All those pagan statues weren’t to one god, it was just a shit ton of pagan gods.
“Multi-faith” was the norm until the Abrahamic religions started insisting everyone follow one God and no other Gods were real. So pretty much every religious site pre-monotheism had some multi faith elements.
So in early cities, they’d have a “city god” but also usually be accepting of earlier rural gods and the gods of friendly neighbly cities
Like, it’s hard to explain how much Abraham fucked shit up when he started the precedent of not tolerating any other god except his personal Sky Daddy.
But it’s still really new on the timescale of human history
Kind of?
All those pagan statues weren’t to one god, it was just a shit ton of pagan gods.
“Multi-faith” was the norm until the Abrahamic religions started insisting everyone follow one God and no other Gods were real. So pretty much every religious site pre-monotheism had some multi faith elements.
So in early cities, they’d have a “city god” but also usually be accepting of earlier rural gods and the gods of friendly neighbly cities
Like, it’s hard to explain how much Abraham fucked shit up when he started the precedent of not tolerating any other god except his personal Sky Daddy.
But it’s still really new on the timescale of human history