Talking About Words. There is one very special use of quotation marks which it is useful to know about: we use quotation marks when we are talking about words. In this special use, all varieties of English normally use only single quotes, and not double quotes (though some Americans use double quotes even here).
As Odinists, our spiritual beliefs are based upon life, not death. We believe that this planet and the other beings who reside here possess spirits, and we believe that we ourselves have immortal souls. We know also, that there is, in a very real sense, no such thing as time, or space, or death, but only change.
The Sumerians were polytheistic, which means they believed in many gods. The Sumerians worshiped their gods at huge temples they called ziggurats. They dedicated each ziggurat to a different god, whom the Sumerians believed ruled over their city-state. When a city was conquered, the invaders would force the conquered people to accept their gods. Most people in the Western Hemisphere today practice monotheism. This means they believe in only one God.