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- noun The
belief that there is agod , but that this god is notgood , and possibly, although not necessarilyevil .
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Maltheism, of course, has a long and rich history through dystheism, misotheism, theodicy, dualism, and fideism, due largely to the fact that religious authors through the ages have taken great pains to unapologetically anthropomorphize their gods in all the worst ways possible.
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Maltheism, of course, has a long and rich history through dystheism, misotheism, theodicy, dualism, and fideism, due largely to the fact that religious authors through the ages have taken great pains to unapologetically anthropomorphize their gods in all the worst ways possible.
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Net Crap 5/6 Wikipedia: Eutheism, dystheism, and maltheism I have never read about maltheism before.
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