re: #294 KGxvi

I can’t quite remember the details now because it’s been a very long time since I read the book, but I believe it was in Karen Armstrong’s History of God, where she made the argument that monotheism can create dangerous divisions. If you have the one true god, then everyone else is an infidel and any invasion of their views and beliefs in society are dangerous. But if everyone accepts that there are many gods, you’ve got a better chance at pluralism.

I never thought about it like that. It’s possible that she’s correct but you do have nativism in Hindu societies as well but then again culture outside of religion can shape us as much as religion.