Since the scientific method only works in the material universe, and
God by definition is immaterial, it is impossible to observe God under a microscope (I am choosing microscope here, but other instruments could work as well).
Therefore,
God by definition must be incapable of not sharing sympathetically all other feelings.
You said: «Then again, if
God by definition is outside out universe (which he would be according to a Christian worldview; I canâ $ ™ t speak for other belief systems), then his being «alive» wouldnâ $ ™ t necessarily correspond to what qualifies for life within our universe.
THe only thing that in, encompasses everything is
God by definition.
@ Truth Prevails you are correct,
God by definition can not be proven.
God by definition is eternal and incomparably holy.
God by definition is immaterial (not material) so therefore He can not be observed using the scientific method, which can only describe material phenomena.
Of course, if you want to call whatever the explanation for the universe happens to be «god» then the word becomes meaningless and everyone believes in
god by definition.
Not exact matches
Any
god fits your
definition including ones invented
by prehistoric man.
The city of man is
by definition incommensurable with the city of
God, meaning that the former does not and can not gradually approach the condition of the latter.
Therefore
God / Jesus whoever must
by definition allow lunatics to murder children — while at the same time of course he gives finalcial «blessings» to those who sow seed at a mega church.
He is guided
by Max Stackhouse's
definition of religious humanism: «Humanity can not be understood without reference to
God; and neither
God nor
God's revelation can be understood except through the lens of thought and experience.»
For instance, humanity gloats over financial gain, calling it success, but
by God's
definition of success, the two are incomparable.
Personally I don't care how a person spends their time or worships... they can worship goats, spirits,
god, buddha, nothingness or football... As long as they don't criticize others or attempt to propagate to non believers, and
by that
definition, these atheist are as bad a evangelicals.
God,
by definition, is eternal, having no beginning nor end; that's the beauty of this philosophy; it solves 1st cause for existance.
God,
by it's very
definition, is a SUPER-natural being and therefore can not be proven or disproven through Science.
From 1518 on, it is the particularity and concreteness of
God's presence that now foreclose idolatry; the true
God, who
by definition can not be used, is the
God who makes Himself available as He chooses, in the flesh born of Mary and the Church's sacramental practice, not in our religious speculation and self - interest.
The fact that the universe obeys laws and that science
by definition relies on that which it can not explain: «Science starts from the existence of those laws, can NOT EVER disprove
God».
But to my point that Atheism is a religion
by definition Religion: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith Faith: belief or trust: belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something, especially without proof Atheism: unbelief in
God or deities: disbelief in the existence of
God or deities
Chuckles «Secondly, still don't actively reject
god,» = > then you arent an atheist
by definition.
Atheist reject the idea of a
god and believe their view to be true or they would be agnostic unless they choose no stance at all of a
god that of which would require unknowing of what the term «
god» means so it would fall under a belief and since they can't prove that a
god doesn't exist then
by definition it requires faith for their view, meaning it would effect their view of the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe if a
god was proven to be true.
The fact that the universe obeys laws, and that science
by definition, «starting from the existence of those laws, can NOT EVER disprove
God».
If anything you fit the
definition of a sinner as given
by your buybull... you are a hypocrite who judges people and your
god says judging is sinful.
By that definition, real muslims should be avenging God on those imams who are going against islam and the prophet by killing the innocen
By that
definition, real muslims should be avenging
God on those imams who are going against islam and the prophet
by killing the innocen
by killing the innocent.
By definition, if it was Satan that parted the Red Sea, lead His people out of Egypt, prophesied to the redeeming plan at the fall, sent His Son to be the perfect penitence to restore us to Him then is he
God?
You idiots give Obama a pass on his racist, anti American cult church and
god forbid you say anything about Islam, which
by definition is out to destroy the west, read their own writing.
By definition god didn't begin.
A universe including the biblical
God would have to be infinite
by definition (because the biblical
God is omnipotent).
Craig that was exactly my understanding however if we believe that in that traditional sense a person could lose there eternal life
by there actions
by not walking in the Lord which i do nt think is right as eternal life is a free gift from
God not based on works.Jeremys
definition is that we are saved
by faith in Jesus Christ to eternal life.I believe the term salvation has the meaning to be saved not necesarily to eternal life but saved from ourselves Christ gives us the power to be transformed into his likeness or to be Christ like.In the eternal picture our actions determine how we are rewarded from
God although its not the motivation of the reward but because we love the Lord.regards brent
By my
definitions, I am using different brushes for the deluded (those that believe in false
Gods), and yet another brush for harmless deluded, and harmful deluded.
