People can never know anything about God, spirits, or souls {agnosticism about God}. People can only know material world.
No God or gods exist {atheism}|.
Only one God exists. God is separate from material world {deism}|. God created material world according to laws and then left it alone. Such a god is not personal and does not answer prayers or care about humans. Abstract religion emphasized duty, modesty, charity, and tolerance.
Only one God exists {monotheism}|. God does not take material form or takes only one form. God has will and spirit and thinks like people think.
Only one God exists. God is in everything, and everything is part of God {pantheism}|.
Many god-like beings {polytheism}| live forever in higher world than Earth, can visit Earth and people, and can take any form.
Humanism {religious humanism}| can emphasize people and values, to make better lives. Humanism de-emphasizes mysticism, miracles, and rituals.
Spirits or souls are free to inhabit any object {spiritism}| {polydaemonism}. If spirits can enter or leave people, people must prevent bad spirits from entering and good spirits from leaving. Ancestor spirits are around constantly.
Believing in a higher world {supernaturalism}| emphasizes spirit world and good spirit {angel, spirit} and bad spirit {devil, spirit} actions.
Only one God exists. God is or has spirit {theism}| that is both immanent in everything in world and transcendent above everything in world.
Naturalism {theistic naturalism} can emphasize God's immanent presence in world as force of spiritual values. People can know God by this presence.
Almost all objects have psychology, soul, or spirit {animism, religion}|, which can cause harm or good, just as people can.
Animists often believe that universe has capricious power {mana} {animism, mana}, of which people must be in awe and careful.
Animism often includes rules {taboo}| to prevent bad luck and gain good luck.
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