I think it highly likely that most Christians will tell you the move from polytheism to monotheism was a good thing, atheists go one step further and toss out all gods, yet this is considered a bad thing, why?
It’s a myth that atheists throw out all gods. They adhere to one ism or another like materialism, naturalism, etc. They like to pretend religion necesitates a diety. It does not.
Because it is a lile. It contradicts human experience and the natural revelation of the creation itself.
Stoicism proposed the kind of monotheism that atheists reduce to nullity. It reduces the gods to impersonal forces, where the ordinary pagan believed in gods with personalities. Stoics were a kind of pantheist. Atheists simply disregard the idea of any sort of universal order.
Polytheism to Monotheism is a stage closer to truth. Atheism a leap away from truth.
Truth is Good.