Polytheism is the act of worshiping multiple deities and having faith in multiple deities. Worshipping one deity for a fertile land and another one for harvest, doesn’t make sense. If a deity cannot do all of these things, how can we call that deity a God? God is someone who has supreme command over all of the creation. If there is someone who has command over just the clouds, does it mean that, that person is God?

Faith should be the most powerful emotion, so that what we believe manifests in our lives. The concept of faith has been misinterpreted throughout different cultures across the world. Faith is basically a connection we have with the unknown. The unknown can be anything from God to a person or to a goal you may have set on your mind. When we say that God or faith does not exist, indirectly we are teaching our brain that something which has no proof of existence does not exist. So how can our brain believe that our future goals which is non-existential as of now, will come into existence in future? That is what being open minded means, we need to even accept the fact that there is a probability that God may also exist. If we can believe in such a possibility, our mind can believe in anything we want it to believe.

Faith is like a double edged sword, it should be as immovable as a mountain. If we believe that we are going to accomplish something in the near future, and we also believe that we may not achieve it, mostly it won’t get achieved. Even if does, it may not be as satisfactory as we wanted it to be.

The major drawback of polytheism is that our faith gets split among different deities. Instead of focusing our mind/faith on one, it gets divided. Faith should always be a singular, it should not be anything else. Suppose there is someone who worships Thor Odinson. Their faith should be such that, Thor is the supreme power who has command over everything. When Loki shows up, they split their faith thinking that since Loki is also here, they should worship both of them. The connection they had with Thor gets disrupted and the new faith they have may not even be half as strong as it was before. And if more such deities are introduced into the picture, and if people starts to follow all of them, their faith gets weaker and weaker. And when wishing for something to whom you believe is a non-almighty God, should it get manifested in the first place?

There is no problem in having faith in science as well. However, if one believes that science does not take them to places, how can they believe that science will help in achieving their goals? Faith should be blind in such a way that, we need to believe that it will take us somewhere. Else why do we need to believe, whether it be science or God? Our believes should be beneficiary for us. If it is not beneficiary or if it is causing harm to one’s emotional peace, why would they still want to believe in it?

And if people are worried about what other may think about their faith, faith is just an emotion. It’s inside all of us. Anyone outside has nothing to do with it and they may not even need to be aware about it.