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you may exist, other gods, but you're not getting my prayers.
means the belief in multiple gods while worshipping only one as worthy of devotion.
from from greek monos (single) plus latreia (worship, service) — coined by scholars to fill the gap between polytheism and monotheism, most famously used to describe early israelite religion before strict monotheism took hold.
biblical traceearly hebrew texts hint at rival gods existing, just unworshipped
not atheismother gods are real, just ignored professionally
transition stageoften seen as monotheism's awkward teenage phase