Sentences with phrase «said deity»

Anyone who believes in and worships a deity whom they can not provide proof of the existing of said deity.

Notice it said deity NOT Christian God.

Pray to said deity to make this rock move and hence re-enforce your belief for you and mankind.

If we are praying to get some thing or some result for ourselves or others, then absolutely be prepared for disappointment, but when prayer is just an ongoing conversation with the compassionate, understanding deity bubbling out of a growing relationship with the said deity then you don't give a shit about the results because they are no longer the point.

And then, assuming that said Deity, knows best, and we should just basically suck it up, because it's not God's fault is a cop - out.

With an «everything» deity you have opposing forces... good / evil, hatred / love etc etc, to me, this would make it impossible for said deity to do anything, it would create as fast as it destroyed, it would love you one second and then hate you before the thought of love was completed.An everything style deity would have no compulsion to create simply because it is «everything», it needs no justification, no worship.

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.

2) Equating worship of a deity with worshiping an image of said deity is ludicrous... unless you believe that all of the Christians with pictures of Jesus and / or crosses in their homes / churches are worshiping the picture / cross.

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?

In the end all you are doing is just relying on your own belief because even though there is no proof that that there actually is no deity who does not want to be made known but would rather have us develop our faith in said deity, since there is thus far no irrefutable proof that there is such a deity, that you then come to a conclusion that there is no such deity, all you are doing is just relying on belief just like I'm relying on belief and that what it really boils down to is just that it is all a matter of belief.

Ahhh so your preacher says your deity burns people for the warmth and comfort of others?

Not exact matches

Ahhh... so since religious beliefs mutate to conform to the individual, we can say that a deity would not be eternal?

«The deity of Christ, His death, the atonement of sin, the resurrection, my standing with God the Father because of what Christ has done — it's just not a question,» he said.

Interestingly, you say that all atheists you know believe in themselves as a deity.

Not everyone believes what you believe, and we are sick and tired of you people forcing your views on everyone else then screaming about being persecuted when people say «no, we don't want to listen and we're tired of you putting your rules and the name of your deity all over everything».

The historian said: «Familiarity with the biblical narrative of the crucifixion has dulled our sense of just how completely novel a deity Christ was.

mom k, I didn't say Legion was a deity.

Yet another self proclaimed clown who claims to be running for prez cause some deity said so... well Rick, maybe that same deity will vote for you (but I doubt it).

Buddhism (in its true form) provides a guide to the elimination of suffering, not deity worship; in fact never talks about God or gods in the sense the west does... FYI Buddha was born 630 years before Jesus, and it is proven that Buddhism traveled from eastern India all the way to Syria and the Middle East via the Silk Road... i am quite sure Jesus had heard some of his teachings... some of the things that Jesus says are a direct reflection of the eightfold path from buddhism... Jesus was the greatest salesman of all time... sold the most books in history... he really honestly does nt deserve worship but an Academy Award

I'd love to see a sports figure at the end of a horrible game say something along the lines of «well, you know, my deity saw fit to make me look like I've never played this game before.

In brief, it said that we CA N'T know for sure that gods like the Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Hindu, and American Indian deities don't exist, because they're merely exaggerated human beings.

And any theology says that instead of forgiving, a deity demands death, that is a dangerous, combative theology.

I always say God because it is an established belief for me but yes, it would a Deity without «Special Revelation» — Scripture.

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.

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)

Yeah, well, humans who make up stuff, and claim a deity says it, need medication.

The general pattern in Arabian Empire conquests, was, as long as 1 local deity was identified, to say «well you worship Allah by another name, so * carry on *», (as long as monotheism was embraced).

The nut cases that kill in the name of their deity are insane by my definition (I'm not a psychologist, just my lay definition just as I said for the other terms).

No one said it better than Sam Harris, but I've also wondered why the Bible seems to have been written by a scribe in the 1st Century and not inspired by the word of an all - knowing and omni - present deity.

They are not saying «no offense» to us when they spout their bull about some make believe deity, so don't be afraid to say you don't believe.

Along with your right to say hateful things, comes the fallout of others» right to ridicule or even offend you and / or whatever deity you claim to speak for.

In June, the wife and mother of two started her own church for «traditional» witches called Disir, an old Norse word meaning «matron deities,» she says.

I get your point John, I was saying is» Within agnosticism there are agnostic atheists (who do not believe any deity exists, but do not deny it as a possibility)»

Would you say it's common for Wiccans to have a «personal» relationship with their god (s) similar to how Christians think of Jesus, or is that not how pagans generally view their association with a deity?

Rather, «all the people that were in the camp trembled» (Exodus 19:16) and, far from desiring intimate fellowship with their new deity, «they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.»

Can you give an example of an experience where you had no reason to trust a deity (that is not the Christian god) or even believe in its existence but you decided to trust this deity because someone else said they tried it?

And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, «O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, «Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?»»

Of course, there are fundamentalist Hindus who do believe that their Deity (often they say «God») is the One.

Professor Hartshorne, who has much more to say on this matter, believes that «the Christian idea of a suffering deity» «symbolized by the Cross, together with the doctrine of the Incarnation» (C. Hartshorne: Philosophers Speak of God, p. 15 [University of Chicago Press, 1953]-RRB- may legitimately be taken as a symbolic indication of the «saving» quality in the process of things which despite the evil that appears yet makes genuine advance a possibility.

(To those who don't know, the Catholic Church has made up all sorts of stuff that isn't in the Bible so they can worship Mary as a separate deity - nowhere in the Bible does it say that Mary's mother had an immaculate conception, nor does it say that Mary remained a virgin her entire life.

Since I'm not the one who makes that judgement call, I would say that it's between you and the all knowing 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.

Besides, let's say we assume there is a system of deity (ies).

It leads me (some would say, compels me) to believe a string of truths regularly denied in circles which reject or reduce the Scripture principle: the reality of Satan; the existence of angels; the bodily resurrection and sacrificial atonement of Christ; the historical fall into sin; the deity as well as humanity of our Lord; the certainty of his coming again; and the dreadful judgment of the wicked.

The main - stream atheist does not believe in the existence of deities (most likely because, as the one responder said, for lack of evidence).

The heavenly deities whom they had informed of the mischance said it was because the lady had spoken first.

Jesus Never said he was the Son of God (According to the Quran) And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, «O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, «Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?»»

This deity and two others associated with him in the opening section, says Dr. Holtom, furnish the basis of a claim by some nineteenth and twentieth century Shinto scholars that Shinto believes in a trinitarian monotheism.

So in your answer to question one, are you saying remove «everything» which allows for no deity, or remove * everything * except your deity?

At least you say you «choose» to believe in a deity realizing there is zero evidence.