What is theophobia?
It is the fear of gods or religion.
Theophobia is defined as someone who has a fear of God, faith and
religion. I've heard that atheists are theophobic. Christians, what do
Do you have other obsessions? Usually Theophobia is only one of
several obsessions a person has.and may accompany a paranoid delusion
disorder.
Certainly, such generalized “theophobia” among academics is far
less common than is generalized hostility to atheism in the
general public
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by Matt_t_hat
For definition at this stage we shall say that Atheophobia is fear of
atheists and theophobia is fear of strong religious beliefs. This is
Theophobia finds a modern incarnation as the counterpart to something
best called Atheophobia - the morbid and irrational fear of the
dare to offend their beliefs, then theophobia is justified. When
well-funded religious think-tanks organise the corruption of
educational standards by trying to force their crazy beliefs into
I say that theophobia is irrational, because there is no obviously
persuasive reason to believe that religious belief as such has any
more harmful consequences than lack thereof
Of course, some would dispute that theophobia is truly phobic.
Religious belief does genuine harm, they would argue, and therefore,
it is rational to be wary of it
"Theophobia" is a thinly disguised attempt to turn a philosophic
position, atheism, into a psychological problem - ala xenophibia.
words, maybe "theophobia" is just a figure of speech.6.19.2008 2:06pm
(link) NI:Anonthu, Christian faith may be recognized as falsifiable by
generalized "theophobia" among academics is far less common than is
generalized hostility to atheism in the general public. For example,
Atheophobia is the fear to have an absence of God in your life.Loading...
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Because the development of theophobia is often directly tied to a
traumatic event in your past, one that involved religion or God, the
unhealthy fear of God, known as theophobia, can lead to debilitating
factors of every day life.
In an ideal world, our fear of God usually results in most individuals
"theophobia" is defined.
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1. theophobia: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American
theophobia, which is either a dread that God exists or a strong denial
of His existence.
But surely theophobia is rare, isn't it? Maybe not