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Calculating Forms of Theism Posted on: 6/21 17:15:32
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Numerical Theological Constructs

Anti-Theism = Arguing there is no God/Gods.
Atheism = A lack of belief in God/Gods.
Monotheism = A belief there is only God.
Henotheism = Choosing one God from many Gods.
Polytheism = A belief in multiple Gods.

Reality Constructs

Dualism = Reality is divided, where God is separate to us. Thus Heaven, Earth, and Hell are divided.
Monism = Reality is all part of the same, so we're a part of God. Thus Heaven, and Hell are part of here.

Theological Interconnection Constructs

Pantheism = The Divine is the same as the reality.
Panentheism = The Divine is beyond the reality.

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wizanda
Re: Calculating Forms of Theism Posted on: 6/23 10:46:43
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Methods of Theological Education

Deism = God teaches through the reality, and not only from books.
Agnosticism = No direct experience of God.
Omnism = A belief that all religions hold some truth about theology.
Gnosticism = Direct experience of God.

Eclecticism = Selecting doctrines from multiple sources, to make a religious certitude.
Syncretism = Joining many religious ideas together to make it seem foundational.

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