polytheistic

• “So long as natural action was supposed to be in the immediate control of numerous gods and demigods, so long, in a word, as the explanation of Nature was what we term polytheistic, this association of science with other forms of learning was not only natural but inevitable.”

  Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography

• “In light of the transparently humanist program of the tempietti — a Christian chapel juxtaposed with "polytheistic" muses — the phrase "Regna Poly" stands out, especially considering the soon-to-be-published Hypnerotomachia poliphilo, a work dedicated to Guidobaldo da Montefeltro. back”

  Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro

• “Some of our sources are Shiites and Sunnis from non-Wahhabi traditions -- people condemned as "polytheistic" or "deviant" or "bad" in these texts -- others are simply frustrated that these books do so little to prepare young students for the modern world.”

  This is a Saudi textbook. (After the intolerance was removed.)

• “Psalm 82: 8, the most 'polytheistic' of passages in the Hebrew Bible, the idea of a real kinship of nature between 'the Most High' and his 'sons', the gods, is already contradicted by the former's judgment that the latter 'will die like humans' (Ps. 82: 7).”

  Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

• “Some modern-day pagans are polytheistic, meaning they believe in many gods; some are monotheistic (one god); and others are pantheists, or they believe that God is everything and everything is God, according to Web sites devoted to the subject.”

  Kentucky.com: Homepage

• “Williams also criticized the Governor for sitting cross-legged with a "dot on his forehead," and described the ceremony as "polytheistic.”

  The Huffington Post: Mike Ghouse: Senator Williams' Remarks Offended Hindus

• “Truly polytheistic Europagan groups (such as the druids) are much smaller, despite the fact that they are often older.”

  Emasculation not required at SF Novelists

• “You know all those deities -- the gods and goddesses that cause outsiders to think Hinduism is polytheistic?”

  The Huffington Post: Philip Goldberg: Colbert: Try Hinduism For Lent

• “Many Hindus would disagree with you of course that their religion is polytheistic.”

  Matthew Yglesias » The Gaza Tunnels

• “That excludes polytheistic Americans like Hindus, nontheistic Buddhists and the 16 percent of us with no religious affiliation.”

  The Huffington Post: Roy Speckhardt: Choosing Faith Over Freedom

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