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I don't know how many religions existed in or around Greece at 340BC. It isn't all that relevant to what I said. Presently there are over 1500 different denominations of Christianity alone. Perhaps Epicurus' mistake was lacking the foresight to see that more diverse perspectives would arise (or already existed).
In any case, his assumptions about the nature of god aren't necessarily reflected across the whole of theism. An omnipotent being might have a slightly different concept of benevolence than humanity.
I agree about it being a good example of applying logic to religious concepts. Maybe Epicurus' problems more stem from the lack of awareness of the people who quote him...
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