A society with a multiplicity of Gods brought us tolerance – not just
religious tolerance, but *intellectual* tolerance. Monotheism killed
philosophy, burned down the libraries, and brought us the Dark Ages.
The title is meant to convey/cast doubt upon polytheism. But as you read the comic, you’ll realize (perhaps) that it not only applies to polytheism, since it can be extended to accommodate theism as well.
I agree that religion can bring along with it intellectual tolerance, or as I prefer to coin it, suppressing the faculty of reasoning or even suspending skeptical inquiry.
October 22, 2008 at 6:21 pm |
Amen to that (the subject title), brother.
October 22, 2008 at 6:27 pm |
Amen?
Amen! 
February 16, 2009 at 11:48 pm |
To be fair, most Protestants wouldn’t pray to most of those.
February 17, 2009 at 1:28 am |
Noted. Thanks
March 12, 2009 at 12:52 pm |
Great spoof! But what’s with the title?
A society with a multiplicity of Gods brought us tolerance – not just
religious tolerance, but *intellectual* tolerance. Monotheism killed
philosophy, burned down the libraries, and brought us the Dark Ages.
March 12, 2009 at 1:08 pm |
Hi Aldrin,
The title is meant to convey/cast doubt upon polytheism. But as you read the comic, you’ll realize (perhaps) that it not only applies to polytheism, since it can be extended to accommodate theism as well.
I agree that religion can bring along with it intellectual tolerance, or as I prefer to coin it, suppressing the faculty of reasoning or even suspending skeptical inquiry.