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It cannot be solved on Theistic grounds, and accordingly it has to be explained away.

From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)

Another Theistic proposition is thus stated: “Every effect must have a cause; the first cause universal must be eternal: ergo, the first cause universal must be God.”

From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

In the field of theistic conception the propædeutic office of Grecian philosophy is seen-- I. In the release of the popular mind from Polytheistic notion, and the purifying and spiritualizing of the Theistic idea.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

He appears to have remained a dualist or modern Manichean—an opinion which James Mill considered was the only Theistic view consistent with the facts.

From Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works by Foote, G. W. (George William)

There are but three Theistic religions—the Mosaic, the Christian, and the Muhammadan.

From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles