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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because their god is basically just multiple gods combined. It says that in the text paragraph 1 and sentences 3-4.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because the believe in many gods such as Shiva, Vishnu,and Brahma.

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Hinduism should be considered polytheistic because National Geographic states "Its many gods and goddesses" and polytheism is the worship of many gods.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because it has many gods. The text states "Its many Gods and Goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit." The primary gods/goddesses are Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the preserver, and Shiva, the destroyer. Even though they combine together, they should be considered polytheistic.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because the text clearly states "ts many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit."

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they were polytheistic because there god and they could take more than one god

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because all the gods that they have are different because their is Brahma the creator, Shiva the destroyer and Vishnu contains good and evil in balance.

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Hinduism should not be considered a monotheistic religion because they believe in more than one god, and it has many gods and goddesses.

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Hinduism should not be considered a monotheistic religion because in the text it says, " The religion that grew out of Aryan beliefs and practices is Hinduism, the world’s third largest religion. Hinduism developed over many centuries. Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit. The three most important Hindu deities are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva."

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because they believed in more then one god, the do believe in one spirit having many gods divided in that spirit however each god is separate making them all different.

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There is only one spiritual person of Hinduism but their one soul is divided into many gods that each are worshiped equally. So yes, I agree since their are many  gods from a spirit, there is a polytheistic religion

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there was one of a god.

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Aryans are the noble ones.

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Hinduism should considered a polytheistic religion because they worship many other gods and goddesses.

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Hinduism should be considered monotheistic because it has one god who can take the form of many at once.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because it's centered around deities and gods even though they form into one and also because it is considered a polytheistic religion by billions.

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Hinduism should be considered polytheistic because in the text it said "bad action will create karma"

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Hinduism should be considered a Polytheistic religion even though the text talks about three deities the deities are avatars/alternate forms of Brahman, the person who is basically the gods! Having different forms doesn't mean you're the same person, that's like saying if I wear a different outfit every day I would be a different person. It doesn't work like that.

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Hinduism should be considered to be polytheistic because they believe in many gods.

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Hinduism should be considered monotheism because there are many gods and goddesses in one spirit.

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Hinduism should be known as a polytheistic religion because  they believe in many gods and goddesses.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because although the many gods and goddesses are just avatars of a central god, they each represent something different and they are all praised or worshipped separately for different reasons.

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Hinduism should be considered as a polytheistic one because they believe in several gods according to the text.

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They should n´t become monotheistic because they believe in more than one god .

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No they should not be monotheistic. They believe in more then more then one god so and also all of the gods go together so if you did not have one it would kind of fall apart.

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Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit.

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the hinduism believed in many god so they are polytheistic

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion, because even though their was one "first" deity , Brahma and he appeared in different forms, those forms were very diverse and represented different things.

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Hinduism should NOT be considered a monotheistic religion rather than a polytheistic one because there are many deities in the religion. This is true because the text says, "Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit."

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Hinduism should be considered to be polytheistic because they believe in many gods.

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Hinduism should be believed as a polytheistic religion because although it was supposed to be three main gods that have avatars and are technically the same deities since the avatars are just different forms, they are still different forms, and adding on, although they are three gods, yes they come from one name Brahman and split into Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, they are different parts of Brahman, not the same parts.

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I think Hindus are polytheistic because they believe in more than one god

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Hindus are polytheistic because they worship many gods like the three gods that it states in the text
"The three most important Hindu deities are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva" so that means that they are polytheistic, because monotheistic means you worship one god.

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The Hinduism belief in many gods that means there polytheistic.

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yes the Hinduism gods should stay polytheistic because a change like that would make so many people mad and angry if they had been doing this for years

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Hinduism should be considered Polytheistic because they believe in many gods, like the deities, they are worshiped as gods and goddesses.

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I think that Hinduism is polytheistic because they believe in many gods. Also, the text says "The three most important Hindu deities are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva." This shows that they believe in more than one god, so they're polytheistic.

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they should be polytheistic

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Th Hindu people are polytheistic  because they believe  in many gods. 

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Th Hindu people are polytheistic  because they believe  in many gods. 

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Hinduism would be a polytheistic religion because in the text it states that they believe in many gods with three main deities and with a lot more deities but they are lesser then the three main deities

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Hinduism should be considered a monotheistic religion rather than a polytheistic one because they have more than one god.

