Can any one differentiate spiritualism and theism?
2006-07-14 00:11:14 · 6 answers · asked by murali_siddharth 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good question. Theism is the belief in God, or gods. Generally, it implies entities which have great power and, to most beliefs, are functionally distinct from humans.
I define spiritualism as belief in spirit - a quantity that exists within humans and possibly between them (and possibly including animals or maybe everything). For me, the difference is that a spiritualist may not see the human spirit as 'divine' (greater than us) or 'other' (seperate from us).
I do believe in a quantity that humans call a 'soul' or a 'spirit'. I don't have a well-defined belief in it, and it doesn't effect my day-to-day life much, but I do think there is something that 'leaves' a body upon death. I accept the possiblility that that energy can be 'tapped into' or explored in some ways. There was a time when I once attempted to. I don't anymore.
Yet despite this, I don't believe in God.
2006-07-14 00:17:55 · answer #1 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you don't have to have a God for spiritualism. Spirit is a life force necessary to live... without it, you die. Theism is a structured set of beliefs in a god of some sort.
2006-07-14 00:24:34 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spiritualism is a religion based on the eternal existence and continuation of spirit in spirit world..
communicating with spirit via mediumship and passing on evidence of life after death
knowing that all we do is done with free will , and the future is ours to make
a belief in god , but each person may have their own views on what god is to them , basically a higher power
a religion that welcomes people from all other cultures and religions without judgement
a religion that was founded on the findings of spirit contact via the fox sisters
a religions that is based on continuous testing of spirit contact and the evidence presented
2006-07-14 00:27:11 · answer #3 · answered by Peace 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spiritualism says, "There's _some_thing out there."
Theism says, "There's _a_ thing out there."
2006-07-14 00:17:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
theism is Everything is God, and spiritism is worshiping and communing with all the so called gods, they really are demons! so spiritism is really demonic in nature.
2006-07-14 00:14:41 · answer #5 · answered by bungyow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theists have a God and spiritualism....I don't know are those the ones believing in Ghosts maybe??
2006-07-14 00:13:55 · answer #6 · answered by Obilee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