But has he any right to tell the theist this?

For theist there is no such thing as "spiritual death".

He states that his independent theist period lasted "two or three years".

Beyond that, however, it is not necessary for the theist to prove God's existence.

Can the theist respond that he or she does have a coherent understanding of God?

He eventually became a theist and then a year later converted to Christianity.

Liberal theists are often influenced by the beliefs in their culture.

This concept is held as true by some theists especially religious fundamentalists.

Liberal theists often believe that, "all religions lead to the truth."

Many people are theists, who support the idea that God (or gods) created the universe.

We see here the way in which battle is often joined between theist and atheist.

A theist always has the option of simply shrugging and saying "god did it."

And not being a theist does not make me a believer.

This seems to be the latest trump cards theists are pulling off.

I think you'll find that there are far more theists than atheists who refuse to believe in your God.

Theists have responded to this argument in several ways.

He has also described himself as a "post theist."

So the argument against the theist is that he or she does not produce a meaningful sentence when talking about God.

The idea that the theist must be certain of God's existence deserves careful consideration.

' Theists argue that this is what they are drawn to say about the whole of reality.

When things heated up, he didn't want theist to become entangled with one another.

In this parable, a theist and an atheist are both walking down the same road.

Therefore, evidence prefers that no god, as commonly understood by theists, exists.

Some theists argue that God created all knowledge and has ready access thereto.

But then, many theists would claim that theological statements filled this bill perfectly well.

Therefore, they cannot be used as evidence against the theistic conclusion.

This definition is very general and includes people who have never heard about theistic ideas.

Is the theistic account of the cosmos true or false?

It was not possible, however, that the theistic idea could be discussed in relation to nature only.

There is not sufficient/appropriate evidence or reason for theistic belief.

Most religious traditions, however, do claim to be theistic - to believe in a god or gods.

From his earliest years, Augustine had sought a theistic religion.

An example of this kind of thinking is theistic evolution.

This is not, however, shared by a majority of theistic Satanists.

Humanism is itself a religion without God - not all religions, of course, are theistic.

Various theistic positions can involve belief in a God or "gods".

Explores the role of a theistic worldview in contemporary conversation.

Absolute faith can transcend the theistic idea of God, and has three elements.

You'd have to leave them without any deep-seated theistic concepts."

Advocates of theistic evolution within Judaism follow two general approaches.

On this theistic view the soul remains distinct from the Lord even in liberation.

Critics said the changes altered the science standards in ways that invited theistic interpretations.

Still, she said, she "wanted to have Jewish culture in the home, without the theistic elements."

Black students and those from poor neighborhoods are more apt to hold a theistic orientation to moral decisions.

But is that necessarily the only theistic position?

According to a theistic view, the effects of one's bad karma may be mitigated.

Belief in the theistic propositions does no more than open the mind to the possibility of limits to human freedom.

In this area of discussion too there may be a closer theistic structure between the two religious groupings than we are often led to believe.

It hopes to accomplish this by using less overtly theistic messages and language.

In other words, for Pinn, religion need not be theistic.