Sentences with phrase «gnostic theist»

Makes no authoritative claim but rejects the claim of god Gnostic Theist = Says there is a god Agnostic Theist = Makes no authoritative claim but accepts the claim of god

In practical terms then what you would describe as a gnostic theist would be one who would, say have an ineerant view of scripture.

The extreme stances would be the gnostic atheist who is convinced that God can't exist and the gnostic theist that is convinced that God has to exist and knows a bunch of details about Him.

There can be people who are agnostic atheist, agnostic theist, gnostic atheist and gnostic theist.

To state that you are not that, is a Gnostic Theist... and then we know you're insane!

So now you're what... a Gnostic Theist?

This has devolved into a shorthand: I am a Christian / Muslim / Pagan / Hindu et al (Most times means: I am a gnostic theist); I am an atheist (Most time means: I am an agnostic atheist); I am agnostic (Most times means: I am an agnostic theist).

These terms have been watered down, and most (not all) people equate them as follows: - Most Christian / Muslim / Hindu / Pagan = a Gnostic Theist = Know of god's existence / non-existence, and believe in god.

I would argue that many if not most people who call themselves Christians are gnostic theists, while most people who call themselves atheists are agnostic atheists.

Not exact matches

Since you seem to be mixed up about what Agnostic / Gnostic and Atheist / Theist mean I will repeat so you don't confuse those terms again.

A theist gnostic is someone who believes in a god / gods and thinks that the existence of gods can be known.

Gnostic - 100 % certainity; Agnosticism - maybe, maybe not; Theist - believes in god; Atheist doesn't believe in god.

Gnostic - Theist: believes in a god for which he claims knowledge 3.

Using this definition, most people are somewhere along the atheist / theist continuum and along the agnostic / gnostic continuum.