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Is there a specific religious term for the belief "God exists and he is evil"? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by IsoSpandy@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I am not an atheist, I genuinely believe that God exists and he is evil, like a toddler who fries little ants with a lens.

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[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 163 points 3 months ago

Yes. It's Dystheism.

[-] lettruthout@lemmy.world 77 points 3 months ago

"Dystheism (from Ancient Greek: δυσ-, romanized: dus-, lit. 'bad' and θεός theos "god") is the belief that a god is not wholly good and can even be considered evil, or one and the same with Satan."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystheism

[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago

Also noteworthy is misotheism. Seems OP counts as both.

[-] some_guy 24 points 3 months ago

Dystheism

TIL

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