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Dictionary » D » Devout DevoutDevout 1. Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious. A devout man, and one that feared god. (acts x. 2) We must be constant and devout in the worship of god. (Rogers) 2. Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture. 3. Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare. The devout, devoutly religious persons, those who are sincerely pious. Synonym: holy, pure, religious, prayerful, pious, earnest, reverent, solemn, sincere. Origin: oe. Devot, devout, f. Devot, from L. Devotus devoted, p. P. Of devovere. See devote.
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Results from our forumWhy The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science... you HAD to be in his day and age where he lived... if you wanted to stay alive. Try publishing something in the 15- and 1600s without being a devout Catholic. Not a chance. To say that you can only advance science by full-on believing something that is, for lack of evidence, false is a totally ...
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HIstory ...... creation, the divine will. [Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf Vol. 2 Chapter 10] In the ranks of the movement [National Socialist movement], the most devout Protestant could sit beside the most devout Catholic, without coming into the slightest conflict with his religious convictions. The mighty common ...
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God vs Evolution... true? It is a tad ignorant to write off religious belief as the sole work of parental figures. My family sincerely lacked faith, and yet I am very devout. I came to my faith through my own investigation, after I took a good, long hard look at the evidence and realized that the evidence really does ...
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FACT... wrong context. What context are you referring to? I'm not disputing any facts regarding evolution, merely stating that at that time Darwin was a devout Christian.
See entire post FACT... but it was already too late for that, scientist are studying about this theory.. too bad... Darwin, at the time he wrote his famous books, was a devout Anglican; his later conversion to atheism had more to do with the death of his daughter than with evolution. In Origin of Species , he so often ...
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