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That take no gods before me line was brought to my attention when i was a wee lad. It makes perfect sense as the way early ignorance was transformed from poly to a single jealous prick. The abrahamic tradition starting with the Hebrews is viewed by some as more advanced than the gazillion gods of the Hindus. And sure a monkey god is silly. But so is the other nonsense. If Indian history had a dominant figure from a dominant group it could have evolved to have the monkey god (or one of the gazillion other Hindu gods) be the one and only god. The other thing the Hebrews did is prohibit the use of the name of god. That may also have had a deterrent effect on questioning.