Gods Have No Attributes Inconsistent With Blessedness and Incorruptibility

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    2. About This Subforum - Everyone Please Read! 3

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      • October 28, 2020 at 7:24 AM
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    2. Key Citations - Nothing Is Supernatural - No Gods Over Nature

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    2. "Lucretius on the Divine" - Dr. Christopher Eckerman 14

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    2. "The Polytheism of the Epicureans" by Paul T. M. Jackson 13

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    2. A Discussion of Epicurean Concepts of Divinity

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    2. A Great Summary With References Of The Epicurean Affirmation Of The Existence of "Gods" 1

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    2. A Question About Epicurean Gods

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      • November 1, 2018 at 8:52 AM
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    2. An Exchange involving the Ontological Argument For The Existence of a Supernatural God

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    2. Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses Positive Attributes 3

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    2. Applied Theology 5

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      • November 3, 2020 at 7:33 AM
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    2. Are Epicurean Gods Compatible with Carl Jung's Collective Unconscious and Archetypes? 7

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    2. Are The Gods Part of Orienting Our Minds Toward What Is Important? 1

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      • July 24, 2018 at 11:37 AM
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      July 24, 2018 at 11:37 AM

    2. Article On Contemplation on the Gods 7

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    2. Article: "Extraterrestrial Life May Look Nothing Like Life On Earth..." (and for our purposes, applying the article to "gods") 31

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      • December 13, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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    2. Article: "Significance of Worship and Prayer among the Epicureans" by George Depue Hadzsits 2

      • Susan Hill
      • November 15, 2020 at 10:57 AM
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    2. Article: The Ethical Implications of Epicurus' Theology by Stefano Mecci 15

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    2. Atheopaganism Commentary 5

      • Cassius
      • January 12, 2021 at 6:59 AM
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    2. Declaration Of Rights Of Epicureans To Freedom of Religion - Cassius' Declaration of August 20, 2021 9

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    2. Epicurean gods and Aristotelian contemplation 7

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    2. Epicureanism as the spiritual essence or 'religion' of an entire community 111

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    2. Epicurus, gods and God 57

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    2. For Gods There Are 6

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    2. From Cicero 1

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      • October 28, 2020 at 10:28 AM
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    2. From Philodemus 4

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    2. From the Pen of the Master: Epicurus 1

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    2. Hesiod’s Theogony 1

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    2. Hidden Brain podcast: Suggested Episodes on the Gods & Religion 7

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    2. Introductory Video on Epicurean Gods and the Three Responses 13

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    2. Isonomy 13

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    2. Knowledge of the Gods as "Manifest" 22

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