Monotheism came before polytheism

You didn't set up some sort of format, so I am just going to do my rebuttals.R1: If anything, you just confirmed polytheism. Look at America's hierarchy of courts. There are trial courts, appelate courts, and one Supreme Court, but one would not be justified in calling a trial court not a trial court. Greek mythology had this sort of hierarchy, the Pagan Romans also had this hierarchy, and Hinduism has it too, but Zeus is a god just like Chaos was a starting force. R2: "He noted that this being had the same attributes and was everywhere." Are you saying these people all worshipped the same god? This being certainly wasn't worshipped everywhere, if that is what you would suggest. I can just point you again to Greek myths. I don't doubt that some faiths had monotheistic beliefs, I am contesting that monotheism necessarily came first, and polytheistic religions copied it.R3: " can all be fitted into a consistent picture in which a single god worshiped in this temple forms the central figure". The next statement is that these people had one god that splintered into many aspects of this being. My question is, how do you figure that? It may be logical to speculate, but that's all it would be: speculation. What I see here is that these Sumerians had multiple gods, and if you arrange them in a way they fit into one single god. Another question, how were these arranged to fit into one god? R4 "Polytheism with a touch of monotheism": There are different types of polythesim. Some gods are more powerful, some gods are more loved, but there are more than just one god present. This is also a problem that Christianity has. Four gods: Jesus, Yahweh, the Holy Spirit, and Lucifer. "He infers". I hear speculation. "from the course of history that since polytheism was constantly on the increase, the monotheistic doctrines must have preceded it." Well why in the hell would you infer that? Just because polythiesm is increasing, this does not mean monotheism must have come after? Even if there is some Sun god above all. Monotheism has increased, so obviously polytheism came before.R5: Polytheistic religions grow. That is actually a part of some polytheistic religions. They don't deny a god's existence, sometimes, and may even bring it into their own religion. Egyptian cities had patron deities. This doesn't mean that they all had only one deity and in time created their pantheon.R6: "With all the evidence presented, it's clear that in the beginning, there was only one all -powerful, all-knowing, loving, and infinite one God." WOah woah woah woah woah. Hold up. Excuse me, maybe we are reading two different debates, but this wild assertion out of left field certainly doesn't come from the evidence you provided. Maybe you misspoke, and meant to say "in the beginning people believed in one god with contradictory capabilities". I've harped on this society enough, but what about Greek mythology? What about Norse mythology? C1: Let me specify my position. I am not stating that polytheism necessarily came before monotheism, but that with the evidence we have, no clear answer can be determined. I really just accepted this debate because you said this would confirm that ridiculous Bible quote, that all people worshipped your God and then turned away from him. I'm not sure if you take the Bible literally, but when did these people break off from God?