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FA HSIEN (late 4th or early 5th century):
 
FABIANS:
 
FACT:
 
FAITH:
 
FALL OF MAN:
 
FALLACY:
 
FALSIFIABILITY:
 
FALWELL, Jerry (1934):
 
FAMILY OF LOVE:
 
FANON, Franz (1925-1961):
 
FARABI, Abu Nasr Muhammad (d. 950 aged about 80):
 
FAREL, Guillaume (1489-1565):
 
FARRER, Austin Marsden (1904-1969):
 
FARRER, Frederick William (1831-1903):
 
FATE:
 
FATHERHOOD OF GOD:
 
FTIHAH:
 
FATIMA (7th century):
 
FATWA:
 
FERGUSON, Marilyn Grasso (1938-):
 
FESTIVALS:
 
FETISH:
 
FEUERBACH, Ludwig Andreas (1804-1872):
 
FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814):
 
FIDEISM:
 
FILIAL PIETY:
 
FILIOQUE CLAUSE:
 
FINAL CAUSE:
 
FINITE:
 
FINNEY, Charles Grandison (1792-1875):
 
FIQH:
 
FISH:
 
FITNAH:
 
FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM:
 
FLAGELLATION:
 
FLEW, Anthony (1923-):
 
FLOOD:
 
FLORENCE, COUNCIL OF:
 
FLUX:
 
FOLK RELIGION:
 
FOOD:
 
FORD, Henry (1863-1947):
 
FOREKNOWLEDGE:
 
FORM:
 
FORM CRITICISM:
 
FORM-MATTER GROUNDMOTIVE:
 
FORMAL:
 
FORMGESCHICHTE:
 
FORMLESS:
 
FOSDICK, Harry, Emerson (1878-1969):
 
FOUCAULT, Michel (1926-1988):
 
FOUR HOLY TRUTHS:
 
FOUR NOBEL TRUTHS:
 
FOX, George (1624-1691):
 
FOX, Matthew (1940-):
 
FOXE, John (1516-1587):
 
FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1181?-1226):
 
FRANCIS OF SALES (1567-1622):
 
FRANCISCANS:
 
FRAZER, Sir James George (1854-1941):
 
FREE THINKERS:
 
FREEDOM:
 
FREEMASONRY:
 
FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1940):
 
FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF:
 
FROEBEL, Friedrick Wilhelm August (1782-1852):
 
FROMM, Eric (1900-1980):
 
FRY, Elizabeth (1780-1845):
 
FUNDAMENTALISM:
 
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XENOPHANES OF COLOPHON (570-470 B.C.):

Greek SKEPTICAL philosopher who noted the ANTHROPOMORPHIC character of many RELIGIONS pointing out that the Egyptians pictured their GODS like Egyptians while the Greeks saw them in the image of Greeks.

XENOPHON (430-355 B.C.):

Greek writer who makes SOCRATES his hero in his Symposium and defends him against the charge of ATHEISM in his Memorabilia.

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