So you're not just glorifying God and avoiding indelicate images and harassing everyone with Jesus, you're keeping the Kingdom dollars in the Kingdom and inviting a few people in!
In his poetic description of the sun god, Ikhnaton avoids both the separation of God from the world that will characterize traditional theism and the identification of God with the world that will characterize pantheism (Hartshorne 1953 , 29 30.
If they say nice things about God, or avoid saying nasty things about God, they may end up with a Templeton gong.
According to the Catechism, the last virtue, charity, can be met only if Catholics refrain from indifference or ingratitude toward God, and avoid spiritual laziness and a hatred of God stemming from pride.
May I claim a belief in God to avoid damage to my credibility and business?
Tony Blair, a devout Christian operating under Alastair Campbell's edict that "we don't do God", also avoided talking about his faith while in office.
Michelangelo (1511) For its first 1,200 years, Christianity followed the line in John's gospel that stated, "No one has ever seen God" and avoided portraying him.
As it happens, the Rationalist can resist the temptation to invoke God, and avoid the dead-end to which it leads.
The first virtue, faith, instructs Catholics to believe in God and avoid heresy, apostasy, and schism.
Thus, God could avoid creating such circumstances, thereby weakly actualizing a world with only moral good.