Religion and
god is a by product of fear, Isn't killing people in the name of God from the beginning of man kind up to now a pretty good definition of insani
god is a
by product of fear, Isn't killing people in the name of
God from the beginning of man kind up to now a pretty good definition of insani
God from the beginning of man kind up to now a pretty good
definition of insanity.
I am still an atheist
by definition because I do not believe in any
Gods even though I leave open the possibility that one or more exists.
-LCB- 2 -RCB- Satan opposes
God's truth («opposes»
by definition) and declares a lie.
Women who already suffer from a lack of self -
definition, and whose existence has already been undone
by unjust relations of power, find themselves undone once again
by the crucifying wrath of
God.
Homosexual behaviors, and same - sex marriage may be a «sin», it may be «evil», it may be «unjust» [
by man's
definition or even
by God's
definition]... but, without tangible victims beyond any reasonable doubt, I must therefore default to the teachings of Jesus, and ensure that their marriage receives all the Federal, State, and local «blessings» that every marriage receives.
By definition, a theological school is about theology in its broadest sense of the term: logos, speaking thoughtfully or thinking articulately and clearly about theos,
God.
The «strand» which theologians, on the whole, still propose to retain, and which is alone self - consistent, as judged
by its relations to the other strand, is the popularly familiar
definition of
God as everlasting, all - controlling, all - knowing, and ethically good or «holy» to the highest possible degree.
For most feminists, this means no strict gender roles or a hierarchy that demands a man be the authority over a woman just because he's a man and that a woman be submissive and quiet just because she's a woman.Feminism means allowing both women and men to be themselves as
God created them to be — as individuals, not defined
by their reproductive system but rather
by their personalities, their relationships, their
definitions of themselves.
And we have noted that such a
definition must at once be qualified
by the addition of the phrase «revealed in Jesus Christ» after the word
God.
As in Spong's
definition of theism: «The fires of anxiety, born in self - consciousness, are thus banked
by religion and we are content, if not grateful, to live inside the theistic
definition of
God that we created.
A
God who creates humans who
by definition must be evil because t hey are not
God.
Not all pastors and other religious leaders automatically define sin
by specific
definition as a disease, and it doesn't actually fit my belief as to what sin is, which is an act to knowingly and willfully disobey a commandment from
God.
Therefore,
by definition, any «science» that contradicts
God's word must be false.
by definition belief in any single
God or religious systems excludes belief in others... In that sense, Christians are no better / worse than Buddhists, Muslims, Hindi's, Sikh's, ATHEISTS, etc, etc..
by definition belief in any single
God or religious systems excludes belief in others... In that sense, Christians are no better / worse than Buddhists, Muslims, Hindi's, Sikh's, etc, etc...
Even the modern Unitarian, insofar as he or she would make claim to the Christian name whatever may be thought about theological
definitions of Jesus Christ's significance, will say that his or her religion is toward
God as
God is defined
by Jesus Christ — which is to say that the specifically Christian understanding of
God must be in terms of what Whitehead styled «the Galilean vision.
To bad they have all that religious propoganda on there walls... Trust me religion is for sheep... Every
definition of
god was given
by man... If you actually think about it... They all can't be right!
We can talk about the «power of
God to transform lives,» but we are no longer talking about the political power of the state, which
by definition refers to instituted social authority which enables the state to force compliance upon its subjects regardless of their volitional relationship to the state's demands.
In its thematization at the 1983 Vancouver Assembly, the phrase integrity of creation was clear in general implication but lacking in exact
definition.2 In meetings of the Church and Society Working Committee, the phrase has come to name the intrinsic value that each and every living being has in and for itself as a creature loved
by God, and the instrumental value that living beings can have for one another and for
God as instances of an evolutionary and web - like creation.
The problem with the notion that your
god sends natural disasters to challenge us is that it,
by your
definition, is omniscient and should know that after having beset man with numerous natural disasters throughout history, it matters not.