For the natural polytheist, whose gods arise in and from the natural material world, this challenge is not even always a metaphor. Our gods not only have transcendent eyes and metaphysical hands. They have antlers and feathers, hooves and scales, fangs and horns and wings and fins and claws. They are in the lands we strip for veins of precious ore. They are in the waters we poison.Alison Leigh Lilly
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In a world where religion is a part of every day life, the idea of polytheism becomes a very real and relevant thing. Many people equate all religions as one religion, but this is far from the truth. There are many religions that have origins in the same origins as the different religions. In fact, there are different religions with the same origins as each other.
For example, Islam and Christianity both claim to have been founded by Abraham. In fact, Islam was formed from the traditions of Judaism and Christianity. This can be seen as a reference to many different religions that have origins in similar traditions.
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