See!!! Even in my own words I make a fool of myself by mixing up the words. In the sentence below, I wrote "polytheism IS NOT" when I ment "pantheism IS NOT". They both start with a 'p' and I'm easily confused. We need better words. Theodicy might work but it's an ugly word. What about Mythos? The gods of the XYZsociety mythos is intuitively clear to a newcomer but distinctive enough to restrict the discussion. I know, I know, it's still not perfect but _I_ need to get out of the 'p's because _I_ get confused. mk > This is significant only in that, because of this, polytheism IS NOT the > opposite of Monotheism. If a culture believes either (a) all gods are an > aspect of One God (such as the Eerith), or (b) there is only one god > (nuances of omnipresence), then they are both mono- and polytheistic. > Polytheism, by its very definition (Webster again), is the opposite of > Monotheism. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
