Post-theism
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Post-theism is a form of atheism that doesn't so much reject theism as render it obsolete, that God belongs to a stage of human development now past. The work stems from the Latin post "behind, after, afterward" + Greek theos "god" + -ist.
Though the belief system is independent from organized religions, some post-theists posit a specific religion as formerly true and relevant. A most notable example is Frank Hugh Foster, who in a 1918 lecture announced that modern culture had arrived at a "post-theistic stage" in which humanity has taken possession of the powers of agency and creativity that had formerly been projected upon God. Another instance is Friedrich Nietzsche's declaration that "God is dead."