Optimism is founded on the theodicy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that says all is for the best because God is a benevolent deity.
The children of Bougainville, the island that Mr. Jones locates in the vicinity of Papua New Guinea, learn to treat Pip as a mixture of deity, best friend and rock star.
If the world-soul analogy is combined with the parent-to-child analogy, then he argues that, "it is the mother, not the father, who furnishes by far the best symbol of deity.
Indra declares in chapter 90 of Devi Purana that the Matrikas are the best among all deities and should be worshipped in cities, villages, towns and shields.
For thousands of years, Indians have been debating over gods and deities, how best to represent them, whether their followers, or even the deities themselves, can be insulted, and what their true nature is.
When conducting spell or ritual work, I will use deities that best fit the goals of my work.
Moses, though he does his best to soothe the indignant deity, is contaminated by this collective faltering of faith, and is left behind on the mountain.
The Public Theater production of "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" won the Lucille Lortel Award for outstanding musical on Sunday night, while Kristoffer Diaz's "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" was named best play in the 26th annual competition recognizing Off Broadway work.
So many crimes go unpunished, it would be unjust to punish any particular one; on the other hand, so many minor crimes go punished even as murderous dictators like Franco die peacefully in their beds, it's enough to make you despair; on the other hand — when it comes to "other hands," in Marías's case it is best to visualize a Hindu deity.
Divadom is the next best thing to divinity: on the cover of her latest disc, a collection of sacred songs entitled Mysterium, Gheorghiu resembles a Hindu deity, lacking only the requisite necklace of tumescent penises.
