theism
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- noun
- /ˈθiːɪzəm/
:
teísmo
- Humanists may leap to the conclusion that if theism is the problem, atheism is the answer.
- Christian theism
- traditional theism
- classical theism
And he says that theism is going to be contradictory in itself.
- And he says that theism is going to be contradictory in itself.
- But then, he says, since Darwinism has displaced design from the minds of the scientific, theism has lost its foothold.
- And this ethos was not in conventional theism or religion, but in an invented religion without religion, a naturalist religion of a kind.
- Have premises of materialism or theism associated with him.
- So an apathyist is my, is my, my theism.
Examples
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In my view, religion and nonreligion, or theism and atheism, are different flavors of conscience or worldview.
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So most of us start from a background of theism and thus understand the basic dogma.
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If this is theism, he might say, then make the most of it.
Academic text (1992) -
Nor does he accept the theism of his Italian hero.
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I might have been drawn to that, but instead I continued to investigate the relation of theism to the modern world.
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In a world dominated by theism, few atheists are born; most are "made."
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Represented are two opposing world views, theism and naturalism.
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Certainly, the God of classical theism is not the God of theistic personalism.
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After all, classical theism could still be true, even if the Bible were false.
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The belief in theism can provide many with a sense of purpose and direction in life.
Antonyms
How Theistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
theism = theist (transparent) = theo + ism
The relation between 'theist' (a believer) and 'theism' (the belief or doctrine) is direct and readily inferable by learners.
Etymology
Theism comes from the Greek root theos, which means 'god', plus the ending -ism, which means 'belief' or 'system'. So theism is literally the 'belief in god', which is why we use it for the idea that one or more gods exist and guide the world.