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. Article: "Extraterrestrial Life May Look Nothing Like Life On Earth..." (and for our purposes, applying the article to "gods") 28

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

      • Godfrey
      • October 2, 2020 at 9:13 PM
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    2. Are Epicurean Gods Compatible with Carl Jung's Collective Unconscious and Archetypes? 7

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

      • Don
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      June 30, 2024 at 11:09 AM

    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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    4. Bryan

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    2. Epicureanism as the spiritual essence or 'religion' of an entire community 90

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

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    2. Epicurean gods and Aristotelian contemplation 7

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    4. Don

      September 3, 2023 at 9:47 AM

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

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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
      • November 15, 2020 at 10:57 AM
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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

      • Susan Hill
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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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    2. From Cicero 1

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    2. From the Pen of the Master: Epicurus 1

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    2. Epicureanism and Scientific Debates Epicurean Tradition and its Ancient Reception - New (2023) Collection of Commentaries 7

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    2. what did epicurean actually mean by free will ? i think the article on the main page is confusing determinism with fatalism 7

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    2. How Would Epicurus Analyze The Slogan "Live Free Or Die" As An Ethical Guide? 7

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