Sentences with phrase «only deity»

I already have my own Lord and Saviour thank you... the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the one and only deity.

Pharaoh had at his disposal all the wealth, power, and resources that man, the earth, and the Egyptian gods could create, while Israel, a sad segment of «Apiru, had only her deity, unknown to man, the earth, and the gods.

However, Jesus is the only deity who spills blood for His people on earth.

When the one and only deity affirmed by Israel banished the Earth Mother and the other gods of nature (both male and female), the Sky Father was left supreme.

But, on the other hand, it is quite unjustified for theists to hold that we must tolerate or swallow the paradoxes or explain them away (by feats of ingenuity so subtle, and verbal methods so remote from intuitive insight or definite logical structures, that only deity could know with any assurance what was taking place), giving as justification the claim that the alternative position of atheism is even more paradoxical (lacking, it may be urged, any principle of cosmic explanation at all).

Not exact matches

Repent for what and to whom... to an imaginary deity for imaginary crimes... the whole god thing exists only between your ears Billy... put the book down... and think rationally... can people walk on water??

(A) gnosticism only pertains to whether you think it is possible to know for certain if there are deities or not.

The only thing a deity is needed for is to make the guilty feel justified.

Of all the 34.000 different christian sects and countless other deities throughout history, your own belief just within believers is only a tiny fraction of possibly being true.

The relationship between God and man, with which theology (Jewish or Christian) is primarily concerned, could now only be postulated if it contributed to the elaboration of ethical theory Moreover, the only divine - human relationship that this new anthropocentrism would tolerate was between a postulated deity and the human individual.

To think that Earth is the only planet with life and that some deity made just one world in the universe for us as well as making us in his image is just the depths of vanity.

I have not changed the definition of Atheist (unbelief in God or deities: disbelief in the existence of God or deities) I have stated only that it falls under the definition of a religion

The only real cure for belief in any unknown deity is education.

The only difference between these lunatics and anyone else who believes in deities..

I will not argue whether or not the bible is the word of a god translated by man, my only question is, why would you follow a book that supports and idolizes a single deity who seems to have intentions of converting the world to his worship alone (for if there are no other gods, why then would Yahweh require that you «hold no other gods above him» — he just confirmed their existance) when said deity's followers have proven that their purpose in life is to grind any opposition to their «holy law» into dust?

1 Peter 3:18 — during the crucifixion when Christ died — Jesus died in the flesh, but his deity was alive «alive in the spirit» (a Spirit can not die, therefore when a verse says «raise from the dead» it can only refer to a bodily resurrection)

The superman deity uses Basinger's coercionb, and he must realize that the disembodied God of classical theism can, if he is actually able, only coerce in the strong sense (coercion.).

In the modern period the classical Western deity more and more took on the garb of the One who ultimately validates scientific and industrial progress, including not only much that was truly progressive, but also the industrial rape of nature and, ultimately, through a variety of corporate structures, the oppression of the poor, and the dispossessed.

- What kind of deity demands blood and death as the only means of satisfying his displeasure?

The plagues also showed His mercy, being tailored to disrupt and humiliate the worship of their pagan deities without causing loss of human life until the final plague, which occurred only after God had exhausted every other option (Graeser, et.

I hope that you will one day see the light and realize there is only one REAL deity and he is the Flying Spaghetti Monster, as I have just proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Not only can such a deity be blamed for not intervening, but also held responsible, by virtue of the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo, for natural defects as well as deficient wills.17

The only problem was that the most fervently religious language in his speech wasn't directed towards God (and Jesus never got a mention) but towards an altogether different deity — the United States of America.

Now, if God is a mass murderer, and the Bible claims murder is a product of Satan, then wouldn't it only be logical that, if you believe in a higher deity, that it would have to logically be Lucifer?

Even humankind itself can be treated as an instrument, since the individual does not matter, only the future, the cruel deity adjudicating over one and all.

