Sentences with phrase «about religious texts»

To put things in context, Bell followed that quote up by expressing his disappointment when communities of faith discourage people from asking questions about religious texts or beliefs.

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She may not have been indoctrinated / brainwashed by someone within her household, but she didn't form these beliefs about Christianity in a vacuum where no one around her was attempting to convince her to believe, and she was just studying various religious texts until she happened on the bible and other apologetics.

maxi, Yes atheists lack a reason to believe in your sky - fairy and the creationist pseudo-science that attempts to muddy the water about the real science that disproves the foundation of your religious texts.

In light of my series this past week about the Bible, in which I said that the Bible is the most violent religious text in the world, someone sent this picture to me.

Health and sex education and home economics texts and curricula avoid any discussion of religious ways of thinking about sexuality, marriage, abortion and homosexuality.

On the matter of self and fulfillment, John Boswell, a Yale historian who has written some of the major texts employed by homosexual activists, asserts, «Not only is homosexual eroticism the oldest and most persistent strand in the Christian theology of romantic love, but Christian religious life was the most prominent gay life - style in Western Europe from the early Middle Ages to the Reformation, about two - thirds of the period since Europe became Christian.»

There are a great number of other stories about the world in many other religious texts.

He must, for instance, make up his mind about what is «true» in the Biblical text, and what is only «temporary» — i.e. to be interpreted in the light of the world view or the religious environment of the age.

My point about the bible is that I don't necessarily think that it is MORE important than all other religious / spiritual texts.

Many times, when people of faith are challenged about their anti-gay views, they cite biblical verses or other religious texts as a safe haven when they are unable to articulate why they hold prejudiced atudes toward LGBT people.

When the text thus interprets its interpreter, it does so not through re-engaging belief in ancient religious categories but by raising questions about the would - be interpreter's existence — his estrangement from himself and others, his experienced «fulfillment gap» between what he is and what be could be.

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.

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.

Now would you dare publish one similar article on any other religious text so we can have a «healthy» discussion about it?

Or, perhaps more importantly, what do the two texts reveal about the differences between liberal religious discourse and conservative religious discourse?

Home births, which women choose for a variety of religious, cultural and financial reasons, account for about 1 percent of deliveries in the United States, or about 40,000 births a year (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text).

Texts Cruddas and Rutherford's NS review of Richard Reeves and Philip Collins's The Liberal Republic; «No turning back», by Neal Lawson (NS, 5 March 2009); Bunting has written sympathetically about another communitarian philosopher, Michael Sandel, who, in his 2009 Reith Lectures, called for religious ideas to be given greater prominence to counter the amoralism of the market.

She was not surprised to learn that evangelical scientists (59 %) are similar to their non-evangelical peers (67 %) in saying they are much more likely to consult a scientific source about a science - related question than a religious text or a religious leader (6 % for evangelical scientists, 4 % for non-evangelical scientists).

For instance, she noted, evangelicals «were more than twice as likely as the rest of the sample to say that they would turn to a religious leader or text if they have a question about science.»

Most agreed that texting during a religious service or while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance was wrong, but more than 22 percent texted during services and about 11 percent said they texted during the pledge.

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

LANGUAGE 10 - About 60 F - words and its derivatives, 1 F - word written in a text message, 1 obscene hand gesture, 5 sexual references, 18 scatological terms, 12 anatomical terms, 15 mild obscenities, name - calling (stupid, dumb, retarded stepchild, idiot, playboy, deadbeat), exclamations (keep your mouth shut, jeez), 5 religious profanities (GD), 15 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Holy [scatological term deleted], Oh God, God Forbid, Jesus, Lord Almighty, Gold Almighty).

The new e-readers will come with a copy of the Bible already loaded, reports The Telegraph, while guests also have the option of downloading other religious texts, provided they don't cost more than # 5 (about US$ 7.80).

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