In the case of the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Pharaoh was himself a god, and insisted on being worshipped in that way.

以埃及法老为例,法老自己就是神明,并且要向神明那般膜拜

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Gases would escape through this gap in the earth and there when things got figured out and arranged, there were priests who worshipped Apollo there and who took care of this phenomenon.

某种气体会从地壳中冒出,当一切准备好了,阿波罗的祭司们,就会处理这一现象

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It's merely limiting the number of gods worshipped to one, but it houses that God in a temple. It offers him sacrifices and so on.

这仅仅是把崇拜的神的数量缩减为一个，并且把这唯一的上帝供奉在寺庙里，对他进行供奉。

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Christianity's main roots were in Judaism, a religion that worshipped a single, all powerful deity, who is sharply separated from human beings, makes great moral demands upon them, and judges them all, even kings and emperors.

基督的主要来源是犹太教,这种宗教崇拜单一的,无所不能的神,它独立于人类而存在,作出种种道德要求和评判,即使君主和帝王也不例外

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