That's when monotheism began with zoroastrianism. Maybe the problem lies within the monotheistic stream then. They needed a foil to explain the bad things.
There is evidence of monotheistic beliefs and practices in ancient Egypt, for example, where pharaoh Akhenaten established worship of the sun-disk Aten as the sole god in the mid-14th century BCE. Similarly, the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism, which dates back to the 6th century BCE, features the worship of a single god, Ahura Mazda.
But akhenaten changed it from the polytheistic pantheon after zoroastrianism began around 1500 B.C. as I said in my post you replied to in the first place.
That's when monotheism began with zoroastrianism. Maybe the problem lies within the monotheistic stream then. They needed a foil to explain the bad things.
Monotheism started at the beginning of time and devolved into Polytheism. I will die on this hill.
Doesn't seem that way to me. Egypt for example.
There is evidence of monotheistic beliefs and practices in ancient Egypt, for example, where pharaoh Akhenaten established worship of the sun-disk Aten as the sole god in the mid-14th century BCE. Similarly, the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism, which dates back to the 6th century BCE, features the worship of a single god, Ahura Mazda.
But akhenaten changed it from the polytheistic pantheon after zoroastrianism began around 1500 B.C. as I said in my post you replied to in the first place.