>There is no question monotheism is usually presented in the West as
>an advance in human thinking tantamount to the introduction of the
>scientific method. This does not make any sense, since the
>monotheistic POV invariably results in envisioning a unitary
>manic-depressive God given to psychotic swings of creation and
>destruction. The Book of Job, e.g., offers an especially monstrous
>picture of the monotheistic God as an insane, unreasoning, insecure
>tyrant -- no one you'd ever want to know, let alone worship. I
>think monotheistic religions basically boil down to reverence for
>mental illness on a cosmic scale. Their appeal is lost on me.
Look on the bright side: 1 is pretty close to 0, and therefore a step in the right direction if you're starting at many more than 1.
Doug