We should worship as though the deity were present. From LearnThat.org. [Confucius (c. 551-c. 479 BC).]
Without doubt the term deity was deliberately chosen, for it does not exclude a heathen interpretation. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
This "deity" is popular among the drug using and selling people. From Wordnik.com. [Superstition] Reference
Your other question of the deity is a metaphysical one and is based on faith. From Wordnik.com. [Child Abuse Alert] Reference
I've seen them calling the deity filthy names also. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Back in Ireland, the euhemerised deity is commemorated on 1 February. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
If you believe that a deity is responsible for your morals, that's fine with me. From Wordnik.com. [Child Abuse Alert] Reference
Any suspension of disbelief about the high-flying white-robed deity is extinguished. From Wordnik.com. [Isaac Julien's angel of Morecambe] Reference
I would like to take a moment to give thanks to whatever many-tentacled deity is listening. From Wordnik.com. [thank heavens] Reference
Apollo, on the other hand, is an Asian deity from the Asian shaman cults, imported from Siberia. From Wordnik.com. [American Chronicle] Reference
Basically, between Gog, Magog, Persia, and legions of squealing teenagers, even an omnipotent deity is woefully outmatched. From Wordnik.com. [Their minions are legion.] Reference
But the first and most serious care of Julian was to deliver his oppressed deity from the odious presence of the dead and living. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
I've seen people calling the deity filthy names, also. From Wordnik.com. [India's Mentally Ill Turn To Faith, Not Medicine] Reference
Whether their deity was the Perun of the ancient Russians or the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
Perhaps, devotion to a deity is the source of greater supremacy. From Wordnik.com. [Might] Reference
Another deity was the spirit of Jhora Naik, who was a Muhammadan. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala] Reference
To call a deity "Sky-father" is to label him as a mere abstraction. From Wordnik.com. [Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India] Reference
Spencer teaches that the deity was a development out of ancestral spirits. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
Anything that has the powers of a deity is a deity, whether it likes it or not. From Wordnik.com. [News Links] Reference
The influence of our great national deity, which is Mrs. Grundy, is apparent still. From Wordnik.com. [Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles] Reference
Communicating for the purpose of inducing belief in a deity is another way of saying. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
In short, the notion of deity, not indeed as a unit, but as a collective idea, begins to dawn in. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
The deity, that is to say, is the species; and the species, and no individual specimen thereof, is the deity. From Wordnik.com. [The Idea of God in Early Religions] Reference
I do not believe that the existence of a deity is a necessary hypothesis to explain anything about the universe. From Wordnik.com. [Your Creation Museum Report « Whatever] Reference
My stance is that I find no good evidence to support a belief in any deity, which is, to me, much more reasonable. From Wordnik.com. [James Randi Educational Foundation] Reference
Their deity was a substance which they designated as fire, but which, it must be admitted, differed greatly from fire as an element. From Wordnik.com. [Atheism in Pagan Antiquity] Reference
The Romans thus broke up the idea of deity by hypostasizing particular powers, modes of operation, physical functions, and properties. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
On good days, the deity is a rabbit's foot who doles out luck and small miracles, such as sunny weather at the beach or a raise at work. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
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