the individual or culture. Each believer is free to worship the god of his or her choice in the manner of his or her liking. As a result, each person is free to behave as he or she sees fit.

  • Modern World: Pros and Cons

    Although polytheistic systems provide flexibility and a relativistic lack of accountability, they often leave followers with no sense of ultimate purpose and no prospect for eternal hope.

  • References

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