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They are polytheistic because they believe in three gods

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polytheistic because they belie in more than one god like Vishnu shiva

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Hinduism should be Polytheistic,because in the text it says that he worshiped many gods and goddess and polytheistic means to believe in more than 1 god or goddesses

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Hinduism is monotheistic because they worship one god. They sometimes worship deities but it is not required, especially now a days.

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Hinduism would be a polytheistic religion because text evidence states that they believe in many gods, they have three main deities not one, but there are also more lesser deities so they do not believe in just one god.

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Hinduism would not be able to monotheistic because it worships man gods.

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The Hinduism religion would be more polytheistic because of their belief as many gods. Even though all other deities fall over one big deitie. But they are still gods and goddesses. People still pray to them. So I still can be polytheistic.

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Hinduism is polytheistic because in the text it said that they believed in many gods and goddesses. Those are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

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Hinduism would not be viewed as a monotheistic religion because of their belief to worship many gods. In the text it specifically states that "Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to from Brahman, a universal spirit." Which proves that Hinduism is not a monotheistic religion, rather polytheistic. They also have 3 main gods: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, which 3 is more than 1 so they are polytheistic.

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Hinduism should not be considered monotheistic because  in the text it says "The three most important Hindu deities are Brahma, Vishnu,and Shiva" And this can show that they believe in more then one god or "King",So they are Polytheistic.

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Hinduism should not be considered a monotheistic religion, and instead should be a polytheistic one because they believe in many gods and goddesses that form one universal spirit.

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The Hinduism would be considered a polytheistic religion because the text says that they believed in many  god and goddesses. For example the text states ". Its many gods and goddesses, or deities," and that is what being polytheistic means, to believe in many gods or godesses.

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They are polytheistic because they worship more than one god.

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Hinduism should be considered polytheistic because it said that in the text they believe in many gods and goddesses.

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In my opinion, the Hinduism society should be considered a polytheistic because they already believe in many gods. These gods are, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

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The Hinduism society should be considered as a polytheistic culture because they worshiped the three most important deities. The most important deities they worshiped were Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma and every deity had some people worship them as a deity. Also the Hinduism culture believed in many other gods also.

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Due to how Hinduism has greatly impacted their lives, Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion rather than a monotheistic religion because the definition of polytheistic means to have a belief in more than one god, and the Hindus worshiped multiple gods whom each had different roles, and the text clearly states "Over 5,000 years, Hindu absorbed and integrated many beliefs found throughout Asia".

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic because they worship one god but they worship many form of that one god. technically they worship many gods and goddesses.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because even if they come in one and worship one spirit, they still worship many gods.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because despite the fact that they come together to form one universal spirit, the Hindus still worship many different deities.

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Hinduism should be considered a monotheistic religion because even though they have many gods they worship one universal spirit called Brahman. "Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit."

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because they worship many different gods such as, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Saraswati, Parvati, and Lakshmi.

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I think Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because they worship more than on e god for example Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

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Hinduism be considered a polytheistic because they believe in more than one god

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Hinduism is polytheistic because they worshiped many many gods in their religion.

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Hinduism should be considered Polytheistic because they worship more than one god/goddess. They have one god that oversees the other gods, Brahman. Hinduism does not follow monotheisism because of more than one god

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Hinduism should be considered as a polytheistic religion because they believe in many gods instead of one. Some text evidence is when the text said "Hinduism developed over many centuries. Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit. The three most important Hindu deities are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva".

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Hinduism should be considered as a polytheistic religion because the Hindus worship and believe in more than one god/goddess. The Hindus primarily worship three distinct gods: Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer. It also gives the people the choice to worship and believe in the God of their choice.
Text Evidence: "Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit. The three most important Hindu deities are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva."

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Hinduisim should be considered a polytheistic religion because, though they believe there is one god (Brahman), they worship multiple gods that make up Brahman. In the text it states," Hinduism developed over many centuries. Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit."

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They would be  considered polytheistic  because they worship more than one god. In the text it says "It's many gods and goddesses, or deities combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit." that shows there are more than one god or goddess in Hinduism.

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They would be polytheistic because they worship many gods. In the text it states "It's many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit." This shows that there are many gods in hinduism religion.

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Hinduism should be considered as polytheistic because they worship many gods.

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Hinduism should be considered an polytheistic because they believe in many different gods and goddesses. The text says that "Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit."

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because, they believe in many different gods and Goddesses. In the text it says "Its

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because they have gods and goddesses. In the text it said, "It's many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit." This shows that they are somewhat polytheistic.

