Belief is a poor way to verify the truth or existence of anything,
god or gods included.
Not exact matches
Some of the risks of investing in real estate
include changing laws,
including environmental laws; floods, fires, and other Acts of
God, some of which can be uninsurable; changes in national
or local economic conditions; changes in government policies,
including changes in interest rates established by the Federal Reserve; and international crises.
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including acts of
God, war
or terrorism.
And as was pointed out,
God can review all history of everyone, past
or future, their entire lives at any time... yours
included... you're an open book, everyone is... past, present and future.
And given
God existing billions of years, which
includes over all human history, that
God interacting with others and them not being in the bible, they're the same, liars, lunatics,
or dreaming... just so you can reject
God and feel good about that choice.
SaenNJ Eternity is being in the full presence of
God which may
or may not (we are not told)
include some shift in time
or perception of time.
given the correctness of those two statements, why does
god allow those who will not accept his son (
including the vast majority of people who have ever lived
or will live) to be born?
In its intrinsic supernatural reality, marriage
includes three goods: the good of exclusive, personal, reciprocal fidelity (the bonum fidei), the good of welcoming children and educating them to know
God (the bonum prolis), and the good of the indissolubility
or indestructibility of the bond, the permanent foundation of which is the indissoluble union of Christ and the Church, which is sacramentally represented by the marriage (the bonum sacramenti).
A non-exhaustive list of
gods that various human societies have believed in at one time
or another
includes Azura Mazda, Angus, Belenos, Brigid, Dana, Lugh, Dagda, Epona, Allah Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Atehna, Demeter, Dionysus, Eris, Eos, Gaia,
God, Hades, Hekate, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Pan, Poseidon, Selene, Uranus, Zeus, Mathilde, Elves, Eostre, Frigg, Ganesh, Hretha, Saxnot, Shef, Shiva Thuno, Tir, Vishnu, Weyland, Woden, Yahweh, Alfar, Balder, Beyla, Bil, Bragi, Byggvir, Dagr, Disir, Eir, Forseti, Freya, Freyr, Frigga, Heimdall, Hel, Hoenir, Idunn, Jord, Lofn, Loki, Mon, Njord, Norns, Nott, Odin, Ran, Saga, Sif, Siofn, Skadi, Snotra, Sol, Syn, Ull, Thor, Tyr, Var, Vali, Vidar, Vor, Herne, Holda, Nehalennia, Nerthus, Endovelicus, Ataegina, Runesocesius, Apollo, Bacchus, Ceres, Cupid, Diana, Janus, Juno, Jupiter, Maia, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Neptune, Pluto, Plutus, Proserpina, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Attis, Cybele, El - Gabal, Isis, Mithras, Sol Invictus, Endovelicus, Anubis, Aten, Atum, Bast, Bes, Geb, Hapi, Hathor, Heget, Horus, Imhotep, Isis, Khepry, Khnum, Maahes, Ma'at, Menhit, Mont, Naunet, Neith, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Ptah, Ra, Sekhmnet, Sobek, Set, Tefnut, Thoth, An, Anshar, Anu, Apsu, Ashur, Damkina, Ea, Enki, Enlil, Ereshkigal, Nunurta, Hadad, Inanna, Ishtar, Kingu, Kishar, Marduk, Mummu, Nabu, Nammu, Nanna, Nergal, Ninhursag, Ninlil, Nintu, Shamash, Sin, Tiamat, Utu, Mitra, Amaterasu, Susanoo, Tsukiyomi, Inari, Tengu, Izanami, Izanagi, Daikoku, Ebisu, Benzaiten, Bishamonten, Fukurokuju, Jurojin, Hotei, Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, Inti, Kon, Mama Cocha, Mama Quilla, Manco Capac, Pachacamac and Zaramama
Religions incorporated and codified these basic social values and skills, and quickly learned to take credit for them — as if, without the religion, we would be doomed to not have them — although we see them in every human society,
including hunter - gather tribes with no sense of
gods as we understand them After many centuries of religious domination, enforced through pain of death, ostracization
or other social sanctions, allowing religion to take credit, as well as failing to question other religious claims — has become a cultural habit.
Which either
includes God,
or it doesn't, but either way it is a religion and not science.
