Can you believe in God but not Jesus?

Unitarian Christology can be divided according to whether or not Jesus is believed to have had a pre-human existence. Both forms maintain that God is one being and one "person" and that Jesus is the (or a) Son of God, but generally not God himself.
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What is it when you believe in God but not the Bible?

An agnostic theist believes in the existence of one or more gods, but regards the basis of this proposition as unknown or inherently unknowable.
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What is it called when you don't believe in Jesus?

2 The literal definition of “atheist” is “a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods,” according to Merriam-Webster. And the vast majority of U.S. atheists fit this description: 81% say they do not believe in God or a higher power or in a spiritual force of any kind.
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What is it called when you believe in God but not?

Definition of agnostic

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god.
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Which religions do not believe in God?

Atheism. Atheism describes a state of having no theistic beliefs; that is, no beliefs in gods or supernatural beings.
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Can you still believe in God and not go to church?

Most people who stop attending church services still believe in God, according to new research commissioned by the Church of Scotland. Many who no longer attend church choose to express their faith in new ways, said Scotland's national Church.
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Are there Christians who don't believe in Jesus?

The largest nontrinitarian Christian denominations are The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Oneness Pentecostals, Jehovah's Witnesses, La Luz del Mundo, and the Iglesia ni Cristo.
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Do atheists believe in afterlife?

Many religions claim there is a downside to the afterlife, notably Hell in the Christian religion. Atheists do not accept that there is an afterlife so do not have a future in it to fear.
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Who believes in God is called?

A theist is the opposite of an atheist. Theists believe in the existence of a god or gods. Like a theist, a deist believes in God.
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What is it called when you hate God?

Misotheism is the "hatred of God" or "hatred of the gods" (from the Greek adjective misotheos (μισόθεος) "hating the gods" or "God-hating" – a compound of, μῖσος, "hatred" and, θεός, "god").
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Who Wrote the Bible?

Even after nearly 2,000 years of its existence, and centuries of investigation by biblical scholars, we still don't know with certainty who wrote its various texts, when they were written or under what circumstances.
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What happens if you believe in God but not religion?

While the Nones include agnostics and atheists, most people in this category retain a belief in God or some higher power. Many describe themselves as “spiritual but not religious,” or “SBNR,” as researchers refer to them.
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Is there only one God?

There is one God in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit. All three are separate, distinct and possessing specific roles while at the same time one God. This moves the sacrifice of Jesus away from a criminal dying on a cross to God sacrificing himself for humanity.
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What is the female gender of God?

At other times no gender is implied. Human beings are biologically male and female, but not God, because the divine does not have a body. The application of masculine and feminine gender to the divine is simply metaphorical and grammatical. God is spirit who is both male and female and neither.
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Do atheists celebrate Christmas?

For atheists, holiday celebrations can range from nonexistent to the full family affair. Some folks have started celebrating “Newtonmas,” named in honor of English scientist Isaac Newton, who was born December 25 by the Julian calendar in use in England at the time.
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Is heaven a real place?

It is not something that exists eternally but rather part of creation. The first line of the Bible states that heaven is created along with the creation of the earth (Genesis 1). It is primarily God's dwelling place in the biblical tradition: a parallel realm where everything operates according to God's will.
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Is it painful when the soul leaves the body?

He said, “When the soul leaves the body, it can take a long time or it can happen very quickly. No matter how, it is painful. It is painful for the one who is dying, and it is painful for those who are left behind. The separation of the soul from the body, that is the ending of life.
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Why do we believe in Jesus?

His divine mission was to effect the Atonement, which was to break the bands of death and enable us to receive immortality and eternal life. “The living Lord's divine mission still continues. One day we will stand before Him in judgment. … “We revere the name of Jesus Christ.
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How do you get into heaven?

You enter heaven by forgiveness and through the righteousness that Jesus gives you. You do not enter into heaven by the Christian life. It's always true that where faith is birthed, works will follow, but salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
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Who will go to heaven according to the Bible?

Jesus states in Matthew 7:21-23: “Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of Heaven”, yet there are some who teach salvation by “faith only”, i.e. as long as someone believes, he/she will be saved.
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Who is God God?

God is one.

The human and divine nature of Christ is one. All of God's attributes are one. They are not aspects or characteristics of him, but God is One, Almighty, Wisdom, Love, and more. (This is sometimes called “divine simplicity,” meaning that God and his attributes are perfect, whole, and unified.)
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Who was the ugliest God?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Who is the Holy Spirit?

For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and is Almighty God. As such he is personal and also fully God, co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father and Son of God.
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Do all religions lead to God?

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed – a righteousness that is by faith from first to last…” (Romans 1:16-17, NIV). In some way, all religions and philosophies lead to God. But only Christ leads us to right-standing with God and a relationship with him.
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