Sure, that's one definition. "Directing prayers to N entities" for N>1 is another. My broader point is that a strict and clear definition of monotheism/polytheism is hard, not really provable one way or the other, and everybody wants one that makes them the monotheist.
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Replying to @BostonDelendEst @MorlockP and
it's not "one definition." It's what the Catholic Church teaches.
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Replying to @Sardaukar1337 @MorlockP and
Yes. I don't dispute that this is what is taught. MY POINT is that other religions have different definitions of exactly what Catholics are doing, and don't have to concede those definitions, (theo)logically. Hence, Catholics have THEIR definition; it is one of several.
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sure it's like how Jews deny that they've got horns under their yarmulke, but WE KNOW...
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"You may say you believe X, but let me tell you, it's really Y" is a shit tier argument and I hope you know that.
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Replying to @Sardaukar1337 @MorlockP and
No, that's not my argument. I'm not trying to say what *reality* is. Catholics are free to consider themselves monotheists by their own definitions. Jews and Protestants are free to consider what Catholics do, but THEIR own definitions, as not being monotheistic. /1
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Replying to @BostonDelendEst @MorlockP and
Accepting the Catholic definition as definitive requires accepting numerous principles of Catholic theology (e.g., that trinitarianism is NOT polytheism) that are simply not universally agreed upon. /2
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For example, Mormons believe fundamentally that they are Christian. I've heard MANY non-Mormons dispute that as a theological matter. Similarly, we're free to say that Jews for Jesus aren't really Jews. These are all based on similar rejections of their self-definitions. /3
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I'm fully onboard the Mormons are great people but not Xtian train fwiw.
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and also, Christianity is not Judaism. Everyone agrees on that. But I think everyone except Eddie ALSO agrees that it very clearly descended from Judaism and has much DNA.
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Not quite what I said, or at least not quite what I meant, but that's okay.
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