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Well, long before the advent of either of these 'theologies', the various cultures of the world had many others; and they were often effective and useful to sustaining, inspiring, and bringing the people forward in spiritual awareness. (The ancient Egyptian, Greek, Hebrew religions, contained profound philosophical truths.)

I don't think I'm in a position to judge how others should believe - I can't know which religious system or mythology might optimally activate the spiritual principle in another person. I assume that God has His own way of accomplishing that.

Any religious text read absolutely literally can produce extremists, and often dangerous ones. I frequently find myself falling into the advice of the Sallustius who wrote, regarding religious systems and mythologies:

'Now these things never happened, but always are'.