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theism /ˈθiːɪz(ə)m /noun [mass noun]Belief in the existence of a god or gods, specifically of a creator who intervenes in the universe: there are many different forms of theism...- Along the way, Polkinghorne argues that going beyond the basics of theism can make belief more credible to nonbelievers.
- As long as Ted has had any beliefs of any kind, we may suppose, he has believed that God exists; theism is not a belief he came to.
- Here liberal theism and varieties of natural theology seemed particularly dangerous.
Compare with deism. Derivativestheist /ˈθiːɪst/ noun ...- As Barr notes, however, this assumes, without rational justification, that all rational explanation must be rendered in terms of equations and quantities, an assumption that theists reject.
- Years ago I wrote about the tendency of modernist, evolution-minded, progressive, pacifist theists to live long lives.
- In other words, what is such a debate supposed to do: make theists?
theistical /ˈθiːɪst/ /-ˈɪstɪk(ə)l/ adjectivetheistically /ˈθiːɪst/ /-ˈɪstɪk(ə)li/ adverbOriginLate 17th century: from Greek theos 'god' + -ism. RhymesShiism |