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I think that Hindu's are polytheistic because they worship many gods. this is true because in the text it said, " practices is Hinduism, the world’s third largest religion." this proves that the Hindu's are polytheistic.

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I think that they religion of Hindu as polytheistic , because in the text it does say that they did believe in many gods, and that they were eve freinds with the gods and goddesses, and so therefore it leaves HIndu to be polytheistic.

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I think that Hinduism should be considered as a polytheistic religion. It said that there are many gods, goddesses and special deities.

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Hinduism should be considered as polytheistic because they believe in multiple Gods.  Examples of their gods are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because the text had said that their were many deities in Hinduism and deities are gods or goddesses in a polytheistic religion. The Hindus believe in many gods and in the text (Nat Geo) it said that " Its many gods and goddesses , or deities, combine to form Brahman" this shows that the Hindu's believed in many gods/goddesses and even though they form into a universal spirit (Brahman) there are still many. That is why Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion rather than a monotheistic religion.

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Hinduism should be considered a monotheistic and polytheistic religion because ¨it´s many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit. The three most important Hindu deities are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva¨ (National Geographic, Document 1).

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because even though all of their gods are the reincarnation of 1 god, according to the text "many gods and goddesses or deities, combine to form Brahman. " and Brahman is also worshiped as the main god and creator of the universe. But people also worship many gods separately like Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma. Also according to the text it says"people who seek success worship Lakshmi" and this is proof that even though the other gods are part of one god Brahman they still worship these gods separately.

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Hinduism should be considered as a polytheistic religion. This is because a polytheistic religion is the worshiping of many god while monotheism is the worshiping of only one god. "Its many gods and goddesses, or deities,combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit. The three most important Hindu deities are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva" (National Geographic)

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Hinduism should be considered as a polytheistic because they believe in many gods and goddesses including the important deities, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. In the Nat Geo, it states "Its many gods and goddesses, or deities" This means and shows that the Hindu's should be considered polytheistic because they believe in many gods. In the Nat Geo, it also states "The three most important Hindu deities are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
Female deities include Saraswati, goddess of knowledge, science, and the arts, and Parvati, who is both a goddess and the beautiful wife of Shiva." This shows that they are polytheistic because these are some of the names that the Hindu's believe in, and there are a lot of gods

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because they worship multiple gods. Some of the gods include Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma.
So Hinduism should count as a polytheistic religion.

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Hinduism should be considered as polytheistic because they worship many gods. In the text it talks about three gods. So just by using our background knowledge we already that they are a polytheistic civilization. Hinduism should be considered as polytheistic.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion over a monotheistic religion because they worship multiple different gods, including the deities Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The Hindus consider the gods many people and have names and stories for all of them. For example, in the Nat Geo book, they state that, "Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit." and that shows that since they believe in many gods/ goddess, they are polytheistic.

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I think Hinduism should be considered polytheistic, because while there might be different forms of one god there are still more than one.According to the text it says "Its many gods and goddesses....".From my background knowledge polytheism means worshiping more than one god and "gods and goddesses", are plural. Others might argue that Hinduism is monotheistic because all the gods come together to create one god Brahman but Brahman is a spirit and a cast in the religion.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion which is believing in multiple gods than a monotheistic religion which is believing in only a single god because in the text it states ¨Hinduism developed over many centuries. Its many gods and goddesses, or deities.¨ The text also describes three different gods which were Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

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Hinduism should be considered polytheistic because they believe in multiple gods. For example in the text is says "Hinduism developed over many centuries. Its many gods and goddesses, or deities." Which shows that they believed in many gods.

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oops. I don't change my mind.

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I change my mind I will write a thesis for that.

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Hinduism shouldn't be considered a monotheistic religion more than a polytheistic religion because there are multiple gods and in the text it says "Hinduism developed over many centuries. Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit. The three most important Hindu deities

are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

Female deities include Saraswati, goddess of knowledge, science, and the arts, and Parvati, who is both a goddess and the beautiful wife of Shiva. Lakshmi, wife of Vishnu, is the goddess of wealth and prosperity."

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Hinduism should be Polytheistic which means they worship many gods. I know that because the article states "Its many gods and goddesses, or deities, combine to form Brahman, a universal spirit. The three most important Hindu deities are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva." that states the question because it says Gods and Goddesses with a s on the end making it plural.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because they worship many gods, have different ways to worship them, and they believe in all of the gods.

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Hinduism should be considered a polytheistic religion because they worship multiple gods, they  have many different ways to worship them, and they had sacred texts, some to individual gods.

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