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“I don't know” is to “agnostic” as “I don't care” is to what adjective?
Atheists reject that God exists and agnostics do not know if God exists. What is the word for people who do not care if God exists? Does some word moonlight for that or is there a specific term (apart ...
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Words based on the names of gods [closed]
While the word christen means "to baptise" or "to make Christian", in another sense, it has shed its religious connotations to simply mean "to name" or even "use for the first time". Is there any ...
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Is there an expression that sums up “improperly conflating two ideas that are really separate issues”? [closed]
I'm intrigued by a local sign-holder who was improperly labeled "atheist" for carrying a sign that asserted that there was no after-life for a person's consciousness. The person expressed a belief in ...
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Belief in god but not in religion
What do we call a person who believes in god but not in a particular religion?
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Opposite of “miracle”?
Are there any English words that mean "an unlikely calamity" in that same way that "miracle" can mean "an unlikely beneficial event"? My thesaurus only provides antonyms of "miracle" that mean "a ...
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Is there a word to describe a state of not identifying with any common explanation of God?
I am trying to describe one who is neither agnostic nor atheist but does not accept any religious order as his own.
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A single verb meaning to declare God free of evil and imperfection [closed]
Can anybody provide a single verb that means to declare God free from all evil and imperfection?
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What is the style of writing used in the Summa Theologica called?
St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica has a very distinctive and consistent style. It seems as though his style of writing starts with a proposition and then lists some objections, then a reply, then a ...
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Word for collection of religion's essential writings
I'm looking for a single word to describe the collection of all letters, scriptures and books specific to a religion, something like teachings but with a stronger emphasis on the written aspect.
