Sentences with phrase «deity exists»

Richard, I give you this quote from your comment on the Christmas thread at December 29, 2012 at 10:50 am, talking about rgbatduke: «And, as do most atheists, he fails to recognise that his religion is as faith - based as any other: agnosticism rejects faith but belief that no deity exists (i.e.atheism) is a religious faith of identical kind to belief in the existence of one or more deities (i.e. theism).»

On that note, I'd like to thank whatever deity exists out there that made me forget to place my preorder for that Colonial Marines game.

Within agnosticism there are agnostic atheists (who do not believe any deity exists, but do not deny it as a possibility) and agnostic theists (who believe a deity exists but do not claim it as personal knowledge).

For a believer to try and say that their deity exists outside of spacetime as a lame attempt to deny it had to have a beginning is stupid, if you want say that matter had to have a maker then the maker had to have a maker and so on.

If NO Deity exists, that I needn't expand another once of concern on the issue... If Deity / Deities DO, in fact, exist... Then it would seem morally appropriate for me to give thanks for my existence, given that... this thanksgiving...

Atheism is contrasted with theism, which in its most general form is the belief that at least one deity exists.

Seriously, I am a «hard agnostic» (along the lines of «I don't know, and you don't either») and a «soft atheist» («I do not believe that any deity exists, but I am open to the possibility that I am wrong»).

That a deity exists is delusional for their is no evidence for one.

Theism, in the in the most general and commonly accepted definition, is the belief that at least one deity exists.

For it to matter to me, I'd have to believe the claim of men, that a deity exists, and that this deity somehow influenced the men that wrote the various books of the Bible, and that the men who chose which books should be in the Bible somehow had superior knowledge about the universe that the rest of us lacked.

There is absolutely no evidence anywhere in the known univers, from the tiniest subatomic particle to the structure of the universe as a whole, that even remotely implies the faintest possibility thata deity exists.

If your deity exists, he is an evil powerless wimp.

Wishing that any given deity exists doesn't make it a reality, either.

@fishon — Oh, and if you COULD «prove» that your deity exists, you would be the first.

I get your point John, I was saying is» Within agnosticism there are agnostic atheists (who do not believe any deity exists, but do not deny it as a possibility)»

That seems to be the least arrogant position, for one to honestly state that one does not know if a deity exists.

If no such deity exists then of course any mystic or believer is deluded.

i suppose it's possible that some deity exists without anybody being able to perceive it, but having an entire worldview hinge on this possibility seems reckless, especially when we attribute a bunch of specific claims, details and an ever - evolving incredible story to this purportedly imperceptible being.

The probability that some deity exists, given the absolute complete and utter lack of definitive evidence would, by any reasonable calculation, be less than one.

See, I was going to ask that, but I've grown rather tired of the whole «oh, my deity exists outside of space / time and is the uncreated creator (whatever the hell that means)».

You can neither prove nor disprove that a Deity exists.

I don't believe that deities exist nor do I not believe that deities exist.

Again, atheism is not a movement, it is simply that no deities exist, and individuals must come to terms with that..

[3][4][5] Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.

Deities exist in a fashion because they are talked about.

What objective empirical evidence even SUGGESTS that «spirits or demons or angels or deities exist?

Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.

As a NeoPagan — Polytheist, I routinely offer my thought - prayers to a pantheon of Deities... I have NO physical / other scientifically quantifiable «proof», as such, that any deity actually exists but I am left with the supposition / fact that IF a Deity / deities exist, it is more - than - conceivable that for whatever reason (s), such a deity might choose to make themselves remote from scientific / other investigative efforts!

Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.

He «refrains from adopting or endorsing any message he believes might imply his approval of contrary beliefs, such as that God and nature are one, that other deities exist, or that «animals, plants, rocks, and other natural phenomena» have souls or spirits.»

Not exact matches

Agnostics believe the existence of God can not be proven, but Atheism is a belief that centers itself upon the non-existence of a deity — and calls into question the multiple guides of morality, and spirituality that exist to support that belief.

Repent for what and to whom... to an imaginary deity for imaginary crimes... the whole god thing exists only between your ears Billy... put the book down... and think rationally... can people walk on water??

Does that not warrent further investigation into a) why these specific people received the vision b) does it confirm a specific religion or just that a deity has a greater chance of existing?

you're right the church probably will be there long after any of us cease to exist but it stands to reason that it is going down... as more people come to the realization that the belief in a deity is not necessary to live, the less need there will be for a church to exist.

Deity — by whatever name you call it resides in all of us and in everything that exists.

deity BTW) that God does not exist?

The reason for not believing in a deity or a creator is that there is NO scientific, verifiable - through - experiment evidence that one exists.

In brief, it said that we CA N'T know for sure that gods like the Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Hindu, and American Indian deities don't exist, because they're merely exaggerated human beings.

While I must concede that I might be wrong and your preferred deity might actually exist, can you too admit that you might be wrong and your preferred deity very well might not exist?

And when you think through and appreciate «how imperfect humans are», you should realize that the «perfect» deity, that Christians claim created humans, obviously does not exist.

«God» couldn't have intended us to live with «Him», if this deity you speak of doesn't exist.

This traditional Western conception of deity — this classical theism — also teaches that God exists from the divine and of the divine; aseity is taken to be the root attribute of the divine.

I'm not asking for a puppet master, but a perfect, loving deity simply would not allow cystic fibrosis to exist.

The paramaatma exists in 5 forms to control the universe, and the deity form is the 5th one, he exists with same supremeness as in para as in deity form.

The biblical deity might actually exist, it might be the one actual true god, it might actually be the absolute / objective moral standard, etc..

My stance on a supernatural deity is that I have no proof of the existence of one, but that doesn't mean one could not exist.

actually you do nt have to prove the many deities or Gods that they really exist, because they really had existed in their times, They are part of the evolutionary process for us humans to transcend to higher consciousness.To simplify the analogy, when we were young and we are in the lower grade school, we were taught simple subjects not advance literatures but simple stories even mythicals, The same with religion, thousands of years ago when there was no science yet, primitive people had a religion, of course man made faiths to conform with their state of mind or intellect.But later atfter thousands of years we evolve into a more educated people and so new concept of God again was presented to them, another man made concept, and this go on and on, until a few thiousand years ago.monotheism, Judaism, christianity, islam, buddhism, etc also evolved, But with the accelerated evolution, these faith again is threatend with obsolesencs because of of scientific developments and education.In panthroteistic faith, the future religion needs to conform to evolutionary process, This proves that God is always there guiding the change.And it his will that made this a reality in history since the begining of the universe 13 billion years ago, and this will continue to exist until He will completely fulfill His will to infinity, Thats PANTHROTHEISM, the futue, man made religion under His guidance through scientifiic evoluition after the Bi Bang

How can anyone imagine the rules the deity they made up (that doesn't really exist, obviously) all those aeons ago could possibly apply to today's world?

@Karri Ann No, if you acknowledge that the existence of a deity is logically possible but the empirical facts leads you to conclude that the proposition that god exists is in fact false, you are clearly within the realm of atheism on any reasonable definition.

You are the one making the claim of an eternally existing deity.