Not exact matches
The
idea of Trump as a successful «bully» or a «
God Emperor» has long been central to alt - right memes about Trumpian power.
Chomolungma also incorporates the
idea of the «mountain
god».
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.
You tend to side with some
idea of a personal
God and idealize that
God as lovey - dovey — at other times (though far less) you are clearly «Atheish».
The
idea that
God pursues us when we are hiding behind our guilt and our shame is the picture
of relationship.
random is a mathematically sound
idea where as
god is a simple creation
of some MAN from long ago to explain the unexplainable
of the day... chaos theory is quantum physics 101 and is also based solely on the notion
of random events... not to mention quantum uncertainty which is one
of my favorites.
But spouting the
idea that
god created and designed everything in an environment such as NASA means that you are intentionally suspending rational thought, and in this kind
of environment that seems, to me at least, unacceptable.
Mr. Hawking wins easy battles against uneducated (in science) religious persons, but taking his statement on perspective, He is based on assumptions with serious underlying problems, basically everything from mathematics, to the incompatibility
of quantum mechanics and relativity, and the lack
of proof and evidence for string theories, he is launching a very aggressive statement, probably his last effort on life to counter the anthropomorphic
ideas of God, and this is very common in all scientists.
Fundamentalist atheism and scientism arose because people were pushing against the
idea that the word
of God is the only path to truth.
I'd like to add to that the
idea that as a Christian we may be tempted to flee day to day problems by imagining that
God will lift us out
of it all, or prayer will make it go away.
You want your
ideas, your tastes to be celebrated, instead
of having a humble, submissive attitude in order to be part
of what
God is doing.
You may RATIONAL in regards to the [irrational]
ideas of «
God», but that does not prevent you from being IRRATIONAL about other things, including your POLITICAL IDEOLOGY and desires for POWER and wealth.
Seriously, I have the utmost respect for Professor Hawking, he's always been one
of my few hero's in life, but so is MY
idea of God.
So
god thought it was a good
idea to create the earth mature, and put tons
of fossils in the dirt for kicks?
Have those misconceptions about the Law given to the Jews clearly explained and find out why
God allows suffering and where the
idea of a hellfire really came from and what the truth is that leads to eternal life.
The
idea that people might have convictions correlative to their worship
of God that would create a deep tension between that worship and America is not considered.
Neither I nor my colleagues were seeking to supply a secular expression
of «moral community» that would supplant «a theological definition
of the Church» (Bischoff), or promote a «society modeled on the
idea of a city
of God» (Marr).
Atheists are the biggest advocates
of the
idea of God after believers.
Not only does this
idea solve the problem
of predestination and free will but is much more in line with the
idea of God.
You said, «Their anger may come from the fact that they do not like the
idea that they might have to be accountable to a higher authority (
God) when they die and our witnessing to them reminds them
of this event that they have to look forward to unless they repent and accept Jesus as their Savior before they die» Make sure that you also accept Thor, Zeus, Ra, and tens
of thousands
of other
gods ever invented by man.
So I know what I'm denying... the
idea that
God is responsible for the creation
of the bible.
Plenty
of others in their region already had the
ideas of heaven, hell, resuurection after 3 days, sun
gods, etc., etc., etc..
Marion also says that the Christian metaphysicians relate to
God too much on their own terms and on their own initiative; with this we come to one
of the deepest
ideas of the book.
In such works as
Idea of a Christian Society, After Strange
Gods, and Notes Towards the Definition
of Culture, he turned away from firmly embedded nails and toward goads.
After years
of tormenting myself, I finally laid aside all my preconceived
ideas and honestly sought
God on the matter.
We have been slaves to an
idea of an abstract
God for thousands
of years and now that we finally realize it, we are becoming slaves to reason.
There are some really screwed up, horribly painful and or stressful diseases and disorders out there, and I find it unsettling that a possible presidential candidate is worshiping this disturbing
idea of god.
