“the general category of Theist includes all forms of Theism, be they Polytheism, Monotheism or Pantheism.”
You wiggle like a worm that knows it is an inch from the hook! The Greek were polytheists—NOT theists. There can only be one infinite being by logic. All the Greek gods were finite. Unqualified theism (rather than atheism or polytheism, or pantheism) posits ONE ultimate god who is infinite in nature.
“Well that's pretty much the point, isn't it; all those Human Cultures were in one form or another, Theistic.”
Well, no they were not. And those that were polytheistic or non-theistic were probably 99% of all cultures, and their thousands of “gods” were finite and an admixture of good and evil. Monotheism is very rare in human cultures and has only existed for the blink of an eye.
Your use of "theism" was expressly intending to the pretense that non-Christians have stolen their moral values from the Christian superstitions. But most cultures have not had infinite gods. 99% of human history created human morals and ideas of good and bad, right and wrong, and established them as an admixture in FINITE gods. And we held these values of service, hope, joy, love, faith, and loyalty long before the Christian sect (now 35,000 disagreeing Christian sects) developed as a Jewish offshoot of the Jewish people.
All human gods, right to the present day, have been a projection of human nature and have simply invented beings to explain natural phenomena—the gods of the sea, the winds, etc. Whatever “morals” have been attributed to the gods (including the monotheistic gods) have originated in human societies. For you to suggest that somebody who does not worship your imaginary god is stealing from your god (who was only one of perhaps hundreds of thousands of human creations), really takes ignorance to a new low. And the fact that even the worst of human beings has a far more moral character than your invisible friend, ought to give you pause for thought. But obviously thought is something that eludes that primitive mind of yours.
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