Polygamist 'prophet' gets five years to life in prison
Another Last Prophet goes down - score one to the good guys yeah!
But wait folks, it's a tight game: Priests fail to coax out suicide cult
This got me thinking.
Are polytheistic religions less prone towards cults of personality?
Is the reason why polytheisms were initially so successful is because it they are less susceptible to these Last Prophet psychos? Maybe monotheistic religions were dead ends because sooner or later there was the inevitable rise of some psycho like these two. Perhaps Xianity and Islam were only able to succeed because they militarily took over societies that were already well established. Most of us agree that once these monotheisms were entrenched, societies decline (see dark ages, mordern day ME)
When human society was very first developing, when we humans were first growing past our tiny tribal grouping and civilizations were beginning to flourish - polytheism appears to be more successful than monotheism.
Another Last Prophet goes down - score one to the good guys yeah!
But wait folks, it's a tight game: Priests fail to coax out suicide cult
This got me thinking.
Are polytheistic religions less prone towards cults of personality?
Is the reason why polytheisms were initially so successful is because it they are less susceptible to these Last Prophet psychos? Maybe monotheistic religions were dead ends because sooner or later there was the inevitable rise of some psycho like these two. Perhaps Xianity and Islam were only able to succeed because they militarily took over societies that were already well established. Most of us agree that once these monotheisms were entrenched, societies decline (see dark ages, mordern day ME)
When human society was very first developing, when we humans were first growing past our tiny tribal grouping and civilizations were beginning to flourish - polytheism appears to be more successful than monotheism.
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