Philosophical criticisms of monotheism have emerged mainly since the Enlightenment. For the Celtic Frost album see Monotheist (album In Theology, monotheism (from Greek grc [[wiktμόνος μόνος]] The Age of Enlightenment or The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a phase in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century
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Contradictions
Through the means of defining, it is traditionally agreed among the major monotheistic religions that the one God is, inter alia, omnipotent, omniscient, and omni-benevolent. Omnipotence ( Omni Potens: "all Power " is unlimited power Omniscience (ɒm'nɪsɪəns (or Omniscient Point-of-View in writing is the capacity to know everything infinitely or at least everything that can be known about a character However, one scholar argues that "this definition of God [is] contradictory to what has been perceived by us in the empirical world. "[1]
Forcing one belief and rejections of other gods
David Hume has argued that monotheism is less pluralistic and thus less tolerant than polytheism because the former stipulates that people pigeonhole their beliefs into one. David Hume (26 April 1711 25 August 1776 Scottish Philosopher, Economist, and Historian is an important figure in Western philosophy Polytheism is belief in or worship of multiple Gods (usually assembled in a pantheon) together with associated Mythology and Rituals [2] In the same vein, Auguste Comte argues, "Monotheism is irreconcilable with the existence in our nature of the instincts of benevolence" because it compels followers to devote themselves to a single Creator. Auguste Comte (full name Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte; 17 January 1798 – 5 September 1857 was a French thinker who is generally credited for having [3]
Violence in monotheism
In the ancient times, monotheism is blamed as the instigator of violence in its early days as it inspired the Israelites to wage war upon the Canaanites[4] who believed in multiple gods. Casus belli is a Latin language expression meaning the justification for acts of war Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like Storms and Earthquakes Canaanites redirects here For the 1940s social and political movement in Israel, see Canaanites (movement.
Success of monotheistic religions
Bertrand Russell has stated that in recent history William James popularized the idea that the belief in one god causes people not be behave improperly. Bertrand Arthur William Russell 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970 was a British Philosopher, Historian For other people named William James see William James (disambiguation William James (January 11 1842 – August 26 1910 was a pioneering Furthermore, Russell expostulates through examples that whether "politicians and educators ought to try to make people think there is one [god]" is "a political one" since one cannot prove the moralistic argument of William James. [5]
See also
References
- ^ Worship as a Hindrance to Self
- ^ "David Hume argued that unlike monotheism, polytheism is pluralistic in nature, unbound by doctrine, and therefore far more tolerant than monotheism, which tends to force people to believe in one faith. Throughout the History of Christianity, a wide range of Christians and non-Christians alike have offered criticisms of Christianity, the Church, and Christians Arguments critical to religion in general or specific to monotheism such as the Existence of God, are not dealt with here Criticism of Judaism has existed since Judaism 's formative stages as with many other Religions, on Theological grounds " [1]
- ^ The Catechism of Positive Religion, page 251, [2]
- ^ The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism ISBN 978-0226741994
- ^ Is There a God?,(Commissioned by Bertrand Russell, but never published in, Illustrated Magazine, in 1952) [3]
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