Not exact matches
In extracting «insights from sources
as varied
as Greek mythology, Catholic mysticism and fairy tales like Cinderella», Mr Rohr has followed in the steps of the
religious leaders of Jesus day, who «made the word of God invalid
because of your tradition».
Verses 5 - 8 describe more of this
religious leader's pride in the context of what his end will be: «By your great wisdom and traffick have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up
because of your riches: therefore thus says the Lord God;
because you have set your heart
as the heart of God; behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon you... they shall bring you down to the pit.»
So, the Jewish
religious leaders were cast
as the villains
because of that clash.
As we look at the life of Jesus, we can not help but notice that He spent much time with those whom the
religious and political
leaders would not associate with
because they judged «those sinners.»
Because of the tendency of the illiterate to want religion presented to him in a way which suits his imagination, we find that educated Muslims today disapprove of the innovations invented by the Sufi orders, such
as veneration of saints, seeking blessings from tombs, seeking the mediation of
religious leaders, and excessive asceticism.
Gods will is for us humans today to evolved to a level of conciousness that will prepare us for the challenges of our future survival, Scientists now predicts of hardships in the future due to over population and changes to the natural environment.and that is happening now with activists through out the world are reminding us of protecting nature.That is why we need a phsychological revolution to hasten the evolution of consciousness that will address the problems.Ideological and philosophical enlightenment had the past great minds to develop ideas and belief
because God sent them to reality in their times.Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and many other
religious leaders to teach humanity the doctrines that God willed to be appropriate and applicable in those periods of their existence, Also great philosophers in another dimension of social involvement were born to interprete and connect philosophically
as the second element of our conscience, Kant, Marx and countless of them also were born.To complete the triangular structure or dimension of our conscience is knowledge.
Rush Limbach's comments will be taken
as gospel for the Right, but they truely illustrate the reason the GOP is in turmoil... the
leaders need the
Religious Right to win, but know they are being intellectually dishonest
because their values do not match the
Religious Right, except on the abortion issue, whhich will never go away
because the GOP needs that 20 % of voters who would otherwise vote Democrat becasue the Liberal values match Christian values more closely.
At a meeting of the National Council of Churches he asked, not for any legal restriction but a «a voluntary agreement among
religious leaders of all faiths that from now on they would not resort to conversions
because the social logic of conversions is not valid now», that the promise of liberation from caste structure has not been fulfilled
as proved by the fact that it persists in all
religious communities; and any attempt to organize Hinduism
as a
religious community like others of the prophetic tradition has been a failure.
Participation could be seen
as endorsing «false teaching»
because some among the diverse group of
religious leaders at the vigil hold beliefs different from those of synod.
As for the Christians, ya okay your bible might have somehow predicted all of this 2000 + years in advanced, and maybe you were right all along, but you guys still better get cautious
because you have too many enemies in this world and your own churches /
religious leaders are so spiritually dead and corrupt that they would not survive a muslim takeover.
Because,
as every spouse knows, you always have to top last year's present, Rodong Sinmun got bold and claimed that «even foreign
religious leaders think Kim is comparable to a god.»
You might even hurt millions, or billions (and its just plain dumb luck,
as you can see from the war mongering and stupidity of «
religious» political
leaders, like McCain, et al, who have said it would be a dandy idea to nuke Iran, that the body count has been higher due to people with lots of weapons, and countries full of people, who where duped into following insane people,
because they where tired of the failure of priests to make the world better.)
As far as I can see, most of their critics were religious leaders who really didn't want anything ruled as being unlikely, simply because it would make their work of holding the NT up as God's inspired Word more difficul
As far
as I can see, most of their critics were religious leaders who really didn't want anything ruled as being unlikely, simply because it would make their work of holding the NT up as God's inspired Word more difficul
as I can see, most of their critics were
religious leaders who really didn't want anything ruled
as being unlikely, simply because it would make their work of holding the NT up as God's inspired Word more difficul
as being unlikely, simply
because it would make their work of holding the NT up
as God's inspired Word more difficul
as God's inspired Word more difficult.
If I started a secular club, and offered all the attractions that are offered at any mega-church, only without the
religious teaching and preaching, and I,
as club
leader, made sure the members knew that I expect them to pay at least 10 % of their income to the club, and I was getting very, very wealthy
as a result, I bet the vast majority of Christians who abstain from thinking badly about Benny Hinn, Jerry Falwell, Joyce Meyer, etc, would have no problem at all criticizing me, just
because I am not a servant of the Lord.
«I think he should apologise to the President
because his comments were in bad taste
as a
religious leader,» he stated.
According to him, it was not within the purview of the current government or any government to sponsor
religious leaders or Christians
as a whole on pilgrimage
because it is a deviation from the core mandate of the state.