theistic belief
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftheisticandbelief
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theistic
adjective
uk/θiːˈɪs.tɪk/us/θiːˈɪs.tɪk/
involving or relating to belief in a god ...
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belief
noun[C or S or U]
uk/bɪˈliːf/us/bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of being certain that something exists or ...
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(Definition oftheisticandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftheistic belief
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Hence, he has no good reason for affirming thattheisticbeliefis irrational or unreasonable.
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While such arguments fall short of being logical demonstrations, they are nonetheless essential to his early parity argument for the rationality oftheisticbelief.
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An argument persuasive to the theist will need to begin by accepting thattheisticbeliefsystem and then showing some part of it deficient.
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What we are really looking at here are good types, of which the specific goods associated with the acquisition oftheisticbeliefare but tokens.
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Perhaps this is so if we are thinking of the sole grounds oftheisticbelief.
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Hence, there is a dialectical parity betweentheisticbeliefand belief in other minds.
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Rebutting defeaters againsttheisticbeliefthreaten the claim thattheisticbeliefis (or can be) rational.
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This reason applies specifically to some forms oftheisticbelief.
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And second, that the wager shorn of the idea of an infinite utility is apologetically useful in support oftheisticbelief.
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Once again, the apologetic employment of theistic arguments would be consistent with the underlying epistemology oftheisticbelief.
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The denial of the consequent will in turn be based on some alleged defeater againsttheisticbelief.
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It is hard to see what argument there is for the designplan specifying an exclusively basic mode oftheisticbeliefformation.
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It only makestheisticbeliefepistemically permissible, but this is a very weak sense of rational belief.
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For instance, take the case of the believer being deontologically rational in holdingtheisticbelief.
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Of course, much of the interest of this proposal will depend on the particular belief chosen to provide the basis of comparison withtheisticbelief.
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