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Dystheism vs Theism - What's the difference?

dystheism | theism | Derived terms |

Theism is a derived term of dystheism.



As nouns the difference between dystheism and theism

is that dystheism is the belief that there is a god, but that this god is not good, and possibly, although not necessarily, evil while theism is belief in the existence of at least one deity.

dystheism

English

Noun

(-)
  • The belief that there is a god, but that this god is not good, and possibly, although not necessarily, evil.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "dystheism")

    Synonyms

    * maltheism

    theism

    English

    Noun

  • (belief system) Belief in the existence of at least one deity.
  • (belief system) 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 through revelation.
  • * 1999 , Jeaneane D. Fowler, Humanism: Beliefs & Practices, page 66
    • The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses.

    Derived terms

    * apatheism * bitheism * duotheism * dystheism * henotheism * kathenotheism * maltheism * monotheism * panentheism * pantheism * polytheism * suitheism * tritheism * tetratheism

    Related terms

    (terms etymologically related to "theism") * atheism * thearchy * theist * theistic * theistical * theistically * theists * theists * theo- * theocracy * theology * theopanism * theosophy

    See also

    * agnosticism * atheism * deism * divine * henotheism * monotheism * pantheism * pandeism * polytheism

    External links

    * (wikipedia "theism")

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism English words not following the I before E except after C rule