2011-03-23, 02:29 AM
Christianity is not polytheistic for the simple reason that, even going by this article, by the time Christ was born, the "universal vision of strict monotheism" had already been in place for hundreds of years (and presumably the Old Testament had already been edited to reflect this).
You might ask whether Judaism is, or was originally, polytheistic. The answer depends on your faith. If you believe the Bible as it stands today is the Word of God as given to Moses at Mount Sinai, not a letter changed, then of course you'll dismiss these archeological findings out of hand. Or, at best, consider them proof of the various passages of in the Bible, especially the Book of Judges, that describe the Israelites as going astray and worshipping Ba'al and Ashera (the gods of the various Canaanite peoples).
If you are an unbeliever like me, you'll just shrug your shoulders and say, "so?"
You might ask whether Judaism is, or was originally, polytheistic. The answer depends on your faith. If you believe the Bible as it stands today is the Word of God as given to Moses at Mount Sinai, not a letter changed, then of course you'll dismiss these archeological findings out of hand. Or, at best, consider them proof of the various passages of in the Bible, especially the Book of Judges, that describe the Israelites as going astray and worshipping Ba'al and Ashera (the gods of the various Canaanite peoples).
If you are an unbeliever like me, you'll just shrug your shoulders and say, "so?"