Sentences with phrase «gods than the belief»

The only thing further from God than these beliefs, is to not believe at all.

That most people believe in gods is no more evidence for the existence of gods than the belief that the earth was flat is evidence for its shape.

Not exact matches

Those put into question your belief in the characteristics of the god, perhaps even the existence of the god itself, but it is still more comforting to assume something more powerful than yourself has your best interests in mind vs. the idea that we are left to our own devices — especially when you are surrounded by people that agree with and reinforce that idea and shun you when you do not agree with it.

And polls suggest that the country is no more Christian in belief than in practice: half of all Danes say God doesn't matter in their life at all.

I'm curious, what other reason would you have for a lack of belief in god other than there is no evidence of a god??

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

Other than that, do as you wish, you want to serve a false god, do it, you want to believe in no god, believe it, just everybody shut up about your stupid beliefs, neither side can prove crap.

Even the atheist has to «believe» that there is no god, so at the core, they're just another weird religion trying to prove that their beliefs are more justified and plausible than someone else's.

= > Correct, but Einstein's and Spinoza's beliefs do not change the nature of God or Gods purpose for creation any more than yours or the Pope's does.

The lack of belief in God is no more an indicator of amoral behavior than the belief in God.

For e.g., if I posited a god a billion times more vengeful and gruesome than yours, would you drop your belief in God and run over to my super-god based on your Pascal's Wager loggod a billion times more vengeful and gruesome than yours, would you drop your belief in God and run over to my super-god based on your Pascal's Wager logGod and run over to my super-god based on your Pascal's Wager loggod based on your Pascal's Wager logic?

you — If so, is this really all that different than fishon's belief that the literal word of God is the only path to «Truth»?

Given this belief in no god or the unknown god and the great totem pole of the atheist collective you will not experience any greater peace than we currently have in this world.

well chutty - oh where to start - if you don't beleive in god, fine... then don't... i don't beleive in mermaids, but i don't espouse my non-belief as «passionate»... nor do i denegrate those who may believe in mermaids with derogatory labels like zionist or evangelist... if you don't believe in god, then your belief in your fellow man should be a little stronger than having to slap labels on them....

What better place to learn to know the irrational god - believers than on the Beliefs page?

Your beliefs about god are no more real than your silly contention that gays are intent on driving religion out of the US.

I guess those who do not believe in God have nothing better to do than spend their time writing negatively about God and those who believe in God in a blog called «belief».

So you don't think it had anything to do with a belief that said «be excellent to one another» rather than the capricious Graeco / Roman Gods?

The belief in a personal god is no more and no less than human egoism, fuelled by a fear od death!

Not believing in God is no more a belief system than not stamp collecting is a hobby.

Atheism is simply a lack of belief in god and says nothing about how we raise our children (other than implying that we don't brain - wash them with religious indoctrination).

Here you are putting the blame on al Islamic branches for one Islamic branch although the as branches contradict each other and they are always in disputes among them and that's was the reason they became branches rather than one Islam so really it is not fear to hold all at guilt for one misbehave or abuse... nor it is fair to address the whole Islam belief, Quran and Prophet of God for the fault of ones or few that are not in the right track of Islam being the religion of peace and justice to mankind..

And to say that Biblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and apostles.

If a politician expressed a belief in a supernatural force other than God would Christians respectfully decline from commenting?

But if a belief in god or lack thereof has nothing to do with your company, that's your right (although I wouldn't think it would be a wise idea anywhere other than the deep south).

And he did so based on the belief that this is the New Testament vision: a family «built around the quality of relationships shared by the members of God's kingdom rather than blood ties.»

I realized that belief in a personal god, while pervasive, wasn't based on much more than superstition.

Nor will you ever get any «proof» Niknak... other than maybe a lighting bolt and a voice from the heavens which are incredibly rare The belief in any god is based upon faith and faith can not be proven.

If you can't form an opinion with regard to this question than you are not an atheist, and really have no place in this discussion about belief in God.

Strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.»

Even a belief in Santa or the Loch Ness monster are far more reasonable than your infantile belief in your god.

In any case, no scientist, elite or otherwise, has found any scientific evidence for God's existence, so the basis for their belief in a god has no different than anyone elseGod's existence, so the basis for their belief in a god has no different than anyone elsegod has no different than anyone else's.

The sad truth is... atheists have no more of a chance to prove their belief with science than those that have faith in God.

That belief in God is more important than the character and policies of the person running shows that we have a long way to go as far as maturity and tolerance goes.

Your belief in God is based on nothing more than a simple desire to believe a comforting narrative because the alternative is to believe harsh realities about your existence.

Uncle David: If there are more God - believers in the population, and more of them are attracted to AA because of their belief in the higher power in the first place... it does not necessarily follow that AA's approach is more successful than any other program because of sheer numbers.

I am not crediting God, but I'd rather have a doctor who believes in something bigger than us all, than a cold atheist who doesn't have hope, or pray and isn't driven by anything in life other than a selfish belief that he is the most intelligent thing in the universe.

He believed to reach enlightenment, you had to give up desires, and belief in a god is nothing more than a desire.

Everybody would have immediately recognized that James wants us to do more than just pray for people and state our belief that God can help them.

And if they still state categorically that there is no god, then that is a belief system, rather than a knowledge.

The results in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was that the faith to which people were called was often more the objective belief that the scriptures were completely true than the deeply personal assurance of God's forgiveness of their sins and the resulting freedom.

The word «doctrines» is unfortunate here, because it suggests beliefs rather than regulations for conduct or worship (TEV, God's rules).

(Ex-Catholic, now atheist) Julia Sweeney's monologue «Letting Go Of God» will be the final nail in the coffin of religious belief / faith and is and will continue to be more effective than any money - generating book or blog on the historical Jesus,

I can't see how it's any more egocentric than the religious person's belief that he is special and hand - picked by God to go to a special place for special people.

As such, this explanation of how a loving, in - control God can be reconciled with suffering is more nearly an affirmation of belief than it is an explanation of anything.

The «truth» of a construal of the God - world relationship is a mixture of belief (Ricoeur calls it a «wager»), pragmatic criteria, and what Philip Wheelwright terms a «shy ontological claim,» or, as in Mary Hesse's striking remark, «God is more like gravitation than embarrassment» (Arbib and Hesse, 5).

Pope Benedict again reminds us: Many people today have a limited idea of the Christian faith because they identify it with a mere system of beliefs and values rather than with the truth of a God who revealed Himself in history, anxious to communicate with human beings in a tête - a-tête, in a relationship of love with them.

Religion is more than just a set of «rules» or a system of worship, among other things, it is also includes the belief that anything comes in between worshiping the true God and an individual is an idol.

My belief in God is much more enlightened than such thinking.

Henotheism is the belief that there are many gods; that «my god is better than your god,» but yours is good enough.