As a former agnostic and current panentheist, I can understand the skepticism many atheists harbor toward religion and
the existence of a higher power.
However, before you can completely deny
the existence of a higher power described in the Bible, one should probably read said book.
It is sad that anger and rebellion so often lead people to try and disprove
the existence of a Higher Power.
I was persuaded to believe in a higher power through reasoned arguments for
the existence of a higher power and through faith.
This is also why Buddhists will often reply with «don't know» when asked about
the existence of a higher power or god.
Where Denis Villeneuve's 2016 sci - fi thriller «Arrival» succeeded in capturing our often - skewed perception of time, raw grief,
the existence of a higher power and the expansive depths of the universe, Garland's («Ex Machina») equally heady Annihilation compresses human emotion into lichen and mutating cells.
Written from a secular perspective, this book is refreshing in its respectful explanations of each religion described as it encourages us to focus on how each is intended to address and solve a different problem (e.g. overcoming sin vs attaining enlightenment), the role of faith and works in each,
the existence of any higher power, God, or gods.
Not exact matches
I'll choose to believe in a
higher power if evidence
of it's
existence is found.
Religion implies a
higher power of some form, and atheists deny the
existence of any.
I think if you keep searching for something that makes sense to you, instead
of trying to «prove» or «disprove» the
existence of a «
higher power» might be a better way to go.
The exploration and savoring
of meaning in our lives is irrelevant to the
existence of a so - called
higher power.
You can't have one group say a process that has happened well beyond the span
of man's
existence is something that is now caused by a
higher power.
Although fully familiar with the enormous
power of modern science, medicine and technology, he held
high Christian love as the answer to human needs in the broadest sense: «If you have Christian love,» he declared to a stunned audience, «you have motive for
existence, a guide for action, a reason for courage, an imperative necessity for intellectual honesty.»
This
Higher Power is one
of the most amazing facts in human
existence.
This would imply the grateful recognition
of the powerful sources
of moral insight available through the experience
of the Jewish people and the revitalizing
power resident within the Christian Gospel, but also the rightful and needful contributions
of other peoples and historic religions to the fulfillment
of the
highest potentialities in
existence.
In other words,
existence itself should be ample reason to believe in a
power higher than yourself — even if not particularly the God
of the Bible.
There is no proof
of Gods
existence there is only hope
of a
higher power or better place after this life.
There is not a more hypocritical or repulsive group than those who are not only so distressed by people accepting what they view as nothing more than a fairy tale, but who reject a
higher power for lack
of proof, only to cling (defacto) to the idea that everything came into
existence without any sort
of guidance, intent, or intelligence behind it.
Man is sinner, living in an anxious freedom in which he can both imagine the
highest possibilities
of eternal fulfilment, and also sense the threats to his
existence, his status, and his
power which arise from the circumstances
of life.
This is the deepest large mm - wave dataset in
existence and has already led to many groundbreaking science results, including the first galaxy clusters detected through their Sunyaev - Zel «dovich effect signature, the most sensitive measurement yet
of the small - scale CMB
power spectrum, and the discovery
of a population
of ultra-bright,
high - redshift, star - forming galaxies.
By definition in Sanskrit, the word YOGA stands for the term «Union or Communion» which refers to combining
of all the
powers of the mind, the body and the soul to become one with the
higher Energy / Force
of the Universe, which controls all
existence.
Malick has explored themes
of spirituality, man's capacity for violence, the coexistence
of man and nature, and the
existence or absence
of a
higher power throughout his career.
Alongside your shovel you'll also gain access to a small variety
of other abilities, such as a heavy anchor that can be thrown in a
high arc and the
power to briefly «phase» out
of existence, rendering you immune to damage.