Their defense of tolerance contributed especially to the recognition of the evident contradiction between the theological self-conception of Christianity as a religion of love of God and neighbour and the inhumanity practiced by the churches in the persecution of dissenters.
The new semiotic conception is detailed in the chapter of The Problem of Christianity entitled "Perception, Conception and Interpretation".
One author writes: Logical atheism holds that the various conceptions of gods, such as the personal god of Christianity, are ascribed logically inconsistent qualities.
Her philosophy became a kind of Christianity, without the Resurrection and Immaculate Conception.
Theologians relate John to the "Christus Victor" conception of Atonement, which dates back to Christianity's early days, and according to which Christ died on the Cross knowing that his Resurrection would redeem mankind.
To say Jesus and Satan were brothers, Mr. Gordon said, is like saying, "Do you know you're related to Adolf Hitler because we're all part of the same family of man?" One of the most basic differences between Mormonism and traditional Christianity is the conception of God.
Clothe your conception of God, if you like, in Christianity or any other religion, but leave plenty of room for ambiguity.
The attacks made against pre-Enlightenment "magical thinking", and the mystical elements of Christianity, were given their foundation with Boyle's mechanical conception of the Universe.
Instead, in the work of such philosophers as Richard Swinburne, Alvin Plantinga, and William Alston, philosophy of religion was deployed in defense of the cogency of a standard form of western monotheism, in the service of a conception of "God" that was patriarchal, and in the vested interests of staunchly traditional forms of Christianity.
