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theism

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the·ism  (thzm)
n.
Belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in a personal God as creator and ruler of the world.

theist n.
the·istic, the·isti·cal adj.
the·isti·cal·ly adv.

theism [thee-iz-zum]
Noun
1. belief in one God as the creator of everything in the universe
2. belief in the existence of a God or gods [Greek theos god]
theist nadj
theistic adj

theism
1. a belief in the existence of God or gods.
2. a belief in one god as creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of special revelation. Cf. deism.theism, n.
See also: God and Gods
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.theism - the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods
faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
monotheism - belief in a single God
polytheism - belief in multiple Gods
pantheism - the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God
pantheism - (rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods
atheism, godlessness - the doctrine or belief that there is no God


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Therefore theism did never perturb states; for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no further: and we see the times inclined to atheism (as the time of Augustus Caesar) were civil times.
In the multiplex theism of certain Christian churches,
But where it departs from the Calvinistic Christianity and exhibits him as the defier of Jove, it represents a state of mind which readily appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude, objective form, and which seems the self-defence of man against this untruth, namely a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists, and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous.
 
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