If I believe in more than one God than my belief system is polytheistic, whereas if I believe in only one God than it is monotheistic.
Polytheistic. Monotheistic means the belief in one God and polytheistic means the belief in many. Greeks believed in gods like: Zeus, Hera, Posideon, etc.
The Aztecs did have polytheistic or monotheistic systems, they actually believed in over 100 different gods. This belief in many different gods can be because of spiritual and/or religious reasons but, the Aztecs used gods to help themselves explain certain events that took place on Earth, why certain things were happening, and how parts or the things of Earth were created. For example, if the Aztecs did not understand why certain natural disasters occurred such as hurricanes, they would create a god of hurricanes or any other natural disaster to help identify what was causing the certain natural disaster or event.
They both had a polytheistic belief.
The Sumerians believed in 3,000 plus gods to explain everything in nature, but everything was not understood. Belief in so many gods made the Sumerians a polytheistic people. The gods controlled everything in the environment.
"Poly" means many, and "mono" means one. So, did the Greeks worship only 1 god, or did they worship many?
The jews are monotheistic, (belief in one God).
Polytheistic. Monotheistic means the belief in one God and polytheistic means the belief in many. Greeks believed in gods like: Zeus, Hera, Posideon, etc.
polytheistic for belief in multiple gods, and monotheistic for belief in one god. Theology is an example of monotheism.
Polytheism is the belief in multiple gods, while monotheism is the belief in one god. Some religions have transitioned from polytheism to monotheism over time, such as ancient Egyptian religion evolving into monotheistic worship of Aten in the reign of Akhenaten. In contrast, some cultures have maintained distinct beliefs in either polytheism or monotheism without transitioning between the two.
Animism is the belief that all plants and animals, or even all physical objects, have spirits. Some animists believe that collectively we are all part of the spirit of the cosmos creating itself.
No. Zeus is a deity of the ancient Greek polytheistic tradition (belief in many gods). The bible started with the Hebrews and their monotheistic (one god) religion.
The majority would say no. Polytheism is the belief of the existence of many gods. The Greeks with Zeus and Apollo and Athena and Hades were polytheistic. Yahweh Christian belief is monotheistic as Yahweh is only one god. Richard Dawkins notes confusion in the concept of the monotheism and the Holy Trinity which seems polytheistic. Since there is an evil character (Satan/Lucifer) in the Christian belief and this adds a second supernatural character to the religion, this may be another step towards classifying the religion as bitheistic (polytheistic).
The decision by her husband the Pharaoh Akhnaten (until then Amenhotep IV) to totally revolutionize Egypt's religion, changing it from polytheistic (the belief in many gods) to monotheistic (the belief in one god, in this case the Sun).
Nefertiti, and her husband Pharaoh Akhenaten, had a monotheistic religion and introduced that to the Egyptian culture, replacing their polytheistic religion. A monotheistic is the belief in one god/goddesses or higher power. A polytheistic is the belief in many gods/goddesses and higher powers. Their monotheistic religion believed in only the god, Aton.
Ancient Egyptians were a polytheistic society with strong belief in a number of Gods. However, they did not consider all of them benevolent and tried to appease them by offerings and prayers. Some of the known Gods of those times are Ra, Amun and Aten.
Yes. It is certainly not polytheistic. Compared to Christianity, Judaism is far more concerned with action than with belief, and this may lead some Christians to see it as inexplicably tolerant of agnosticism.
An agnostic takes the position that there is inadequate information to answer any question about God/Gods. Monotheistic refers to the belief that there is one (and only one) supreme being as opposed to polytheistic (many divine beings as in Roman mythology) or pantheistic (a god presence in every thing).