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| − | Misotheism hatred of God. The term has its | + | Misotheism is the hatred of God. The term has its origin in Aeschylus' depiction of Prometheus in ''Prometheus Bound'' and ''Prometheus Unbound''''Italic text''. Prometheus' professes hatred of the gods because of their punishment of him for bringing fire to mankind. Misotheist is the expression given to a person who blame God for negative experiences within that person's life that result in a spitefulness towards God. It can also be a expression of distain for the teachings of God, or when one believes that God is unjust or evil. |
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
Article on Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misotheism] | Article on Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misotheism] | ||
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== Rebellion Against God and Creation in Orthodox literature== | == Rebellion Against God and Creation in Orthodox literature== | ||
* Ivan Karamazov in [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s 1879 ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' articulates what might be termed a misotheistic rejection of God. Koons covered this argument in the [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/koons/356/lec20.html lecture immediately following] the one [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/koons/356/lec19.html referenced above]. It was also discussed by Peter S. Fosl in his essay entitled "[http://www.philosophers.co.uk/portal_article.php?id=23 The Moral Imperative to Rebel Against God]". | * Ivan Karamazov in [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s 1879 ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' articulates what might be termed a misotheistic rejection of God. Koons covered this argument in the [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/koons/356/lec20.html lecture immediately following] the one [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/koons/356/lec19.html referenced above]. It was also discussed by Peter S. Fosl in his essay entitled "[http://www.philosophers.co.uk/portal_article.php?id=23 The Moral Imperative to Rebel Against God]". | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Misotheism is the hatred of God. The term has its origin in Aeschylus' depiction of Prometheus in Prometheus Bound and Prometheus Unbound'Italic text. Prometheus' professes hatred of the gods because of their punishment of him for bringing fire to mankind. Misotheist is the expression given to a person who blame God for negative experiences within that person's life that result in a spitefulness towards God. It can also be a expression of distain for the teachings of God, or when one believes that God is unjust or evil.
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Rebellion Against God and Creation in Orthodox literature
- Ivan Karamazov in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1879 The Brothers Karamazov articulates what might be termed a misotheistic rejection of God. Koons covered this argument in the lecture immediately following the one referenced above. It was also discussed by Peter S. Fosl in his essay entitled "The Moral Imperative to Rebel Against God".
