What is it called when you hate God?

Misotheism is the "hatred of God" or "hatred of the gods" (from the Greek adjective misotheos (μισόθεος) "hating the gods" or "God-hating" – a compound of, μῖσος, "hatred" and, θεός, "god").
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What do you call someone who goes against God?

If the subject is rebelling against his religious beliefs (e.g. his god's directives), then you could use the word heresy. In other words, the subject is a heretic.
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What is malevolent God?

a hatred of gods or God. See also: God and Gods. -Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc.
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What is it called when you hate all religion?

Antireligion is opposition to religion. It involves opposition to organized religion, religious practices or religious institutions. The term antireligion has also been used to describe opposition to specific forms of supernatural worship or practice, whether organized or not.
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What religions dont believe in God?

Atheism. Atheism describes a state of having no theistic beliefs; that is, no beliefs in gods or supernatural beings.
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Do animals believe in God?

There is no evidence that any non-human animals believe in gods, pray, worship, have any notion of metaphysics, create artifacts with ritual significance, or many other behaviours typical of human religion. Whether animals can have religious faith is dependent on a sufficiently open definition of religion.
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What is an agnostic person?

Technically, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in a god, while an agnostic is someone who doesn't believe it's possible to know for sure that a god exists. It's possible to be both—an agnostic atheist doesn't believe but also doesn't think we can ever know whether a god exists.
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Is there a religious phobia?

The Symptoms of Theophobia

Common symptoms that can occur with anyone having Theophobia are: Persistent, intense and unexplainable fear of god and religion or anything related with it. Constant thoughts about god or god's wrath.
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What is a religionist?

Definition of religionist

: a person adhering to a religion especially : a religious zealot.
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Do agnostics believe in God?

Atheism is the doctrine or belief that there is no god. However, an agnostic neither believes nor disbelieves in a god or religious doctrine. Agnostics assert that it's impossible for human beings to know anything about how the universe was created and whether or not divine beings exist.
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Who is the darkest god?

EREBUS (Erebos) The primeval god of darkness. Like the other protogenoi he was elemental, being the substance of darkness, rather than a man-shaped god. His mists encircled the underworld and filled the hollows of the earth.
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Can a god be evil?

Dystheism (from Greek δυσ- dys-, "bad" and θεός theos, "god") is the belief that a god is not wholly good and can even be considered evil. Definitions of the term somewhat vary, with one author defining it as "where God decides to become malevolent".
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Are there any evil gods?

Some people believe that evil deities indeed existed—and perhaps still do. In contrast, others regard them as mere intangible manifestations of human fears. Some are evil gods of the underworld, and some exist to torment humanity.
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What is it called to fear God?

Lutheran theologian Rudolf Otto coined the term numinous to express the type of fear one has for God.
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Is there a word for fear of God?

Fear of The Lord phobia is known by several names: fear of God, Fear of religion, Theophobia etc are a few of these. The word Theophobia originates from Greek words “Theology and Phobos”; former meaning God/religion and latter meaning extreme fear or dread.
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What's another word for fear of God?

In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for god-fearing, like: , Bible-believing, pious, pure, devoted, devout, religious, reverent, faithful, unbelievers and the elect.
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What is a religious zealot?

Definition of zealot

1 : a zealous person especially : a fanatical partisan a religious zealot. 2 capitalized : a member of a fanatical sect arising in Judea during the first century a.d. and militantly opposing the Roman domination of Palestine.
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What is the word for anti religion?

secular Add to list Share. Secular things are not religious. Anything not affiliated with a church or faith can be called secular.
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What is the meaning of anti religion?

Definition of anti-religious

: opposing or hostile to religion or to the power and influence of organized religion an anti-religious bias …
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Why is it called fear of God?

While the name is undeniably Christian, Lorenzo has been clear that Fear of God is not a Christian brand. The inspiration Lorenzo took from Chambers' book came from the description of a God surrounded by darkness, something that, in Lorenzo's eyes, made God cool. So even that was, to some degree, aesthetic in nature.
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What causes Cherophobia?

Cherophobia often comes when people try to protect themselves, stemming from a past conflict, tragedy, or trauma. If cherophobia is affecting quality of life, seeking treatment with a doctor can often help.
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How can I overcome the fear of God?

Overcome Fear God's Way: Pray

The Bible instructs us to “[not] worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done” (Philippians 4:6, NLT). Not only are we taught to not worry or fear, but we are also told what to do instead of worrying: pray.
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What would an Omnist believe in?

The Oxford dictionaries defines an omnist as "a person who believes in all faiths or creeds; a person who believes in a single transcendent purpose or cause uniting all things or people, or the members of a particular group of people".
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Do agnostics pray?

Do atheists and agnostics pray? Yes, indeedy. Quite a bit, it turns out. Studies show 6% of them pray every day, we're told by the Pew Research Center.
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Do agnostics go to church?

A new study out of Rice University has found that 17 percent - about one out of five scientists who describe themselves as either atheists or agnostics - actually go to church, although not too often, and not because they feel a spiritual yearning to join the faithful.
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