From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > 1. Give the term for the belief that the force of life is inherent   
   >    in all matter.   
      
   Panpsychism   
      
   > 2. Give the term for the worship of a particular god preferentially   
   >    by a family/tribe/city, without disbelieving in the existence   
   >    of any other gods.   
      
   Polytheism   
      
   > 3. This term refers to a total lack of interest in the subject of   
   >    whether or not gods exist, so that such questions are considered   
   >    neither meaningful nor relevant.   
      
   Apatheism   
      
   > 4. Give the term for the doctrine or belief that a person can   
   >    attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing   
   >    self-denial, self-mortification, and the like.  This process   
   >    is not limited to a single belief system, but is more of a   
   >    lifestyle choice within many different religions.   
      
   Asceticism   
      
   > 5. Give the term that refers to the belief that human reason is   
   >    incapable of providing sufficient rational grounds to justify   
   >    that deities either do or do not exist, i.e. there is uncertainty   
   >    as to the existence of higher forces.   
      
   Agnosticism   
      
   > 6. Give the term that refers to the belief that gods actually   
   >    have human forms and natures, or are only deified human beings.   
   >    The Greek gods would follow this vision.   
      
   Henotheism   
      
   > 7. Given the term that refers to the animistic religion of northern   
   >    Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be   
   >    influenced only by holy men.   
      
   Shamanism   
      
   > 8. This term is most often used in two contexts.  It can refer   
   >    to any religion outside of one's own particular belief system; it   
   >    has also been used to represent any non-Abrahamic, multiple-god   
   >    religious system.   
      
   Paganism   
      
   > 9. Give the term that refers to belief in the existence of a god   
   >    as the creator of the universe based on reason and evidence   
   >    of the natural world around us, while rejecting supernatural   
   >    revelation, prophecy, miracles, etc.  Its followers believe   
   >    that the creator rarely, if ever, interferes in human events.   
      
   Anthropotheism   
      
   > 10. This term represents the belief that the universe and God   
   >    are one and the same, that there is no personal creator God.   
   >    This viewpoint has been gaining in popularity recently; the   
   >    New York Times called it "Hollywood's religion of choice for a   
   >    generation now", and the Pope recently denounced it for denying   
   >    the superiority of humans over nature.   
      
   Pantheism   
      
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