Sentences with phrase «using religious texts»

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I can only say that I do this when religious people use the «bible» as a historical text.

A religious text that can be used to justify everything from unselfish acts of kindness to the keeping of slaves and the mistreatment of women is worthless.

The idea that religious texts are a kind of «instruction manual» and all you have to do is just read it and the truth becomes plainly obvious used to be well outside the mainstream of religious thought.

The great irony is that some religious fundies use the Bible to keep gay people away from their «table», and feasts, using the very texts that the Bible intended to teach hospitality, to do the opposite.

These texts also cover the origin of law, whether religious laws governing prayer, religious tax, and fasting, or prohibitions against such acts as manslaughter or attacks on the chastity of a woman, and laws governing the use of property.

The Bible can't be used to verify claims any more than the Quran or the Book of Mormon, as all religious texts first require a basic belief on the part of the reader that they (the texts) are right in order to be viewed as such.

The use of numbers in ancient religious texts was usually numerological rather than numerical; that is, their symbolic value was more important than their secular value as counters.

Religion is a tool used to shape our world, and the bible and other religious texts are full of clues because they we're written by those who guard the knowledge.

Alcoholics Anonymous, being «spiritual, not religious,» doesn't use the Bible at all; rather it uses another sacred text, the inspired Word of God as expressed through Bill Wilson, the Big Book... Unlike the Oxford Group, which claimed salvation and redemption by Jesus through the Oxford Group, AA proclaims «recovery» by one s «Higher Power» through the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (Ken Ragge, The Real AA: Behind the Myth of 12 - Step Recovery [AZ: Sharp Press, 1998], pp. 82 - 83).

Einstein also used the word God, but it was more to describe the beauty of universe rather than a magician as said in most religious text.

Too often, self - righteous religious leaders use their power to promote actions that go against the core values of their religion and religious texts.

Instead of telling people that their interpretation is wrong, you can remind them that other religious texts have been used in the past to justify atudes and laws that are recognized today as morally wrong and unjust — such as discrimination against women, people of color and religious minorities.

In this case, the Jewish rabbinic tradition constructed a categorical and non-falsifiable religious law that these texts about the Canaanites could be used only in just wars or in self - defense.

Korn's larger lesson is that every religious text that seems morally problematic must be evaluated by the way it has been interpreted in the religious community that uses that text.

if were only going to use the KJV why stop at greek, or latin why not only read the original texts which were written in Coptic the simple fact is not a single one of us, including our highest religious leaders, other then about 30 ancient language specialist in the world have ever read an original scripture.

The folks in Pakastan need to take their noses out of the Koran and all religious texts and use their brains.

And an admittedly hurried examination of several texts intended for use in courses of instruction before confirmation or in «religious studies» in schools for adolescents has made it plain that this whole set of ideas is either entirely absent or is so «muted» (to put it so) that it plays no really significant part in what children or confirmands learn as they are introduced to the Christian faith and its theological implications.

Using secondhand accounts, without a full text of the original speech, Biskupic reported that Scalia «delivered an ardent defense of religious beliefs against the assaults of secular society.»

An example of the complexity of the problem can be found in the content of many of the religious education text books used in our Catholic schools.

While radical Muslim groups like ISIS use ancient religious texts to support their horrific deeds, others violate historical and scriptural witness to promote a more appealing version of Muhammad.

And I freely admit I sometimes use too many extraneous, space - consuming, overly - descriptive, qualifying, words or sentences written quickly and in a stream - of - conscientiousness, run - on sort of fashion with occasional typos mostly due to fatigue of being up way too late (which also explains this post in general) after a long day of political discussion which refreshingly had little religious content though of course there is often much overlap between the two but posting is barely a hobby but more of an occasional passtime so now i wonder if what I write could be considered abuse as I've can't really recall seeing much if any sorrt of «text filibustering» not that this is exactly filibustering more a spontaneous text performance response joke and meant in jest to be absurdly long and useless so of course i hope you appreciate the spirit.

The use of religious texts to underpin the messages was found to be fundamental.

Ancient texts relieve about the extensive use of lavender oil for healing, perfumes, bathing, cooking and religious purposes for about 2500 years.

I did turn to religious texts first, when I was trying to find words to use in the choral parts of the score.

Text books used alongside: OCR Religious Studies - Ina Taylor et al..

questions to use as a starter / plenary what is the difference between murder and manslaughter arguments for and against Capital Punishment, The UN and Amnesty and what they have to say on the subject several examples of wrongful convictions Religious Texts relating to Capital Punishment are «in the pipe line»

«There is an increasing focus on the good use of sacred texts in GCSE Religious Studies with a higher expectation that students will understand the references they are drawing on when they write in their exams,» he explained.

(From Heat Waves in a Swamp or... «the healthy glamour of everyday life», Texts by Robert Gober, assisted by Becky Kinder) Reanalysis of Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night shows more fully how Burchfield used his newly developed symbolic pictographs to illustrate not only his childhood fears but also his adult distaste for religious zealotry, provoked by a Presbyterian Sunday school teacher, his evangelical grandfather, and the example of his late, unreligious father

«Through the use of water, a natural element with mystical associations in literary text and an integral part of the cycle of natural life, it brings a changing of atmosphere that may awaken unique, individual feelings within us like a religious experience.

There are many other passages in religious texts that are used to further clarify and support the role of husbands and wives, but not all are included in wedding vows.