Philosophy/Theology

Introduction

Nature was known to reflect the intelligent author following the primary principles of theism and religion . The question that pertained to the origin of religion in relation to human nature paved the way for much discussion among the great thinkers concerning religion . The widely accepted belief was the existence of an intelligent being with the attributes of being invisible and powerful . However , there was a the religion that was truly accepted , as well as the number of deities were validly accepted Hume widely discussed the comparison between polytheism and monotheism

as seen in the Dialogues and Natural History of Religion . In Hume 's Dialogue Concerning Natural Religion , the onlooker and narrator of conversations between Demea , Philo , and Cleanthes showed philosophical debates as well . Demea played the role of the Christian Cleanthes was the Christian empiricist and Philo was the empiricist skeptic . Much of the perspective of Hume was seen to fit Philo 's pro . The argument of design was also discussed in this literature was discernible in nature and was seen as proof for the existence of God . This argument was used against evolution theories that reflected the creation of the world to be one natural accident . Hume attacked the watchmaker argument that defended that proof in how it was related to God 's control over the world he created

Concepts from Natural History of Religion

Polytheism

According to Hume , polytheism or idolatry was considerably the first and most ancient religion of mankind ' He began his argument by saying that all of mankind was incontestably polytheists 1700 years ago Following Hume 's premise , a deeper study of antiquity showed how mankind was practicing polytheism and that there were no signs of nay perfect religion that existed during ancient times . This conveyed that history displayed how even before the age of letters , art and sciences men were already practicing polytheism . Tribes from America , Africa and Asia were all savage idolaters and there was no exception presented to this rule

The natural process began with the acknowledgement of the familiar notion of superior powers even in their savageness before the conception of the perfect Being ever took place that was supposed to bestow in the whole frame of nature . According to Hume , the mind rises from the inferior towards the superior wherein from the imperfect the idea of perfection was formulated . He disagreed with that the knowledge of and frame of the universe actually influenced for the mankind 's first notions of religion . Knowing the cause or origin of the objects around humans was not what struck the attention or curiosity of savage people

Man in the first origin of society was a barbarous and necessitous animal , only consumed by his unlimited wants and passions . This was Hume 's reason why man had no interest in admiring the regular face of nature and did not produce inquiries about the causation of objects Questioning the first men would just lead them to disattachment and disinterest about the issue of...