Troof, a non-exhaustive list of
gods that various human societies have believed in at one time
or another
includes Azura Mazda, Angus, Belenos, Brigid, Dana, Lugh, Dagda, Epona, Allah Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Atehna, Demeter, Dionysus, Eris, Eos, Gaia,
God, Hades, Hekate, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Pan, Poseidon, Selene, Uranus, Zeus, Mathilde, Elves, Eostre, Frigg, Ganesh, Hretha, Saxnot, Shef, Shiva Thuno, Tir, Vishnu, Weyland, Woden, Yahweh, Alfar, Balder, Beyla, Bil, Bragi, Byggvir, Dagr, Disir, Eir, Forseti, Freya, Freyr, Frigga, Heimdall, Hel, Hoenir, Idunn, Jord, Lofn, Loki, Mon, Njord, Norns, Nott, Odin, Ran, Saga, Sif, Siofn, Skadi, Snotra, Sol, Syn, Ull, Thor, Tyr, Var, Vali, Vidar, Vor, Herne, Holda, Nehalennia, Nerthus, Endovelicus, Ataegina, Runesocesius, Apollo, Bacchus, Ceres, Cupid, Diana, Janus, Juno, Jupiter, Maia, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Neptune, Pluto, Plutus, Proserpina, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Attis, Cybele, El - Gabal, Isis, Mithras, Sol Invictus, Endovelicus, Anubis, Aten, Atum, Bast, Bes, Geb, Hapi, Hathor, Heget, Horus, Imhotep, Isis, Khepry, Khnum, Maahes, Ma'at, Menhit, Mont, Naunet, Neith, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Ptah, Ra, Sekhmnet, Sobek, Set, Tefnut, Thoth, An, Anshar, Anu, Apsu, Ashur, Damkina, Ea, Enki, Enlil, Ereshkigal, Nunurta, Hadad, Inanna, Ishtar, Kingu, Kishar, Marduk, Mummu, Nabu, Nammu, Nanna, Nergal, Ninhursag, Ninlil, Nintu, Shamash, Sin, Tiamat, Utu, Mitra, Amaterasu, Susanoo, Tsukiyomi, Inari, Tengu, Izanami, Izanagi, Daikoku, Ebisu, Benzaiten, Bishamonten, Fukurokuju, Jurojin, Hotei, Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, Inti, Kon, Mama Cocha, Mama Quilla, Manco Capac, Pachacamac and Zaramama.
Troof; This blog is called Belief; The topics are about various belief systems, which
includes no belief in a
god or being agnostic.
@fimilleur from time to time mankind experiences the presence of
God, there have been and continue to be events that testify to the presence of Him.The multiple
gods you continually point to have an unique difference from the
God who first revealed His presence to ancient men i.e. the Hebrews.The particular
gods you mention roman etc. are all man made and in many instances men themselves i.e. hercules, but even the ancient greeks realized the limitations of their understanding and
included an «unknown»
God in their worship structure.many cultures did likewise, having a glimpse of
God but not the fullness of understanding that was given to the Jews.Whether
or not «we» believe, does not alter the fact that
God exists as an unique being, whether
or not «we» acknowledge Him «we» will stand before Him.You do not choose to understand, but we are actually standing in His presence right now as He is much bigger than the doctrines and knowledge man ascribes to Him those things you find so questionable are the misconceptions and misrepresentations of
God made by men throughout history.
They recommended it should
include six components: «1) silence, 2) isolation, 3) fasting, 4) night prayer, 5) thikr, 6) undo the defects of our soul (anger, envy, arrogance),» with «thikr,»
or «dhikr,» being the act of remembrance of
God.
So many religious well intended people want to impress
God and religion upon others with various beliefs and arguments that
include you will, «burn in hell if you don't»
or other not so harsh
or threatening consequences.
If Roman traders
or soldiers came across a society that worshipped different
gods, they simply
included them in the Roman pantheon.
... we can disagree without being divisive - yr entitled to yr understanding of correct theology that leads to faith - I'm more concerned with faith and the theology that will support it.It might appear that I just said the same thing in two ways, but I wd be quick to argue that theology shld be Faith's child.Most of us have our experience of
God or Christ (
including Paul) before we even know what theology is — correct
or not.
I don't focus on my regrets
or failures but on what I've done right, and that
includes the family of friends I've made during my 50 years on this planet, not how well I worship
God.
Our human nature does not
include an ability to know what to change
or «cook» to attain
God's purposes.
Why is it that many,
including yourself, can come here and blaspheme the name of
God with such boldness, yet refuse to curse sickness and disease in their own bodies
or in those around them (in the name of Jesus) with the same boldness?
Scripture instructs us to never mistake
God's patience for tolerance
or forgiveness, and never should we put the gifts
God gives us (
including our minds) in mothballs.
Including how every single male would not even be worthy to practice «
God's highest ideal» in the first place,
or even lived in a time where it was sanctioned to do so.
However, I was definitely confused and also uninformed about the implications
or logical conclusions of Calvinism, such as the fact that if Calvinism is true,
God is the author of sin, since He, according to Calvin, predetermined every single little thing that has ever happened in history,
including the sins of every man,
including Adam!
nachooooo libre, The family of
God includes all members of the Church, whether on earth, in heaven,
or in purgatory.
As actual,
God includes creativity within himself and could be said to have it as his body
or mode of being.
However, saying that
god is no longer the Father or the Son but only the Spirit sure seems like a denial of the orthodox teaching that God exists eternally (including now) in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spir
god is no longer the Father
or the Son but only the Spirit sure seems like a denial of the orthodox teaching that
God exists eternally (including now) in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spir
God exists eternally (
including now) in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
If there is a
God and there is just as much for as against, But lets say there is a
God and he made everything
Including you and He gets to make the rules because lets face it hes a lot bigger then you, So unfortunately he only wants those who believe in him based on the information given, Lets look at the facts based on the Book,, Some of his own angels turned on him and they see him every day... That had to hurt, So he decides With man he only wants those with the faith to believe based on His book and faith found thru the holy spirit, If you refuse to believe then he cant use you, cant trust you, so he will choose to toss you aside, Hey I understand It ai nt fair, Your important, Your Smart, But unfortunately hes bigger then you and he has the Juice, You either play by the rules
or wait and see what not believing leads too.
