My Book About God — Page 18
18 through an evolutionary process, into the belief in one single God. On the other hand we have irrevocable evidence that religions, which began with belief in One God, gradually deteriorated and with the passage of time many partners with God were devised. We can therefore say with cer- tainty that monotheism, under the influence of human weakness, gradually gave way to beliefs in many gods. If you are interested in the history of religions, you will find that the great religious founders claimed to be ordinary human beings and preached the worship of one God. But ironically they themselves were gradually raised to super-human level by their followers. People started worshipping saints and ordinary human beings were elevated so as to possess supernatural powers. Thus