Theisms vs Atheisms - What's the difference?
theisms | atheisms |
* It is for this reason that theisms which, like belief, [are] a notion embodied in Pascal's ''esprit de finesse'' or Newman's illative sense.'' Martin Warner, ''Religion and Philosophy , 1992, p. 1-2.
* There is a multitude of theisms , many understandings of God, even within the same religious tradition.'' Ross Mackenzie, Marcus J Borg eds, ''God at 2000 2002, p. 48
* 1980 , Thomas Molnar, Theists and Atheists: A Typology of Non-Belief , page 187:
As nouns the difference between theisms and atheisms
is that theisms is plural of theism while atheisms is plural of atheism.theisms
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(head)atheisms
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(head)- In short, our contention here is that theism is not only the affirmation of belief against non-belief, it is also the only rational presupposition against the two reductionist atheisms': materialism and humanism, and against the two inflated ' atheisms : pantheism and ultra-supernaturalism.
