Montana Smith said:When I wrote "satanic" I meant as pertaining to Satan, not generally demonic. It would be possible for those of the Christian or Jewish belief to assign Kali to a form of Satan worship - that Kali is Satan/Lucifer in another guise.
But you've already qualified that by stating "Kali is Kali".
Correct, I do not view Kali as a manifestation of Satan. I see them as separate. Both evil, but not the same entity.
Montana Smith said:What I'm saying is that it's possible for Indy to be a polytheist simply by believing that more than one god exists, though a polytheist does not have to worship those other existing gods. For example, he may believe that Kali exists, but he wouldn't worship Kali in the manner of Mola Ram's cult.
Ok, I get that. So...technically, a polytheist can also be a monotheist??? I mean, if you're only worshiping one deity despite acknowledging others exist...polytheistic monotheism or monotheistic polytheism?
I also see Indy as being the kind of person who - if he were going to worship anything - would find his way through to the ultimate god...whom there is no one greater than...why settle for second rate deities? (That is to say, if I were in his shoes, that's how I'd do it.)