Sentences with phrase «alleged deity»

It is inexcusable that any alleged deity would sacrifice the particular for the sake of the universal.

Russ — with respect to the unknowns about the universe versus what we perceive in our lives, I draw a distinction between purpose / meaning with respect to our individual experience and those we come in contact with which can impact future generations, and purpose / meaning with respect to that stemming from some alleged deity or causal force of the universe.

that young man correctly characterized the alleged deity he believes in.

Your notion of a perfect unchanging nature is above and beyond your alleged deity's ability to choose, i.e. it is a source of morality apart from the free will agency of the deity.

All that matters is keeping up appearances and parroting the well - refuted talking points in the transparently self - serving hope of currying favor with their alleged deity and thereby escaping mortality.

This motivation is evidenced in the frequent abdication of any personal moral responsibility to critically evaluate your alleged deity's behaviors.

Why would you trust an alleged deity whose moral framework is bookended with threats of punishment and promises of rewards?

Little of the Hebrew Bible's critique of power (the power of kings and military heroes and alleged deities) found its way into Christian christological reflection, except in the thin tradition of the theologia crucis.

Nowhere in the docu - ment will you find the words «Christ», «Christian» or names of any other alleged deities or their followers.

Not exact matches

Furthermore, there is certainly enough evidence in the discrepant personalities of the OT v. NT deity to indicate a «changing nature,» i.e., one who sees no other option but to destroy humanity and then later destroy entire civilizations as opposed to one who prefers the option of alleged self - sacrifice coupled to a merciful «grace» for those who are willing to just believe in the sacrifice.

Any behavior can be ascribed to this alleged unchanging nature when combined with the convenient explanation of mysterious ways, unknown plan, and the other horn of the dilemma, i.e. whatever the deity does is invariably good because it is the deity acting.

That folks need to invoke subjective notion of their preferred deity's nature only underscores that the alleged absolute is an absolutely contrived post hoc argument.

His diatribe is about «why jesus and not some other equally unproven alleged god» based on the assumption that god and jesus (and other deities) exist.

By «God», of course you mean the deity character in the collection of mythologies known as the bible and by «His Word», you clearly mean the words written by men (but of course they were magically dictated by the deity character because, despite its omnipotence, it was incapable of simply «poofing» «His Word» into existence in the same manner alleged for the rest of the universe).

Interestingly, the depictions are what would be expected of relatively primitive hunting societies, but to my knowledge, they certainly do not reflect a literate people, let alone a people who were familiar with the particular oral or written narrative contained in Genesis or this book's alleged supreme deity.

I have no office of my own and I am not entitled to my salary», he alleged invoking the wrath of several deities if he lied.

Leon's records were meditations on an exhibition of sculptures by a small tribe in the Republic of Mali, whose religion centers on an alleged extraterrestrial deity.