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I was just reading a few books on the history of religion, and i found this interesting excerpt on monotheistic religions. Apparently, there were several small tribes back then that believed there was only -one- god. Interestingly enough, their singular god seems to be universally male, though i may be mistaken.

Question is, what kind of POD would we need to have a monotheistic religion become dominant, and what would be the effects? I'm guessing that removing the male only clause would probably help, but what else is needed?
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