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What percent of philosophers are atheist?
Gary Gutting: A recent survey by PhilPapers, the online philosophy index, says that 62 percent of philosophers are atheists (with another 11 percent “inclined” to the view).
What philosophers did not believe in God?
Most histories of atheism choose the Greek and Roman philosophers Epicurus, Democritus, and Lucretius as the first atheist writers. While these writers certainly changed the idea of God, they didn’t entirely deny that gods could exist.
How did Aristotle define God?
Aristotle conceived of God as outside of the world, as the final cause of all motion in Nature, as Prime Mover and Unmoved Mover of the universe. He was the crowning objective of all dynamic development in the cosmos from matter to form and from potentiality to actuality.
What does the Bible say about philosophers?
Bible Verses About Philosophy. Bible verses related to Philosophy from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance. – Sort By Book Order. Colossians 2:8 – Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Which philosophers believed in God?
The easiest way to answer this question in the affirmative is to point out the philosophers who do believe in God. Many historical philosophers ranging from Kant to Kierkegaard, Anselm to Anscombe, Hegel to Husserl, have been theists, but I’ll focus on living philosophers.
Who is the god of philosophers?
The ‘God’ of ancient philosophy, the philosophical invention of Plato, Aristotle and Plotinus, is the ‘God’ that Christian theology adopted. The God of the ancient philosophers is an abstract object; he has all the reality of the square root of 16.
Why do theists believe in God?
When a person believe that God exists, they are a “theist,” that is to say, they believe that there is a higher power who either created us or has the ability to greatly affect our lives. Atheists believe that there is no higher being.