El is the god of gods, Yahweh is (I'd argue) his subordinate for much of the OT, and there are other gods spread throughout the earth who receive worship and are truly there. How is any of this remotely monotheistic in the modern sense? Not sure why Christ is brought uphttps://twitter.com/sabbathisback/status/1059138763434180608 …
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Replying to @NocturnalSatyr
This is monotheistic because it ultimately derives from a single principle, which is named God, who is the "God of gods"
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Replying to @AnarchicEvolist
I'd agree to disagree with you immensely, would Zeus being the "King of the Gods, God of Gods" infer that Hellenics were just monotheists? El being "God of Gods" just puts him at the top of the Council which is typical ANE (and paganism altogheter) cosmology. Top dog.
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Replying to @NocturnalSatyr
I'd argue that no valid tradition is not monotheistic, in the sense that they affirm one supreme principle, whether this is envisaged in the religious mode as God or not.
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Replying to @AnarchicEvolist @NocturnalSatyr
Though in the case of Greek polytheism the picture is complicated somewhat by the fact Zeus was not the creator of the Universe-nothing was.Also Zeus usurped Cronos,implying gods can lose their supremacy. Plus the gods were subject to the Fates.
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Kronos was the Ruler of the Golden Age, thus when the Golden Age ended he was no longer worshipped by the people and even hated, but this is on the part of the people, not on the part of Kronos. Also it is said that at the end of its lifetime the Greek religion had degenerated.
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