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Materialism could have taken over thousands of years before, so I don't think this reasoning makes sense. What seems more likely (to me) is that due to advance
by smokel 3y ago
Materialism could have taken over thousands of years before, so I don't think this reasoning makes sense.
What seems more likely (to me) is that due to advancements in transport and information technology people increasingly learned about different world religions, and did the math.
If there is only one God, how can other people worship a different one who is also the only one?
Also, religion started to fade during The Enlightenment, and things took a little while to completely crumble.
- supazek 3y agoYou think people didn’t know about other gods until they could drive? Technology gives people corn syrup and adderall while religion can’t fix a toothache. People increasingly believe this means that one is better than another or that they are even attempting to solve the same problems and must be exclusively selected. And Science is just as much a religion as Christianity or any other religion at this point. “Trust the Science”, “I Believe Science is Real”, “Science is True Whether You Believe in it or Not”
- smokel 3y agoI don't fully understand the point you are trying to make, and how science plays a role in this discussion. Apart from this diversion, I do think people heard about other gods alright, but communities used to be quite isolated. It has been possible to collectively ignore other religions for centuries. Technological developments in transport and information distribution, such as the printing press, may have made it increasingly harder to keep a lid on the group think. Seems like a reasonable argument, no?