Gods Have No Attributes Inconsistent With Blessedness and Incorruptibility
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About This Subforum - Everyone Please Read! 3
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Key Citations - Nothing Is Supernatural - No Gods Over Nature
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A Discussion of Epicurean Concepts of Divinity
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The Argument In Favor of a Supernatural God Based On Alleged Issues With Concept of Infinity
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An Exchange involving the Ontological Argument For The Existence of a Supernatural God
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July 6, 2018 at 6:19 AM
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A Great Summary With References Of The Epicurean Affirmation Of The Existence of "Gods" 1
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July 7, 2018 at 6:50 AM
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The Epicurean Gods As A Standard To Which To Aspire 6
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Are The Gods Part of Orienting Our Minds Toward What Is Important? 1
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A Question About Epicurean Gods
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More Thoughts on The "Idealism vs Realism" Question About the Epicurean "Gods" 4
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Realism matters 4
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Notes On Non-Religious-Based Objections To Darwin And Their Relation to "Evolution" Sections of Lucretius 3
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Atheopaganism Commentary 5
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Declaration Of Rights Of Epicureans To Freedom of Religion - Cassius' Declaration of August 20, 2021 9
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Knowledge of the Gods as "Manifest" 22
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Pros and Cons Of Considering Epicurean Philosophy To Be A "Religion" 119
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Prioritizing By Popularity The Arguments For Intelligent Design
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May 20, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Article: "Extraterrestrial Life May Look Nothing Like Life On Earth..." (and for our purposes, applying the article to "gods") 31
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Long and Sedley, Hellenistic Philosophers, "Gods" 25
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Philodemus On Piety 36
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"Lucretius on the Divine" - Dr. Christopher Eckerman 14
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 215 22
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The Real Impact of Epicurus saying the celestial bodies weren't gods! 1
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Hidden Brain podcast: Suggested Episodes on the Gods & Religion 7
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Epicurus, gods and God 57
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"The Polytheism of the Epicureans" by Paul T. M. Jackson 13
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Notes on "Epicurus and His Gods" by A.J. Festugiere 4
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Thoughts on Reverence, Awe, and Epicurean Piety 10
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Epicurean gods and Aristotelian contemplation 7
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Philodemus' "On Anger" - General - Texts and Resources 20
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Mocking Epithets 3
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Best Lucretius translation? 12
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The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4
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New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"
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June 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM - Epicurus vs Abraham (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
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