theism
noun[U]
religionspecializeduk/ˈθiː.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈθiː.ɪ.zəm/beliefin theexistenceof agodorgods,especiallyagodwhocreatedtheworldand whoactstoinfluenceevents:
Russell, thefamousphilosopher,rejectedtheism on thegroundsthat it can be neitherprovennordisproven thatGodexists.
By theism Imeantheviewthat there is anomniscient(all-knowing),omnipotent(all-powerful), good being who hascreatedtheuniverse.
Compare
atheism
deism
monotheism
pantheism
polytheism
- It is noeasytasktodefinethe differentformsof theism andatheism.
- Darwin himself wasunwillingtorejecttheismopenly.
- He did notconverttotraditionalbiblicaltheism, but he nolongerdefendeddogmaticatheism.
Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs
- agnostic
- agnosticism
- Anglicanism
- animist
- anti-Catholic
- anti-Catholicism
- fetishism
- fetishistic
- heresy
- heretical
- humanistic
- ideologically
- mysticism
- orthodoxy
- pantheism
- superstition
- theological
- theologically
- transmigration
- unbelieving