Word: theism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...true self. "The importance of being a Christian is that we can stand the insight that it is of no importance." says Tillich; the religious man can "fearlessly look at the vanity of religion." Tillich can rejoice with Nietzsche that "God is dead"-the God of theism-and write of looking beyond him to "the God above...
Some Humanists are agnostics; others, like myself, are atheists. But this tells as little about Humanim as would be learned about Christianity merely from the information that Christians are theists. As Christianity comprises far more than theism, so Humanism, although based upon the naturalistic outlook of agnosticism and atheism, extends far beyond that premise. Humanism assimilates the spirit and substance of modern science and democracy, and incorporates the dynamic aspects of our civilization. In its concern for mankind, it equals, if indeed it does not surpass, the highest ethical level which any traditional religion has yet reached...
Democracy differs from Communism, Williams said, in that it does not claim to be supreme in people's lives. "Let us not continue the trend toward a democratic theism," he stated...
...represent," said Dr. Compton, those who consider it a matter of great significance that in the sight of God it is man, not the state, that counts ... The fact that theism demands a higher loyalty than that to the state means that those who consider the state supreme must fight belief in God. That is why there should be no rivalry between the churches, so that religious groups can form a spearhead in the defense of freedom...