DA’WAH TO THE ATHEISTS AND DEISTS
Atheist is one
who believes that there is no God. A little philosophy inclineth men’s minds to
atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds to religion – Bacon
By night
an atheist half believes a God – Young (Webster’s, p. 118)
Deism.
1.
The
belief that God exists and created the world but thereafter assumed no control
over it or the lives of people.
2.
In
philosophy, the belief that reason is sufficient to prove the existence of God,
with the consequent rejection of revelation and authority. (Webster’s, p. 479)
Agnostic.
1.
One who
thinks it is impossible to know whether there is a God or a future life, or
anything beyond material phenomena. The name was suggested by Huxley in 1869.
2. Agnosticism. In theology, the
doctrine that God is unknown and unknowable.
3.
In philosophy,
the doctrine that a first cause and the essential nature of things are unknowable
to man.
By agnosticism,
I understand a theory of things which abstains from either affirming or denying
the existence of God; all it undertakes to affirm is that, upon existing
evidence, the being of God is unknown. – G. J. Romanes (Webster’s, p. 37)
to be continued....
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