Monotheism
Hagar = Abraham = Sarah
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Ishmael
Isaac
Islam, submission
Hajj
Ka'bah
Ancient "Religion" - Polytheism
Sacrifice
auspices
Prayer
do ut des (I give, so that you may give)
Tolerant
Translation
Zeus / Jupiter / Ammon
Roman cults |
Eastern cults |
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Jupiter - sky |
Magna Mater/Cybele/Demeter Isis Bacchus/Dionysus |
suffering god
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Magna Mater
Cybele / Demeter / Ceres
Macedonia
Phrygia
galli < gallus (cock)
T. Lucretius Carus (ca. 100 - ca. 55 B.C.)
Epicurean
ataraxia (tranquility of the soul)
atoms
Polytheism | Monotheism |
many gods representing forces of nature | one god created nature and its forces |
gods have physical shape | god is spirit only |
represented with pictures, statues | unrepresentable! |
idolatry
Ten Commandments (Exodus 20)
Exclusive (or intolerant)
Jews / gentiles
Christians / pagans
Muslims / infidels
vilification of the other