| 1. Deism | This system acknowledges that there is a God, but denies that God sustains the creation. “God is the Maker, but not the Keeper.” |
| 2. Atheism | Those who hold to this belief — so called — exclude God altogether. |
| 3. Skepticism and Infidelity | Skeptics and infidels are full of doubt and disbelief with regard to God, especially the God of Revelation. |
| 4. Agnosticism | This school of thought does not deny God, but denies that God can be known. |
| 5. Pantheism | Everything is God, and God is everything. Everything you see is God. God is in everything. God and creation are synonymous. |
| 6. Polytheism | This is belief in many Gods. There are various gods over us; these in turn have gods over them; and these have gods over them, and so on. |
| 7. Tritheism | This is the doctrine of three Gods. |
| 8. Dualism | This is the belief in two Gods; a God that is Good, and a God that is Bad. They are both equal in power and persuasion. |
| 9. Theism | The belief in the existence of a personal God is known as theism. Should one boast in this, his boasting is vain, for one must know who God is, what His name is, in order to trust Him. |
| 10. Monotheism | This is the doctrine of one God. We are monotheists. Jews and Mohammedans are monotheists. If that is true, are they saved? No! “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well; the devils also believe, and tremble” (Jas. 2:19) Believing in one God is not sufficient, but “if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved” (Rom. 10:9). |
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