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   Targets of Westboro Baptist Church

   A WBC website says of the September 11, 2001 attacks: ... The site contends that Ronald Reagan is in hell because he knew "the truth about God and fags", but failed to hold a stance against homosexuality after Reagan's friend, actor Rock Hudson, contracted AIDS and died from the disease.
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   The nature of God in Western theology

   We said that God exists eternally, and that "eternal" has two different interpretations, meaning either existing timelessly or existing at all times. ... But then we might also use "spiritual anthropomorphism about God," meaning that God has a mind something like a human's.
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   Trinity

   The Confession of the Council of Nicaea said little about the Holy Spirit. ... Trinitarians affirm that God is a simple, not an aggregate, being.
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   The God Delusion

   Over the charge that his book is only likely to be read by atheists and is unlikely to convince anyone to change his or her mind, Dawkins says that many people are secretly interested in atheism but are worried about admitting to this and discussing it. ... Even agnostics, who claim to have no opinion on God, may be persuaded that their position is an untenable waffle."
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   Adam–God theory

   He said, "I could tell you much more about this; but were I to tell you the whole truth, blasphemy would be nothing to it, in the estimation of the superstitious and overrighteous mankind.... ... But the Gospel tells us that we are the sons and daughters of that God who we serve.
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   Creation myth

   The Buddha regarding the origin of life has said "Conjecture about [the origin, etc., of] the world is an unconjecturable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it."AN IV.77, and in regard to ignoring the question of the origin of life the Buddha has said "And why are they undeclared by me? ... They were instructed to create a Temple of the Sun in the spot where the staff sank into the earth, they traveled to Cusco via underground caves, and built a temple in honor of the sun god Inti, their father.
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   Existence of God

   One cannot be said to "know" something just because one believes it. ... The moral argument argues that the existence of objective morality depends on the existence of God.
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   Pope Benedict XVI

   In his personal explanation and summary of the encyclical, he stated: "If friendship with God becomes for us something ever more important and decisive, then we will begin to love those whom God loves and who are in need of us. ... Continuing what he said in the pre-conclave Mass about what he has often referred to as the "central problem of our faith today", on 6 June 2005 Pope Benedict also said:
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   Mormonism and Christianity

   In LDS belief, revelation is something that is experienced at all levels: from the prophet to the lay member; each member may receive revelation for many personal decisions, for guiding their children, and for their own responsibilities while serving in the church. ... Although Mormons may use water–-and lots of it–-and while they may say "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," their teaching about the nature of God is substantially different from that of orthodox, creedal Christianity.
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    Riba

    It further states that whoever accepts guidance of God must immediately stop dealing in Riba, and those who return to Riba after God’s guidance has reached are dwellers of fire, because God destroys “Riba” and he will reward those who give to charity. ... Therefore, Mohammad said: “God has judged that there shall be no riba” [Last Sermon].

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Targets of Westboro Baptist Church,
• The nature of God in Western theology,
• Trinity,
• The God Delusion,
• Adam–God theory,
• Creation myth,
• Existence of God,
• Pope Benedict XVI,
• Mormonism and Christianity,
• Riba