Monotheism: Religion And Philosophy

Babylon’s thick walls and strong gates were not able to keep the Persians. In 539 B.C.,Babylon and the rest of Mesopotamia fell under control of the Persian empire. Within a few decades, the Persian empire became the largest in the world,so far.

Regarded as the 3rd largest religion in the world, originating back to 2750-1750 BCE, Hinduism is a very unique religion practiced mostly by India (80 Percent). When asking the question whether this religion is polytheistic or monotheistic, it can be said that Hinduism can really be considered both of these terms due to different aspects. Hinduism is polytheistic, meaning that this religion worships many different gods all containing different elements, but Hinduism also is monotheistic, as its origins come from one sacred book, the Bhagavad Gita.

Prior to Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) reign, Egypt practice polytheism which they worship many god and goddess and pharaoh were contest by the local temple priests. “Throughout the dynastic history of Egypt, the central authority of the pharaoh was repeatedly contested by local temple priests, each of whom held religious and political sway in their own regions along the Nile.” (Fiero pg. 54). When Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) was a pharaoh of Egypt between 1353-1337 B.C.E, he had a different view more like a monotheism belief which belief is one single god. He changed the views of ancient Egypt from polytheism which is the wordship of many gods and goddess, to one god who name was Aten. “… defied the tradition of polytheism by elevating Aten (god of

Throughout history, people have been believing in and worshiping a higher power. The act of believing in and worshiping a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods known as a religion. Religion also can be defined as a set of beliefs, dogmas, feelings, and practices that define the relations between human being and sacred or divinity. Over the centuries, people came up with thousands of religions

The Mesopotamian religion alleged that the gods had created human beings to serve them. The gods were in complete control and the human beings have no choice that obeys. They beliefs their gods lived in the same way as people did and beliefs in the supernatural power. The three important characteristic were first polytheistic (gods exits and compete with each other) second anthropomorphic (the gods looks as a human form and have their own personality.) and third pantheistic (everything was immersed with divinity).

The author Ronald Youngblood observed the preface of the Old Treatment in the book, The Heart of the Old Testament by demonstrating the basic outline of the Scriptures is to trace the development of certain key ideas from one end of the Bible to the other. This book serves a great purpose that lays out nine themes that constitute the heart of the Old Testament. The nine themes are monotheism, sovereignty, election, covenant, theocracy, law, sacrifice, faith, and redemption. Dr. Ron Youngblood has achieved his purpose in an admirable layout before us the heart of the Old Testament in a careful and practical manner. Dr. Youngblood links the key theological strands of the Old Testament to the New in a style that is biblically sound, highly readable,

The author uses both evidence and logic to deny and argue in favor of a connection between Akhenaten's version of monotheism and the early Hebrew version. For example, the author uses historical evidence suggesting that monotheism evolved "several centuries after Akhenaten's death" to deny that any connection exists between the two. He also argues that there is no direct evidence indicating that "Egyptian monotheists extend[ed] the aten's power beyond Egypt". Scholars also "would say [out] flatly that there weren't any Hebrews at all during the time". So, where did Hebrews get the idea of monotheism? The author deduces that it would be easy for Hebrews to arrive at the conclusion of worshipping in only one god. On the other hand, the author

Here the author drives home his point when it comes down to defending monotheism between the Old Testament and Israel’s neighbors. According to history Israel was taught to believe in the One God. In the Ten Commandments God forbid them of making any graven images of things in heaven or earth to worship. Oswalt gives accurate details of how Israel believe in one divine being and goes on to name in today’s society there are only three monotheism religion ; Christianity, Judaism and Islam. These three religion have one thing in common; Old Testament.

Judaism is the monotheistic religion of the Jews, monotheism is the belief that there is only one God. God created our world starting from nothing. On the first day, he created light and darkness, on the second day, he created the sky. On the third day, he created dry land and oceans, he also created plants and different kinds of fruit. On the fourth day, God created the sun, moon, and stars. On the fifth day, he created birds, sea creatures, and land animals. On the sixth day, God made the first man, and created a woman to be his companion. On the final day, God rested. Abraham was the founder of our religion, he was the first man to form a spiritual covenant with God. Abraham is also honored in Christianity and Islam. Another important person

Throughout the years up until 600 BCE, Mesopotamia and China were two of the many early ruling civilizations of the neolithic times. Mesopotamia and China were similar in spite of their economic structures and religious beliefs. When it came to their intellectual and artistic differences, they could not compare. Despite the intellectual and artistic differences between Mesopotamia and China, their economic structures and religious beliefs were overall similar.

religion that replaces the worshiping of gods with that of saints, and it is known to have African descent.

The Faith of the three monotheistic religions began about four thousand years ago in the Middle East where a man named Abraham took his son up a mountain. Abraham was one of the first to split away from the belief of many gods and begin to follow one creator, God. He was sent by God up this mountain to kill his only son, Ishmael, which god had given him as a gift a few years earlier as to show that he would sacrifice his life for his. That was true faith towards God! All this began ever since he was a kid, Abraham, who was at the time Abram, started looking for a god other than his leader Nimrod who was looked up to as a God. At this point in time, people would worship idols which Abraham believed wrong so began searching for the God. Abraham would teach others about this idea of one God which branched into the three main monotheistic religions based on the Abrahamic religion that make up half of the population of the world 's religious beliefs today.

Monotheism and polytheism are two very different belief systems. Monotheism is the belief in only one God while polytheism is the belief in more than one God. Monotheism is known as something that is obtained from Judaism. Morality still exists within both of these beliefs. Some of the reasons that caused a shift between monotheism and polytheism are the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten, In 587 bc the destruction of the temple Yahweh in Jerusalem, and the Achaemenid empire period in 550 bc.

Given the vast number of issues that Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity share, it is not contestable that there must be clear connection between them. The concern, therefore, should not focus on the existence of connection, but how the connections came into existence. Considering the religions from another point of view, they still reflect a dozen of differences. The current paper seeks to compare and contrast the three religions: Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity.

Theism in the simplest of terms means the belief in at least one god. Whether it be believing in the one true God or believing in a lot of different gods, there is at least one god that is believed in. There are many different branches of theism. There's deism, pantheism, and agnostic theism. There is even atheism which is actually the lack of belief in a god. Two sections of theism that are perhaps the most popular and well-known are monotheism and polytheism. There is a lot of discussion about both of these sectors. Knowing the histories, how they are viewed currently, and exactly what the differences of these two are can help us better understand how these two theisms come into play in the world.