Gods Have No Attributes Inconsistent With Blessedness and Incorruptibility

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    2. Key Citations - Nothing Is Supernatural - No Gods Over Nature

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    2. About This Subforum - Everyone Please Read! 3

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    2. Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses Positive Attributes 3

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

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

      • Godfrey
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    4. Pacatus

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    2. Are Epicurean Gods Compatible with Carl Jung's Collective Unconscious and Archetypes? 7

      • Kalosyni
      • September 5, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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    2. Hidden Brain podcast: Suggested Episodes on the Gods & Religion 7

      • Don
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    2. Prioritizing By Popularity The Arguments For Intelligent Design

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    2. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 215 22

      • Don
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    2. Pros and Cons Of Considering Epicurean Philosophy To Be A "Religion" 119

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    2. Article On Contemplation on the Gods 7

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    2. Article: The Ethical Implications of Epicurus' Theology by Stefano Mecci 15

      • Godfrey
      • September 26, 2023 at 4:22 PM
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    2. Epicurean gods and Aristotelian contemplation 7

      • Godfrey
      • September 2, 2023 at 10:56 PM
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    2. The Real Impact of Epicurus saying the celestial bodies weren't gods! 1

      • Don
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    2. Which (Epicurean) God ...? 4

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    2. Knowledge of the Gods as "Manifest" 22

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      • December 12, 2022 at 3:57 PM
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    2. For Gods There Are 6

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    4. Matt

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

      • Don
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Philodemus On Piety 33

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    4. Eikadistes

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    2. Article: "Significance of Worship and Prayer among the Epicureans" by George Depue Hadzsits 2

      • Susan Hill
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    2. Thoughts on Reverence, Awe, and Epicurean Piety 10

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      • October 28, 2020 at 9:03 PM
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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. Atheopaganism Commentary 5

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    2. Reverence and Awe In Epicurean Philosophy 164

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    2. Long and Sedley, Hellenistic Philosophers, "Gods" 25

      • Don
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    2. Applied Theology 5

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    2. From Philodemus 4

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

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    2. Other Short Fragments and Testimonia

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