Talk:dystheism

attestation on Usenet from 2002: [1][2]. Interestingly, the less correct maltheism sees use from as early as 1985. 130.60.142.151 13:45, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

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A fairly plausible anon.’s contribution; cites anyone? † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr﴿ 14:06, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

I distinctly recall that there was a Wikipedia article on this topic which was redirected to misotheism on the basis that there was scant evidence for this term; there's a Wikipedia AfD debate here, where the nominator asserts that the term was coined in a philosophy professor's lecture in 1998 (reduced to writing here). One Google scholar hit:

• 2007, James J. Hughes, The Compatibility of Religious and Transhumanist Views of Metaphysics, Suffering, Virtue and Transcendence in an Enhanced Future, p. 16.

  This thesis would be consistent with the theodical position that evil results from humans having been given free will in a created universe by a hands-off God (Polkinghorne, 2000), or that no human explanation of evil and suffering could be successful in understanding the mind and purposes of God (Kant, 1791), or even with "dystheism" or "maltheism," the view that God is not benevolent, and may even be malicious.

Almost no Google groups hits; one 1997 thread titled "Distheism", and this:

• 2002, Peter Ashby, GLASGOW "EU" QUISLINGS BAN SCOTTISH FLAG:

  To be your strawman formulation it would have to be something like antitheism or perhaps dystheism.

Cheers! bd2412 T 16:43, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

The Scholar cite has it quotes, too. I've put the cites on the citations page in preparation for its possible deletion. It is only a semantic shade or two away from maltheism, so it might not get much uptake. I expected it to mean "disfunctional theistic beliefs". DCDuring TALK 17:45, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

If it follows the pattern of, e.g., maltheism and pandeism, it should refer to a characteristic of God, i.e. a disfunctional God. bd2412 T 03:12, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

RFV passed. DAVilla 20:27, 18 April 2009 (UTC)