Category: Nature of the Gods
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Thoughts On The Nature of “Gods” – 10/10/2017
I am one of the ones who takes Epicurus literally: (1) that there exists life throughout the universe; (2) that some of those forms of life are “higher” than ours;...
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Lucretius: Proving That The Standard Definition of Gods Is Wrong By Appealing to the True Epicurean Gods
As we parse true and false definitions of “god” in the Epicurean context, there is a very explicit section near the end of Book 2 of “On The Nature of...
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Peace and Safety For Your Twentieth of July: “[T]he ideas of the Deity in the minds of vulgar worshipers in general are, and ever will be, false, erroneous, and idolatrous….”
Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be! Here are three parallel observations on the nature of religion: First believe that God is a...
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Toward A “Jefferson Dictionary” of Epicurean Terminology
In his letter to William Short, Thomas Jefferson left us a useful outline of major points of Epicurean doctrine. I have long admired that list, and now that recent studies...
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Mysticism, The Gods, And the Epicurean Rules of Evidence
I was asked this weekend in a private email about the extent that Epicureanism could be thought of as having a “mystic” element. There are several citations in Norman DeWitt’s...
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It All Comes Down To This. Take Your Stand, And Know Why You Take It.
Genesis 1: In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth. Koran 2.29: How can you deny Allah and you were without life, and He gave you life?...
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A Short Imaginary Exchange With An Epicurean Many Years Ago
Imaginary Person 1: “I do believe there is a God, but I don’t really believe all that is written and I have to say it scares me to even say...
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Proud to Be Apikoros!
Here’s a new post from Forward- The Jewish Daily, entitled: How Are We Getting Epicurious? It’s a brief read and informative for those who are not aware of the Jewish...
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Doctrine 24: The Master Instrument of the Architect of Human Happiness
A recent discussion on the nature of the gods recalls to my mind the importance of one of the Authorized Doctrines that is least famous, but which can hardly be...
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If The Road To Damascus Causes You Concern, Consider A Hill Named Cumorah
Epicurus taught us that if we fail to study Nature with sufficient diligence, and if continue to harbor doubts that what the false religions say about the gods may be...