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Deism (/ ˈ d iː ɪ z əm / DEE-iz-əm [1] [2] or / ˈ d eɪ. ɪ z əm / DAY-iz-əm; derived from the Latin term deus, meaning "god") [3] [4] is the philosophical position and rationalistic theology [5] that generally rejects revelation as a source of divine knowledge and asserts that empirical reason and observation of the natural world are exclusively logical, reliable, and sufficient to ...
Henotheism is the worship of a single, supreme god that does not deny the existence or possible existence of other deities that may be worshipped. [1] [2] [3] Friedrich Schelling (1775–1854) coined the word, and Friedrich Welcker (1784–1868) used it to depict primitive monotheism among ancient Greeks.
Deists reject atheism, [10] and there were a number of different types of deists in the 17th and 18th centuries. Deism holds that God does not intervene with the functioning of the natural world in any way, allowing it to run according to the laws of nature that he configured when he created all things. Because God does not control or interfere ...
Shituf (Hebrew: שִׁתּוּף; also transliterated as shittuf or schituf; literally "association") is a term used in Jewish sources for the worship of God in a manner which Judaism does not deem to be purely monotheistic.
They contend that it is God's will to worship Jesus. [24] INC rejects the Trinity as heresy, adopting a version of unitarianism. Jehovah's Witnesses (and other Bible Student movement groups such as the Associated Bible Students [25] [26] [27]) teach that God the Father is uniquely Almighty God. They believe that Jesus is God's first and only ...
The worship of all gods of every religion has been conceived as a form of pantheism, but such a system is more akin to Omnism. [24] Pantheist belief does not recognize a distinct personal god, [25] anthropomorphic or otherwise, but instead characterizes a broad range of doctrines differing in forms of relationships between reality and divinity ...
For example, in Acts 18:12–16, Paul is accused of "persuading ... people to worship God in ways contrary to the law." In Acts 21:21 James the Just explained his situation to Paul: And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their ...
Judaism deems the worship of any person a form of idolatry, rejecting the claims that Jesus was divine, an intermediary to God, or part of a Trinity. [ 15 ] [ 11 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Jews believe the Messiah will be a direct (blood) descendant of King David through Solomon on his father's side and will be born naturally to a husband and wife ...