by Cliff Walker (This entire section is slated for revision.) 2.
What Is Theism? If atheism is, at minimum, the lack of a god
belief and, more properly, the rejection of theism, we need to
agree upon a definition for theism. Theism is the belief that a
god (or many gods) exists. Beyond this (like atheists), two
particular theists may not have anything else in common.
However, agreeing on a basic definition for theism for two
reasons is best for two reasons. First, people often misuse the
word god. Many people use the word god to describe something
that they best describe with other terminology. This dodge
introduces confusion into the discussion. One example is using
the word god to refer to anything that someone reveres;
guitarist Eric Clapton, for example, was once called "God" in
graffiti throughout London. A possible goal for doing this may
be that if we can make the word god mean a number of different
things, then more people will agree that "a god" exists. But
such people are not all talking about the s