2007-01-28 13:25:25 · 8 answers · asked by Spirited 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In general:
* Theists believe in the existence of god(s) and/or goddess(es).
* Atheists believe that god(s) and goddesses(s) do NOT exist.
* Deists believe that a deity created the earth, but isn't involved with its inhabitants.
2007-01-28 13:35:46 · answer #1 · answered by gelfling 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Theists are any of the various strains of religion (theist means they believe in a god or gods).
A Deist is a theist who believes in a god, but believes that the god has no current involvement in human affairs.
Atheist, the giveaway being the prefix A-, means the opposite of theist, so in other words, an atheist doesn't believe in any gods, and thus necessarily has no religion.
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To further break it down (the key to words is in the prefix), theists can be further divided into monotheists and polytheists: the former believe in one god and the latter believe in two or more deities. Some would even argue that the denominations of Christianity that adhere to the Trinitarian model (Father, Son, Holy Ghost) are actually polytheists, for example.
2007-01-28 21:36:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Theist- person who basically believes in one or more higher powers
Athesit- does not believe in religion at all (except for maybe a few morals but that is a little off topic)
Deist- believes in god but also believes that god pretty much abandoned us after creation.
2007-01-28 21:52:33 · answer #3 · answered by Chase 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theist - Someone who believes there is a god or several gods. Respectively, monotheist and polytheist.
Atheist - Someone who lacks the belief in a god or gods. (Everyone is an atheist to at least one theistic religion's version of god(s).)
"Typical" atheist - One who lacks the belief in ALL gods.
Deist - A watered down version of a theist.
BTW: One can be an agnostic atheist, gnostic atheist, agnostic theist or gnostic theist.
2007-01-28 21:36:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Theism: The view that there is God.
Atheism: The view that there is no God
Deism: The view that God exists, but does not perform miracles
Pantheism: The view that all is God.
Panentheism: The view that God is developing along with the world
Finite Godism: The view that God exists but is limited and/or imperfect
Polytheism: The view that there are many gods
2007-01-28 21:43:22 · answer #5 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theist - one who believes in gods
atheist - one who doesn't believe in gods
deist - one who believes in a god who may have created reality but doesn't do anything anymore.
2007-01-28 21:38:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about agnostics and mystics and
2007-01-28 21:53:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
people
2007-01-28 21:34:33 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. Brooke 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