what do it mean?
2006-08-25 09:00:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Atheists believe there is no God.
Theists believe that there is at least one God.
Agnostics don't know if there is a God.
I do not care if there is a God.
2006-08-25 09:03:29 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In simplest terms
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Theist is a 'BELIEVER' & an ATHEIST is a nonbeliever of God.
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Theist is a believer in the existence of God especially one revealed supernaturally to humans.
An Atheist is a person who believes there is NO GOD.
Root:
These words are derivatives of the Greek word 'THEOS' meaning GOD.
Theism: Belief in a deity, belief in one God ( as different from Polytheism)
In Atheism:
'a' = without
theos = God
Atheism is from Greek 'Atheos' meaning to deny the gods or 'godless'
Source: Allwords.com
Etymological dictionary
2006-08-25 09:13:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists are people who don't believe in God.
Theists are people who do believe in God (whether one or many...if they believe in one God they are called monotheists and if they believe in many gods then they are polytheists)
hope i helped
2006-08-25 09:05:26 · answer #3 · answered by genius gnat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists = don't believe in god
Theists = believe in god
a- is a prefix used to indicate "not"
asynchronous
atypical
asymetrical
2006-08-25 09:02:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