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• n  belief in a single God

• Modern monotheism, as Armstrong sees it, has had two main flaws.
• Paving the way for this eventual triumph of monotheism was a series of prophets who cried out for exclusive devotion to Yahweh, railing against the polytheistic ways of Israel.
• A zero-sum, isolationist worldview had moved Israel from polytheism to belligerent monotheism, but now, as Israel's environment grew less threatening, belligerence was turning out .

• polytheism

News & Articles

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• Gods that surround us
  Abraham, the first Hebrew, was first to spread what we call monotheism - one God. The Egyptians had 42 main gods before whom the royal family would appear at death to be judged.
  Nov. 3, 2013 - Bluffton Today
• One hug between pope, rabbi
  Without a doubt the greatest contribution of Jewish civilization has been ethical monotheism, where we plant the idea that the God of Israel is the God of all humanity. But at the same time, we also always stress that the religion of the Jewish people is not the religion for all humanity. There are various ways that other people have of approaching the one God, and they are legitimate.
  Nov. 1, 2013 - Miami Herald

Quotes

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• Ayman al-Zawahri in Forbes
  I asked God for the men of jihadi media to spread the message of Islam and monotheism to the world and spread real awareness to the people of the nations,al-Zawahri said.
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in InTheNews.co.uk
  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a statement carried by state TV: "Iran's presence in space with the aim of expanding monotheism, peace and justice has now been officially recorded in history."