Religious Studies Word Explanation

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Beliefs in God

If you are a theist you are someone who believes in god/s.

If you are atheist you are someone who doesn’t believe in any god.

Most people say that you are either an atheist or a theist however agnostics means you are not sure about whether god/s are real or not.

Omni Attributes

Omni means all in Greek and the omni attributes are often used to describe the attributes of God.

Omniscient means all seeing or all knowing.

Omnipotent means all powerful.

Omnibenevolent means all loving.

Omnipresent basically means everywhere.

Finally, incorporeal means not physical.

These are the attributes of God.