Theism
etymologically equivalent to posed to ATHEISM (q. v.), is now usually understood to mean the doctrine of the one, supreme, personal God, "in whom we live, and move, and have our being"-as gument from design, proceeds from the distinguished from POLYTHEISM (q. v.), order and arrangement of the universe, which recognizes more gods than one; the reign of law and beauty and adaptafrom PANTHEISM (q. v.), which denies tion, to the intelligent and supreme the divine personality; fountain of order. This is the most fa- tion, to the intelligent and supreme the reign of law and beauty and adapta- order and arrangement of the universe, know anything of God; and from DEISM the lines laid down by Paley. (3) The theological argument, or arfrom AGNOSTI- fountain of order. This is the most fa- (q. v.), which, etymologically equivalent to Theism, is generally and attributes of God covers a large part Theism as the doctrine of the nature ing His providence and active presence in the life of the world. Deism further explicitly rejects revelation and trinily defined as recogtarian conceptions of the godhead, while Theism may or may not accept these doctrines. and attributes of God covers a large part Theism as the doctrine of the nature of the field of theology and speculative philosophy. But in practice it is usually restricted to the maintenance of the the sis that God may be known; the history of the origin and development of the idea of God; and the statement, criticism, and defense of the arguments for the existence of God. The main part of its work is apologetic, in opposition to the hostile systems and theories, rather than a scheme of systematic No competent apologist now stakes the existence of God on any one argument, or exhibits the proof as a series of sylatic THEOLOGY (q. v.). logisms. It is rather maintained that the study of human history, of human nature, especially on its moral and spiritual side, and of the world as far as science reveals it to us make for the existence of a God, demand such a postulate as the key to the universe, and render the belief in a personal God greatly more probable than any other thesis. But it is necessary to name what are often referred to as the four great arguments for the existence of God. (1) The ontological argument first formulated by St. Anselm proceeds from the notion of a most perfect being to infer his existence; without actual existence the idea would fall short of perfection. criticized the other three, and forms a part of the most modern theistic arguments. God is a postulate of our moral lied on by Kant when he destructively (4) The moral argument was that rea lawgiver without us. a lawgiver without us. nature; of the Black and the White Theiss, both in the E. of the kingdom by the junction descending from the Carpathians and flowing into the Danube about 20 miles above Belgrade; length, about 800 miles.
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