Anthropopathism
Template:Short description Template:Sister project Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:For-multi Anthropopathism (from Greek ἄνθρωπος anthropos, "human" and πάθος pathos, "suffering") is the attribution of human emotions, or the ascription of human feelings or passions to a non-human being, generally to a deity.[1]
By comparison, the term anthropomorphism originally referred to the attribution of human form to a non-human being, but in modern usage anthropomorphism has come to encompass both meanings.
Religion
This is a technique prevalent in religious writings, where, for instance, human emotion is attributed to God, where he would not normally experience emotion in this sense.[2] Anthropopathism existed in the ancient Semitic religion and early Islam.[3] This technique is also used in the book of Genesis,[4]Template:Rp as an example of the theme of God as a personal god.[4]Template:RpScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
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