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Theism is the study of god/gods

so a 'theist' is someo one who believes in god and an 'atheist' is some one who doesn't like 'asymetrical'

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It comes from Greek 'atheos'. 'a' - without, and 'theos' - gods.

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The term atheism comes from the Greek prefix a-, meaning "without," and the Greek word theos, meaning "deity."

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