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igaftr, yes you are right cats and all the animals in the world
including you is part of the universe, eveything is
God, it took Him 13.7 billion years for us to arrive what we are now, meaning the true reality of our existence, you are probably less than 50 years old, so how can you expect to equate yourself
or pretend to understand Him,
God Who is 13.7 billion years old.
«All schools have a view of the world, be it one that
includes or excludes
God,» says Graham Coyle, one of the leadership team of the Christian Schools Trust — a group of 40 independent Christian schools.
The criteria for measuring the «vertical dimension,» however,
include no reference to belief
or doctrine but are heavy on feeling (e.g., «I am spiritually moved by the beauty of
God's creation»).
Again and again the author
included a variation on «Those who say, «I love
God» and hate their brothers
or sisters are liars.»
Including the word «abiding» however, says that someone who has eternal life might actually murder someone, but if they do, it is not because they have (
or don't have) eternal life, but simply because they are not acting according to the eternal life that they have from
God.
When parents lovingly provide for their children's needs, they model
God's love and lay the foundation for their child's future relationships —
including marriage and his
or her relationship with
God.
The 16 per cent who say they are religiously «unaffiliated»
includes a large majority who say they believe in
God, pray, and are more
or less like their mainly Christian neighbours, except they don't identify themselves with a specific religious tradition
or community.
Ideas, thoughts, as well as deeper emotional
or «affective» states, are
included in this category where the classical writers would place meditation, contemplation, and the various stages of «union with
God» about which the mystics have given us reports.
The present volume is really a collection of studies, and it might easily have grown to twice its size if other topics had been
included: for example the miracle stories — I should have liked to examine Alan Richardson's new book on The Miracle - Stories of the Gospels (1942)--
or a fuller study of the so - called messianic consciousness of Jesus, the theory of interim ethics, the relation of eschatology and ethics in Jesus» teachings — see Professor Amos N. Wilder's book on the subject, Eschatology and Ethics in the Teaching of Jesus (1939)-- the influence of the Old Testament upon the earliest interpretation of the life of Jesus — see Professor David E. Adams» new book, Man of
God (1941), and Professor E. W. K. Mould's The World - View of Jesus (1941)--
or sonic of the topics treated in the new volume of essays presented to Professor William Jackson Lowstuter, New Testament Studies (1942), edited by Professor Edwin Prince Booth.
The notion has tantalized many,
including Tertullian and Irenacus, and though it received little assistance from either Platonism
or Aristotelianism because of their denigration of matter and the body (and hence did not enter the mainstream of either Augustinian
or Thomistic theology), it surfaced powerfully in Hegel as well as in twentieth - century process theologies.22 The mystical tradition within Christianity has carried the notion implicitly, even though the metaphor of body may not appear: «The world is charged with the grandeur of
God» (Gerard Manley Hopkins, 27).
All discussions of the teaching of Jesus, of the Kingdom of
God or of New Testament eschatology
include an interpretation of this saying.
Some people conclude that the teachers of other religions are
included in the «some others» that
God has not told about, but other people say that only by studying the spirit and fundamentals of those religions can one determine whether
or not they are of the same spirit as Islam, and their founders might be considered to have been prophets.
Or is
God's redeeming presence in the world,
including his relationship with us as players, finally fully known only as it is experienced in his engendering relationship with us through Jesus Christ?
In all probability the answer will not
include a phrase about glorifying
God, although it may say a fair amount about enjoying something
or other.
(Matt 7:13) Jesus told the Samaritan woman: «You worship what you do not know; we (Jesus
included himself along with other Jews) worship what we know, because salvation begins with (
or comes through) the Jews (
or the Jewish religious system at that time)...
God is a Spirit, and those worshipping him must worship with spirit and truth.»
Having a history of trauma, abandonment
or abuse (as was the case for Christian) make it difficult for us to trust others,
including God.
Here Paul and Matthew are in close agreement: in addition to doing on our behalf what no one else would ever do
or could ever do,
God pays us the greatest compliment by
including us in
God's own ongoing mission.
To treat any item in the universe,
including status quo power arrangements and «understandings» of
God, as in some way «absolute»
or inherently «sacred» is idolatry.
Ecc 12:14 «For
God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing, whether it is good
or evil.»
God, for all the church writers, and for many others,
including Spinoza, was the «absolutely infinite,» the altogether maximal, supreme,
or perfect, being.
Take, for example, Jürgen Moltmann's (b. 1926) view of creation as the expression of «
God's self - communicative love»
or Wolfhart Pannenberg's (b. 1928) rich treatment of the Paschal events confirming for us the eternal truth that Jesus is the obedient Son, the Father is the Ruler of all, and the Spirit is active always and everywhere,
including in death.