I am weaning myself off a relationship with a deity that only talks to me sometimes, helps me only when I'm perfect, sinless or contrite about my sisns, reminds me that I am originally defiled and sinful and should be really happy for his love - as I am not unconditionally deserving of it.

, that can only be true if you redefine «saved» to mean «nothing in their lives was bettered significantly and there was no detectable influence of a deity on them nor on their well - being.»

Seth One more time... Atheism... NOT belief in deities (note it does not address any belief, only NOT belief)

What a giant leap to go from an atheist (lack of belief in a deity for lack of evidence) to not only a belief in a deity but the Christian god and then become a member of a human created cult and Catholic at that.

The ONE and ONLY thing that is «common» between ALL atheists is the simple fact that they DO NOT believe in a deity!

Man has always given to his deity, not only gifts laid upon the altar, but the gift of his soul in temples of great beauty and rituals of soul - stirring depth.

«Supernaturalism,» in the sense of God's making known the divine only by divine intrusions from outside in occasional miraculous acts, is rejected; a picture of deity as remote and inaccessible is refuted; and the condemnation of secular activities as a blasphemous denial of the divine prerogative is entirely ruled out.

* worship God, who has never been, at any time for any reason, a capricious God of death, war, murder, destruction, violence, abuse, vengeance, hate, fear, lies, slavery, systemic injustice, oppression, conditional acceptance, exclusion, segregation, discrimination, shunning, ostracism, eternal condemnation, eternal punishment, retribution, sacrifices, patriarchy, matriarchy, empire, nationalism, only one culture, only one race or portion of the population, parochialism, sectarianism, dogma, creeds, pledges, oaths or censorship — and who has never behaved as a Greco - Roman or narcissistic deity.

So we agree that Noah's Ark is not only ridiculously impossible but alsoa truly stupid choice if there is a deity?

The whole faith thing seems to confuse religious people, but in it's theological definition, you it only applies to a deity.

That folks need to invoke subjective notion of their preferred deity's nature only underscores that the alleged absolute is an absolutely contrived post hoc argument.

This would not only show their deity that they loved and cared for him, but it also made it more convenient for people to go worship their god.

The thing is the only facts ever established regarding the certified validity of a deity let alone what that deity does is that there is nothing proven that there is a deity AND there is also nothing proving that there is no deity who does not want to be made known but would rather have us development our own faith in said deity.

If a particular deity, like the God of Israel, says, «Only build one place of worship» then this God wants it to be difficult for His people to come worship Him.

This, he claims, is in accordance with the Scriptures, which declare that only at the end of history is the deity of God unquestionably open to all - an event.

So, thoughts and ideas are only valid if they derive from some almighty deity?

«Pure evil» is the only label that can be placed on an omnipotent and omniscient deity that creates humans for the sole purpose of eternal tourture.

And Hartshorne does just that: «The eminent form of sympathetic dependence can only apply to deity; for this form can not be less than an omniscient sympathy, which depends upon and is exactly colored by every nuance of joy or sorrow anywhere in the world (DR 48).

[43:84] He is the only One who is a deity in the heaven and a deity on earth.

When sinners try to construct out of these fragments a natural theology that points to the true God, they succeed only in assembling a picture of what Calvin called an idol, a deity who is not really God but only a cheap substitute for the real thing.

One of the curious contrasts between Jonah and the sailors in Jonah 1 is that Jonah, a prophet of God, a member of the chosen people, refuses to pray to God when his life is threatened, but the pagan, idol - worshiping sailors not only pray to their own deities, but also pray to Yahweh when they learn that it is He who sent the storm.

If the only thing keeping you from doing wrong is fear of punishment from your deity then you are obviously doing something wrong.

and only a brainwashed follower could follow such a disgusting deity.

only God can forgive sins... He made many other claims of deity, proving them and accepting worship!

Also, not only do you believe in a deity and are a theist but you went that extra step of becoming a member of a religion.