Comment Re:The problem: (Score 1) 377
The vast majority of ancient civilizations that led to the development of modern society were polytheistic
Yes. And then when modern civilization arose so did monotheism. Contemporaneously.
I think the whole question of Monotheism/Polytheism is overrated. It's simply a numerical difference, somtimes only by one or two. This doesn't mean much because even in so called Monotheism there is usually a bunch of guys which are quasi-godlike. Monotheistic forms arose very often in history, as i already said - it means not very much.
Tengrism (sometimes stylized as Tengriism), occasionally referred to as Tengrianism , is a modern term for a Central Asian religion characterized by features of shamanism, animism, totemism, both polytheism and monotheism, and ancestor worship. Historically, it was the mainstream religion of the Turks, Mongols, Hungarians, and Bulgars as well as the Xiongnu and the Huns. It was the state religion of the six ancient Turkic states: Göktürks Khaganate, Avar Khaganate, Western Turkic Khaganate, Great Bulgaria, Bulgarian Empire and Eastern Tourkia.