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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 8091899" data-attributes="member: 1125"><p>Henotheism is a thing though and Monolatry (consistent worship of one god while acknowledging the existence of others) is the particular form seen which you are referring to as ‘oddly monotheistic polytheism’. SO I dont find it at all weird that an educated cleric gives exclusive service to the god that blesses them with spells.</p><p>Its also not at all weird for common folk to not care about religious matters unless they have to - at which point they will pray to the deity they know...</p><p></p><p>In Late Antiquity a sense of monotheism was pervasive in the educated circles wherein Zeus as king and father of the gods was considered supreme, all-powerful and all-knowing with the other dieties interpreted as aspects of one supreme Divinity.</p><p>Equally you get things like the exlusive worship of Aten in Egypt. Then you have the national/tribal gods of the Canaanites. So while El was a supreme diety amongst Canaanites the Philistines worshipped Dagon, the Moabites worshipped Chemos, the Edomites worshipped Quos and the Pheonicians worshipped Baal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 8091899, member: 1125"] Henotheism is a thing though and Monolatry (consistent worship of one god while acknowledging the existence of others) is the particular form seen which you are referring to as ‘oddly monotheistic polytheism’. SO I dont find it at all weird that an educated cleric gives exclusive service to the god that blesses them with spells. Its also not at all weird for common folk to not care about religious matters unless they have to - at which point they will pray to the deity they know... In Late Antiquity a sense of monotheism was pervasive in the educated circles wherein Zeus as king and father of the gods was considered supreme, all-powerful and all-knowing with the other dieties interpreted as aspects of one supreme Divinity. Equally you get things like the exlusive worship of Aten in Egypt. Then you have the national/tribal gods of the Canaanites. So while El was a supreme diety amongst Canaanites the Philistines worshipped Dagon, the Moabites worshipped Chemos, the Edomites worshipped Quos and the Pheonicians worshipped Baal. [/QUOTE]
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