Sentences with phrase «many folks belief»

Innumerable examples of like folk beliefs and practices may be found in any so - called advanced culture.

(While these traits may be confounded by parental attitudes, such findings are clearly inconsistent with the folk belief that cosleeping has detrimental long - term effects on psycho - social development.

New experiments indicate that the old folk beliefs are true: Singing lullabies and nursery rhymes can have a remarkable effect.

According to ancient folk belief, the grasshopper was not born but emerged directly from the earth itself.

Many folks belief that by turning to an internet dating website, you're desperate.

Her riveting story is steeped in the culture, traditions and folk beliefs of modern Guatemala.

GENERATION SHIP envisions this lived collaboration as a future closed culture with its attendant folk beliefs, ethics, and shared psychological realities on display.

Stout's work lets audiences view some of the rich traditions and cultural practices of African America through exploration of an underground system of African - derived folk beliefs as transmitted from slavery to the present.

Contrast Grandma's folk belief that dirty faces are unhealthy and needing of soap and water remediation,... with present - day Mom's concern with pesticide residues.

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After analyzing the answers, the researchers concluded that contact with other ways of doing things forces folks to make explicit and confront their own beliefs and choices.

This paper is for the one percenters — the folks who have nagging doubts in their suspension of belief because something sticks in their craw.

Many come from Wall Street and, contrary to popular belief in the startup ecosystem, many of these folks are quite entrepreneurial and almost definitionally risk takers.

Of course, doing that work is incredibly hard, but the difference is the occurrence of risk — in traditional startups, it occurs at the jump point — for service based folks, the «risk» is simply having the belief that the work you'll put in to create the equity while employed will pay off.

Folks, understand something: No core beliefs in the Catholic Church have changed or are changing.

If you complain about the folks that try and recruit your kids into their silly beliefs you'll be socially ostracized for sure.

@Ralph N, For the record, though no one forces belief in god (except parents), religious folk are endlessly trying to impose their moral beliefs on people who don't share them.

could it be because invading missionaries found it easier to convert the norse folks by telling them they had misinterrpted their beliefs, that norse beliefs was only the beginning of the story and the OT was the continuation of man.

People who are in their final stages don't need self - righteous folks like you making themselves feel better by spouting out their beliefs.

Keep it fair and at some time some folks have to own up to the fact that their non-belief system for lack of a better term is a belief system unto itself.

It is unfortunate for you folks but this country has always been based in the Christian belief.

What is your evidence for such beliefs that you have an easier trek than me or Buddhists or any other folks?

Religious folks advertise their beliefs as if everyone believes in a god.

And it's when these same folks try to use their beliefs to discriminate against others, slow scientific progress, and dictate how others run their lives that I have every right to refuse to allow it.

There are Atheist that come to the Belief Blog and have had respectful exchanges but how can you expect decent exchanges with folks that just troll to instigate?

and this doesn't preclude some religiously - inclined folks needing physical evidence to justify their belief.

Religious folks recoil at such notions because it goes against their belief that God created them alone to rule over all other creatures.

The incredibly far - fetched postings here by the self - proclaimed religious folks are likely causing far more Americans to question their «faith» and beliefs» than anything we atheists could do on our own.

Never really believed in labels, but find others of my belief or non belief lol are a bigger bunch of whiners and complainers then the religious folk.

So far, it seams folks are still focused on belief / non-belief as the issue when I really think it should be on what is the negative activity that needs to be addressed, regardless of belief status.

Facts are that the US is predominantly occupied by folks with some form of religious belief.

While there is no parallel in Christian theology, there is ample parallel in Christian folk - belief — a consecrated communion wafer worn around the neck has been thought to be the best defense against Dracula, and crosses and medals are put to similar use against modern dangers.

Additionally, it presupposes that non religious folks don't also hold a lot of unfounded beliefs — which they do in about equal measure to the religious.

He opened his lecture by affirming the Church's teaching that Catholics must live life to its natural end, a familiar and welcome belief among the folks in the audience that morning.

The abnormalities of atheistic beliefs are in today's timelines littering profusely many cherished religious societies whose fundamentalisms have been a social consistency for many good years... Even though I am distasteful of today's religions in that they are usurping the least wealthy, I see their mismanaging of financial dexterities due each religion's hierarchies needing more money for themselves than for their communal poor folks...

Folks, note that Chad's statement, «it's irrational to call belief in something irrational, if you yourself arent prepared to say that belief is incorrect» is either stupidity or just more of him being intentionally obtuse (insufficient evidence = no belief = rational position).

i love how religious folks always comment on how atheists bother getting on a belief blog and having their go rounds with the theists; hell i'm not going to lie i do it for fun.

These folk contested «civilization as we know it,» and paid for their beliefs with their lives.

The only folks left claiming any «truth» to the bible are: — people who've redefined «fervent belief» to mean «truth» — people who somehow think that archaeological evidence of biblical - era cities somehow proves a miracle - working dude existed therein

All of mankind has benefited from Science, but Dogmatic Folks weaned on Religion refuse to accept anything that threatens beliefs.

Yet it is a belief that they are right and there is no God... Its a BS, atheists are just as messed as religious folk..

With that, the conflicts I do not find with those that believe different and after coming to the Belief Blog and meeting rational and tolerant Atheist, I found that there are folks who you can hold great conversations with.

If prophecy belief defined a community of like - minded and socially similar folk, it also erected a ladder of status within the family.

i think belief in God is much like a skill - set... some folk have it, and some folk don't.

That's one of those beliefs that is ok / acceptable for those folks to not have some kind of unity over.

FACT: 99 % of religious folk are simply to afraid to go to sleep without their pacifier in their mouths, aka God belief.

To the folks who are vehemently denying this person was a Christian, I would urge you to consider this: If a person with a muslim name commits an act of terrorism, he is immediately labelled an «Islamic» terrorist, no questions asked, even though the Quran clearly states that a person who kills an innocent is like he / she has murdered then whole of humanity (the Quran mentions this in reference to murder of ANY innocent person, irrespective of the victims belief): To quote from the Quran: «On that account We ordained for the Children of Isra`il that if any one slew a person — unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land — it would be as if he slew the whole humanity: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the whole humanity.

while the most ardent adherents to nihilism might embrace the full ramifications of such belief, most folks aren't willing to follow it to its logical end: compassion is just a «feeling» but it's not real / people live & die / there is no such thing as good & evil / etc..

New generations come and then we have folks firmly ingrained in their belief that they think that they and they alone have the winning argument that the other side has never ever heard.

Likewise, Harry Smith's Smithsonian anthology belies the belief that American music was simply Stephen Foster and John Philip Sousa before there was folk, blues or jazz.

Islam is a religion of peace and most of its practicioners are peaceful folks just trying to make it through life with their families just like christians, Buddhists or other beliefs.