Is Confucianism monotheistic

Answer 1

Monotheistic, although Confucianism does not believe in God in the same way that other monotheistic religions such as Christianity or Sikhism do. Rather it sees Him more in the same way that a Deist would view Him.

Answer 2

Confucianism is technically not polytheistic although many Confucians provide offerings to ancestors, gods and spirits these customs actually are part of earlier traditions that predate Confucianism and Confucianism is better described as a system of secular ethics, secular morality as Confucianism its self does not mention deities but rather deals with ethics and politics.

Answer 3

Confucianism was not so much a religion as a philosophy which was fused to a religion. In terms of the gods of China it was a Poly-theistic philosophy. However, it's ideals could equally well be applied to a monotheistic population, or an athesistic population as China is, largely, today.

Answer 4

Confucianism can be considered both as a philosophy and as a religion. There is no god in Confucianism, and the most important religious aspect of Confucianism is ancestor worship, which does not really establish it as either monotheistic or polytheistic.

However, Confucianists would normally follow the old polytheistic folk religions of China, as would most Chinese Buddhists and Daoists. In fact, believers in Confucianism would normally not even think about what part of their religious beliefs formally belong to Confucianism. So, most followers of Confucius could be classified as polytheists. It is an interesting fact of the Chinese religious system that all creeds can exist together in total harmony, with ordinary Chinese drawing from different creeds depending on their needs, with little conflict or criticism.

Answer 5

Confucianism does not have any gods. It is a socio-philosophical that improves individuals and society.

Answer 6

Not really, it aims more for nontheism, the rejection of any god.

Answer 7

Confucianism is a philosophy of social behaviour, not a religion. It does not, for that reason, have a god.