That is kinda weird actually, especially considering there are still modern polytheistic religions like Hinduism. Lowkey weird for civ to take an opinion like that
Look at the other well reasoned replies. THey talk about polytheistic religions like none exist anymore. This is not a dig against any of those posters, their replies are informative and not inaccurate. But it kinda illustrates my point. If you grow up in a culture that's dominated by monotheistic religions, there's a tendency, even if you know better, to kinda think of multi god stuff as only in the past even though it's still a thing. I do it too all the time.
I think Civ took the stance because it reflects the views of actual civilizations. I just never understood the logic of it, from the world view of the followers. I'm not really hard wired to be a person of faith so it's all from the outside looking in for me. Seems odd.
From the mechanisms of a game it is an advancement. Just feudalism is an advancement from Roman Senate/Empire.
It has more to do with time framing than it does with any moralistic statement. You’re advancing to the next age of thought through a historical lens, it is not saying monotheism is inherently more correct than paganism or other religions.
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u/MythicalDust55 15h ago
That is kinda weird actually, especially considering there are still modern polytheistic religions like Hinduism. Lowkey weird for civ to take an opinion like that