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23 Aug 2011, 10:23 pm

This thread is so old. I have actually thought the same thing as the OP, though. People's default spiritual setting is animism. I've always wondered if anti-semitism partly arises from monotheism interfering with this. The Nazis blamed the Jews for Christianity amongst other things (when they weren't courting the Catholic church that is).

It's not the sole cause of antisemitism but I do wonder if it does have some subconscious effect.


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23 Aug 2011, 10:58 pm

Antisemitism probably has more to do with the fact the Jewish people are extremely good at having successful businesses, and they tend to end up being fairly wealthy often times. It probably has more to do with envy than the fact Judaism is monotheistic.



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23 Aug 2011, 11:19 pm

That's just blaming God for man's bad behavior.



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24 Aug 2011, 10:01 am

shrox wrote:
That's just blaming God for man's bad behavior.


Since 1. God created Man and 2. Gave man Free Will then the blame is on God. God did poor work.

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24 Aug 2011, 11:20 am

I think the reason why Wicca is Polytheistic is because they are into Womens liberation so naturally they want a female Goddess.