Theist

//ˈθiːɪst//

"Theist" in a Sentence (7 examples)

Mark Zuckerberg is atheist, not theist.

The atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has seen the shadow of God and clutched at it.

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.

The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and /or goddesses.

The theist is a man firmly persuaded of the existence of a Supreme Being as good as He is powerful, who has formed all beings with extension, vegetating, sentient and reflecting; who perpetuates their species, who punishes crimes without cruelty, and rewards virtuous actions with kindness.

[…] and I call him a theist who believes in any God.

No one is to be called a Theist, who does not believe in a Personal God, whatever difficulty there may be in defining the word "Personal."

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