How did monothesim in the middle east and in ancient rome come to be?What would you like to ask?

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Considering that almost everyone was a polytheist. How did monotheism evolve out of polytheism. Why was monotheism considered a radical new concept? What about monotheism that was so radical and controversial in ancient Middle East and Rome?

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    No Responses to “How did monothesim in the middle east and in ancient rome come to be?What would you like to ask?”

    1. The King Says:
      March 6th, 2010 at 2:38 am

      The religion guys were like jesus and yeah.

    2. Maurog II Says:
      March 8th, 2010 at 12:17 am

      It’s a natural consequence of pushing one god above the others until you abolish the other gods completely. A monopoly on the free market of gods.

      See: Akhenaten, the Egyptian pharaoh that tried to make Aten the only god. If he were more successful, it would be the start of a monotheistic religion.

      Similarly, the semitic god El, which we currently know as God, who dumped his wife Asherah in order to become the only god in the pantheon.

    3. Heavy Metal Jesus Says:
      March 8th, 2010 at 11:02 am

      In the same way that Atheism is considered controversial amongst many religious institutions, back then monotheism was a major break from their polytheistic beliefs. Instead of a pantheon of mighty deities who ruled over separate things, we suddenly have one God, that rules all things. Bit of a leap there.

    4. Maverick Says:
      March 9th, 2010 at 1:18 pm

      An extention of that.

    5. lama-assassinator3240 Says:
      March 10th, 2010 at 1:43 am

      Considering that almost everyone was a polytheist? You obviously haven’t done that much research into the religions of that area. Because, you are neglecting very important cults like Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism (sp?) who had a dualistic view of the world - they believed that there was one good God and one bad God and that we’ve got to choose the side of the good God over the bad one. Essentially, Judaism ripped off this dualistic view of things when they come into contact with Zoroastrian Persians (I think they were Persians - they may have been Babylonians).