Non-Christian Views of God

Question 1

Pantheism

Answer 1

The belief that everything that exists is God.

Question 2

Materialistic Pantheism

Answer 2

Matter is God.

Question 3

Hylozoic Pantheism

Answer 3

Every particle of matter has within it a life force, which is God.

Question 4

Neutral Pantheism

Answer 4

God or “ultimate reality” is neutral “stuff” which connects mind and matter.

Question 5

Idealism

Answer 5

God is the non-material, infinite mind.

Question 6

Philosophical Mysticism

Answer 6

Man is God.

Question 7

Polytheism

Answer 7

The belief that there are many gods.

Question 8

Dualism

Answer 8

The belief that there are two equal gods that are at odds with each other.

Question 9

Deism

Answer 9

The belief in an absent God.

Question 10

Atheism

Answer 10

The belieft that there is no God.

Question 11

Dogmatic Atheism

Answer 11

Openly professing atheism.

Question 12

Virtual Atheism

Answer 12

Holding principles inconsistent with the belief in God; misdefining God.

Question 13

Practical Atheism

Answer 13

Living as if there were no God; Indifference on the grounds of hypocrisy.

Question 14

Agnosticism

Answer 14

The belief that is it impossible to know whether or not there is a god. There is no ultimate truth or reality therefore is contradictory.