A modern explanation of the terms "theist", "atheist" and "agnostic"

[davewhite04]

It also appears again in other verses. I forget the actual quotes but the implications are , get rid of your programming, and get rid of your wrong other stuff.

Get rid of anything that affects the inner child.

 

[James R]

Science may switch off the God gene for some...

Or switch on the critical thinking gene.

 

[davewhite04]

Or switch on the critical thinking gene.

Probably right James.

 

[kx000]

Humans need no god to have an aim, either in life or in the hereafter.

I don’t see why not

 

[kx000]

Lordy, someone yearns to be led by a nose ring!

Mankind chooses their own destiny.

Is that a threat?

 

[DaveC426913]

Is that a threat?

What??

 

[kx000]

What??

Delete

 

[sculptor]

Or switch on the critical thinking gene.

soren kierkegaard wrote that Abraham was the father of faith because he turned off critical thinking.

 

[Wizard of Whatever]

soren kierkegaard wrote that Abraham was the father of faith because he turned off critical thinking.

If he only understood what the Ram in/and the thicket really meant and where it came from.

 

[sculptor]

If he only understood what the Ram in/and the thicket really meant and where it came from.

explain please

 

[Wizard of Whatever]

explain please

I see it meaning to sacrifice the mind and the lower emotions, and not the child SELF. I also believe it comes from the mythos of the Shepard King.

 

[ThazzarBaal]

Theists believe in a deity
Atheists believe in one less deity
Agnostics are unable to take a stand for either position

The difference between a theist and atheist is only space, and while agnostics sit on the fences of uncertainty, they tend to boast as having a more reasonable position, given they fail to acknowledge the validity of a theistic thought process.

The term "Deity" is compatible to Dr. Frankensteins greatest creation.

Rock 'n' roll ain't no riddle, man

 

[ThazzarBaal]

It's alive!!!!
It's alive!!!!

 

[Wizard of Whatever]

Get rid of anything that affects the inner child.

This also appears in the story of the ram in the thicket as a sacrifice to preserve the inner child.

 

[davewhite04]

This also appears in the story of the ram in the thicket as a sacrifice to preserve the inner child.

Nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9.

 

[Wizard of Whatever]

Where would esoteric and secret societies fit in the three categories.

 

[Sarkus]

Where would esoteric and secret societies fit in the three categories.

It doesn't matter about whether the society you're a part of is esoteric and/or secret. It only matters what one believes regarding god (exists or not, etc), and about what your view is regarding knowledge of god.