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Charles "Pappy" Thomas's avatar

You wrote "denial" I wrote there are those who "insists there is no God". There's an important semantic difference. But I'll bow out now because of the futility of arguing for or against a belief system. Fair winds.

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SUSAN AUYANG's avatar

What's the difference between denial and "insists there is no God"?

A belief system grounded in faith. This is all we humans have right now as we journey inward in the search of the Creator. The life of Jesus as a human was also to demonstrate the belief in God based entirely on faith.

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Charles "Pappy" Thomas's avatar

The difference is basically one of viewpoint. Denial, definitionally, means a refusal to admit the truth or reality of something. It implies that, in our discussion, God is real and some people refuse to accept that. Hence, they are deniers.

On the other hand, someone who insists there is no God is not in denial as they accept as true that there is no God.

If your viewpoint is there is a God, then the two parties look exactly the same in practice but they are not.

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SUSAN AUYANG's avatar

By "insisting" that one's truth is the truth, it is equivalent to denying the truth.

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