Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in a personal God as creator and ruler of the world.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Belief in the existence of a God as the Creator and Ruler of the universe.
- noun A morbid affection resulting from the excessive use of tea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to
atheism ,pantheism , orpolytheism . - noun (Med.) The morbid condition resulting from the excessive use of tea.
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- noun religion Belief in the existence of at least one
deity . - noun religion Belief in the existence of a personal
creator god ,goddess , gods and/or goddesses present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The God may be known by or throughrevelation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods
Etymologies
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Examples
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This traditional view, known as theism, is quite hard to defend for anyone who has scientific or philosophical training.
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I am not saying that it is deserved to some extent, but it is hard to deny that many critics seem to openly approve and applaud movies that purposely cut against the grain theism, while offering harshing criticsm to overtly theistic films.
Overlooked Movie Monday: The Ninth Configuration » Scene-Stealers 2010
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I should also point out that Collins argues for theism from the standpoint of both scenarios (a stacked deck, so to speak).
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So the New Atheists 'claims that theism is dangerous because it is illogical are hysterical and hypocritical nonsense.
Contentment 2009
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His remark at the end about theism is well placed.
Overlooked Movie Monday: The Ninth Configuration » Scene-Stealers 2010
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This traditional view, known as theism, is quite hard to defend for anyone who has scientific or philosophical training.
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And in theism, it seems possible that God created matter so that it had the additional property of being conscious.
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Aren't you really suggesting that if life was not generated according to a non-telic paradigm then theism is true?
Assessing Causality 2008
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I do think that between Lysenkoism, The Reign of Terror, Communism and otherwise, all claims that atheism or anti-theism is an essential ingredient to a better, more moral society is laughable.
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Ah yes, the advantage of theism is relying on unjustified assertions – "seeing" the truth.
Dawkins and ID 2008
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