2000 years ago. feels like this line of development got frozen in time.
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hmm. I think various strains of ancient radical monotheisms were synthesized in the Christ myth. they were quite hostile to polytheistic and animistic strains of paganism.
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well, the squabbling is as pretty serviceable metaphor for internal divisions within self and society and many polytheistic religions also include a unifying oversoul or godhead
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and many Christians are preferential in their devotions, choosing specific aspects like Christ on the Cross, or Mary, or the Holy Spirit, or even devotions to the various saints (syncretized polytheistic practice)
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well that's the theology anyway. the iconography and ritual practice looks quite different. the intellectual and philosophical way that we are discussing this is foreign to most people.
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