Reply #213: The first monotheist? [View All]

[cali]

Who knows? Lost in the shrouded mists etc. Could have been Ashkenaten and the cult of Aten. In any case, my objection was to Ida's claim that Islam was the first truly monotheistic religion. All I'm really pointing out is that that claim is patently in error. Judaism was a highly developed monotheistic religion far before the year 600. Christianity's doctrinal struggles over the trinity abolutely do not mean that Christianity is not a monotheistic religion. Making the claim that Islam was the first truly monotheistic religion flies in the face of ALL credible scholarship on the subject.