To: Greg F
The dictionary definitions seem a little off from the meaning ascribed by the creator of the word. Either way, if Mormons are polytheistic, they aren't henotheistic. The two terms are mutually exclusive.
214 posted on
02/14/2008 6:29:10 AM PST by
Zakeet
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To: Zakeet
Huh? If henotheism means believing there are many gods but worshipping only one (or in the Mormon case I guess, 2?) then it applies.
215 posted on
02/14/2008 6:30:33 AM PST by
Greg F
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To: Zakeet
Dear Zakeet,
If one gives the LDS the benefit of the doubt on how they view the “godhead” and the three beings that comprise it, one can count them as henotheistic.
Nonetheless, henotheism is a species of polytheism, in that the very nature of one’s god is radically different if one admits to the existence of other gods.
sitetest
216 posted on
02/14/2008 6:38:52 AM PST by
sitetest
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