According to Max Domarus Hitler promoted the
idea of God as the creator
of Germany, but Hitler was not a Christian or conservative
The
idea that our founding fathers were pure and we've drifted away from
God due to Satan's continual efforts is a dangerous foundation upon which to make the heavy decisions
of the Office
of President.
They have no
idea of other's relationship people had with
God when living.
@brad, you can't destory an
idea, but a building or group
of people that have power can be dismantled... islam and christianity and judism are all beliefs... a.k.a. just thoughts
of god,
ideas of an afterlife in heaven or hell... such things are impossible to kill... sadly
While i don't agree 100 %
of everything she said, i agree with her general
idea that we need to stop chasing after what's cool and what will draw the most church members and start chasing after serving the poor, following Christ, doctrine, outreach, santification, and, specifically,
God.
KC, that is one
of the convenient things about the
idea of god.
The concept
of God did not spring out
of thin air - intelligent humans created him and then thousands
of years later used the
idea to explain what they did not understand and / or like about evolution.
And seeing
God's love reflected in our life and relationships with others is wonderful — but the way she speaks sounds dangerously close to pantheism, the
idea that
God is some sort
of general force
of love.
All
of my
ideas about
God suddenly didn't really matter... what mattered is that He was there with me filling the room, my soul, and my spirit.
Do you realize that rejecting your
idea of That - Which - We - Call -
God is not rejecting that which the word points to?
This makes me an agnostic atheist, open to the
idea of there being
gods somewhere, but not believing any
of the claims
of gods people have made.
1) everything is made
of energy 2) energy CAN NOT be created nor destroyed 3) energy merely changes from one form to another; matter / energy conversion 4) if energy can not be created nor destroyed then it remains a a constant 100 % 5) energy will always remina constant for ALL ETERNITY, thus the universe either recycles itself, or never stops exsisting 6) you «
idea of a
god» violates the basic laws
of the universe, thus he can't exsist because we do.
I wonder how much we all push our
idea of God on others?
Although he often expressed this vision obliquely, he was relentless in his criticism
of those who despised faith as an anachronism: «I am not afraid to say that a devout and
God - fearing man is superior as a human specimen to a restless mocker who is glad to style himself an «intellectual,» proud
of his cleverness in using
ideas which he claims as his own though he acquired them in a pawnshop in exchange for simplicity
of heart....
It's sad that people who hate the
idea of God have to come on to a belief blog and tease and put down people who love
God.
yo the thing is not about believing or not, is the fact that if we don't believe then we are worthless living garbage who occupy a space in the universe only to create crap and pollution, in that kind
of case we would better be recycled into some industrial material for a better use than eating and living like cattle, but if there is a
god we acquire a divine status and a purpose to continue to exist beyond afterlife or at least the
idea of it, which would give life a sense right?
You can't throw out the other half
of the gospel just to make it fit your
idea of God as a loving father.
But no matter what the commercialized
idea of Easter is, to Christians it is still regarded as a holy day to remember the salvation
God extends to all who believe in and accept Him.
The problem, mique, is that the Christians (and some other religions) believe that your actions or lack
of action (e.g., not properly worshiping their deity) can anger their
god and bring his collective punishment upon everyone, so they think it's their civic duty to help you see the light and to legislate their
ideas so that all must follow their ways (
of course, history shows they can't even agree among themselves what those ways are).
There also clearly is an alternative and christianity was also known for being radical for its
ideas and practices, so why wouldn't a moral
god also stipulate that slavery was wrong regardless
of situation?
actually the antichrist and satan succeeded in persuading the people with one
idea, the
idea of (the human
god).
No al, I said ideal, because I meant
god is an
idea — I am implying (albeit unsuccessfully, given your question) that our notion
of god is a concept, something that we are taught and upon which people build.
Thanks for making it, reminded me why I started questioning the
idea of God in the first place.