Gods or God?

1. Mary Lefkowitz responds to the charges by some secular commentators that religion poisons human vitality and causes endless violence and suffering by stating that the poison isnt religion its monotheism. 2. Openness to discussion and inquiry and respect for a diversity of view headers are some attitudes that contributed to the Athenian idea of the cooperative system of government c totallyed democracy. 3. The existence of some(prenominal) different gods offers a more reasonable explanation than monotheism of the presence of evil and confusion in the world. A mortal may have had the support of one god but incur the enmity of another, who could approach when the patron god was away however in the monotheistic traditions, God is omnipresent and always vertical and mortals must take the blame for whatever goes wrong, even though God permits evil to exist in the world he created. 4.The separation between humankind and the gods made it possible for humans to speculate rough the character and intentions of the gods. Greek theology allowed people to ask hard questions and encouraged others to learn and to seek all the possible causes of events. Such questions brought philosophy and science to the world. 5. Lefkowitz writes, Ancient Greek religion gives an account of the world that in many respects is more plausible than that offered by the monotheistic traditions. In this context, plausible seems to mean reasonable. The Greek account may be more plausible because Greek theology openly discourages blind self-confidence based on unrealistic hopes that everything will work out in the end. 6. Lefkowitz certainly makes an excellent point and I decidedly agree with her. Religion today seems to be focused too much on blind belief. Thinking seems to create a healthier environment and some healthy skepticism would definitely be helpful currently in such a stubborn world.