| agnostic | One who neither believes nor disbelieves in God.
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| atheist | One who disbelieves in God.
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| cosmological argument | An argument that attempts to derive the existence of God from the existence of the universe.
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| deist | One who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it.
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| miracle | A violation of natural law by a supernatural being.
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| moral evil | The evil that humans suffer at the hands of other humans.
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| natural evil | The evil that humans suffer at the hands of nature.
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| ontological argument | An argument from the nature of God to the existence of God.
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| pantheist | One who believes that the universe is god.
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| teleological argument | An argument that attempts to derive the existence of God from the design or purpose of things.
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| theist | One who believes in a god, especially a personal god who rules the world.
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| theodicy | An attempt to justify belief in God given the existence of evil.
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2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education