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problems with one Deity. The philosophical investigation of the nature and grounds of religious beliefs is one of the oldest and most persistent areas of philosophical endeavor. Religious belief and practice give rise to a variety of phil ....

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... for the belief in God(s), the immortality of the soul, the nature of God(s) to humankind, and the problem of evil. Polytheism is distinguished from monotheism, on the basis of polytheism's claim that divinity, while personal and distinguished from the universe, is many rather than one. Most traditions are polytheistic, or at least monotheistic with helper spirits; but there are a few monotheistic ones which posit a single Great Creator with no supporting cast. Except for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the world's religions are overwhelmingly polytheistic. One of the major problems of these monotheistic religions that polytheism char ...