多神论(polytheism),相对于一神论而言,指信仰和崇拜许多神的宗教,典型代表为印度教和古希腊宗教。中国的道教、日本的神道、非洲的伏都教和新兴的威卡教都被认为是多神论的宗教。佛教的信徒大多数认为佛教不是多神论的宗教,因为佛教中没有神的概念。宗教学则认为佛教属于多神教。基督教虽然有三位一体之说,但是还是属于一神论的宗教。跟一神论不同,多神论是内容(信仰体系中有众多神),而非教条本身(要求信仰独一真神,视为宗教义务)。
n. polytheism
可能是黑暗。可能是幽灵。或者在古希腊宗教中,一种哲学上的多神论,它可能是命运。
It might be darkness. It might be spirit. Or in ancient Greek religion, a more sort of philosophical polytheism, it might be fate.
自从多神论盛行,就涌现出很多这样的先知。
And so long as polytheism reigned, there were lots of those prophets.
他认为一神论和多神论是截然不同的,不可能是一个由另一个进化而来。
He argued that monotheism and polytheism are so radically distinct that one could not possibly have evolved from the other.
He argued that monotheism and polytheism are so radically distinct that one could not possibly have evolved from the other.
他认为一神论和多神论是截然不同的,不可能是一个由另一个进化而来。
It might be darkness. It might be spirit. Or in ancient Greek religion, a more sort of philosophical polytheism, it might be fate.
它可以是黑暗,也可以是一种精神,在古希腊的一个,偏向于哲学上多神论的宗教中,它可以是命运。
So a third way has emerged in the last 20 years, or 15 years or so, and it's one that seeks to avoid this dichotomy between polytheism and monotheism.
因此出现了第三种解释,在过去20年或15年间,它试图避免,将多神论和一神论一分为二。
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