At another level, so far as the pantheism/ monotheism debate is
concerned, the Abrahamic view is clearly that one god is better than
many. It is also a fact that it is the one god believers who have
brought this world to such a parlous pass. On the other hand, the
many god believers display a far greater sense of harmony with their
enviromnment. I think the reason for this is that the switch to a
belief in one god is accompanied by the simultaneous introduction of
a belief in the absolute supremacy of human beings; i.e. people start
believing that this "one" all powerful, god has "created" the "world"
for human beings. (Even many god-ders believe in the "superiority"
of the human "yoni" but it seems to me there is a qualitative
difference between the two - respective - notions of superiority.)

It is as if in the process of alienating themselves from the millions
of gods people that they used to believe in people also sever their
connections with the millions of other life forms, animate and
inanimate, that go to make up this world. In other words, from being
a part of "creation" people become the (ultimate) object of
creation. God (with a capital g) becomes exclusively devoted to the
welfare of human beings. Human life becomes invested with "special
meaning. Naturally, the rest of the world immediately recedes into
the background; becomes "resource" to be "exploited" for the "good"
of humanity. The result is the unprecedented devastation that
threatens to destroy human life on earth.

I think there is something seriously perverted in this world view,
which a belief in one god seems very prone to engendering. I should
not be misunderstood (or misinterpreted) as suggesting that the many
gods world is/ was Ram Rajya and the one god world is Kali Yog. No
such thing. As I mentioned earlier on, the point here is only that
the 'one god' view seems to generate an imbalance, making world views
very human centric. Human nature remains what it is irrespective of
one. god. many gods, no god.

Ashok Agrwaal

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