I notice that you changed the wording &
meaning of the 2nd definition.
So the question does not apply to my post.
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The World of Isms (List/Definitions)
- Thread starter Unveiled Artist
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meaning of the 2nd definition.
So the question does not apply to my post.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
I was trying to make it simpler. What's the difference between my post and number 1 (specifically)?
Didn't work.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Same question. What's the difference between the two?
You're making this more than it needs to be, sheesh. Do I bring it out in you or something or can't help it?
You changed the 2nd definition instead of asking about
the two in dictionary.com. This is unproductive.
If you want to have a discussion, it's better to ask
questions that address my posts....not a straw man.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Then you modified the 2nd to be the same.
This is mischievous. If I cooperated with it,
I'd be encouraging it. That would be wrong.
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Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Shrugs. It's been 6 years and you pop up with a comment but then don't like to be questioned on it. If you make comments, don't expect them to stand alone. I can't read minds.
Questioning an altered post of mine inspires ignoring it.
Don't change my posts.
Enai de a lukal
Well-Known Member
Couple additions/suggestions.
Atheism can be tricky to define. One easy way to define it is simply as the negation as theism: atheism is the view that theism is false. Easy peasy.
I'd also suggest that "non-theism" is better stipulated to be simply the absence of theism, not the "rejection of any belief system incorporating one or more supreme beings" since non-theists are often simply people who never encountered theism. They didn't reject it, they just didn't adopt it either (nor have they suspended judgment, like the agnostic- they simply are unaware of it!)
Maltheism is the position that there exists a deity, but that deity is evil/malevolent
and it might be useful to define
atheistic Satanism: a position that rejects all deities but uses Satan as a literary figure and image/metaphor for liberation, independence, emancipation, etc.
theistic Satanism/devil-worship: the worship of one or more occult entities
Atheism can be tricky to define. One easy way to define it is simply as the negation as theism: atheism is the view that theism is false. Easy peasy.
I'd also suggest that "non-theism" is better stipulated to be simply the absence of theism, not the "rejection of any belief system incorporating one or more supreme beings" since non-theists are often simply people who never encountered theism. They didn't reject it, they just didn't adopt it either (nor have they suspended judgment, like the agnostic- they simply are unaware of it!)
Maltheism is the position that there exists a deity, but that deity is evil/malevolent
and it might be useful to define
atheistic Satanism: a position that rejects all deities but uses Satan as a literary figure and image/metaphor for liberation, independence, emancipation, etc.
theistic Satanism/devil-worship: the worship of one or more occult entities
endlessvoid2018
Member
Dytheism: Dytheism is the belief that God exists but is not wholly good, or that he might even be evil. The opposite concept is eutheism, the belief that God exists and is wholly good
Misotheism: Is the "hatred of God" or "hatred of the gods"
Ietsism: Ietsism is the belief that there is “something” that exists beyond the material realm, but that “something” remains undefined and unknowable.
Three more "isms."
Also, it's so annoying that people constantly argue over the actual definition of Agnosticism.
Misotheism: Is the "hatred of God" or "hatred of the gods"
Ietsism: Ietsism is the belief that there is “something” that exists beyond the material realm, but that “something” remains undefined and unknowable.
Three more "isms."
Also, it's so annoying that people constantly argue over the actual definition of Agnosticism.
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I'm formerly both from atheistic and theistic Satanism. What I am currently into what I consider diabolism (dark or forbidden arts, sinister witchcraft, etc. a hobby really) and diabolatry (devil worship, the veneration of dark or forbidden deities/muses). I'm still rooted in Satanism, Luciferianism, Wicca and neopaganism but moving onto something beyond them. (Not better just beyond) Maybe something entirely different.