Sentences with phrase «against belief which»
So it is not a simple lack but an active decision against belief which is why it is considered a religion.
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
«The SEC alleges that one of the world's largest hedge funds, Paulson & Co., paid Goldman Sachs to structure a transaction in which Paulson & Co. could take short positions against mortgage securities chosen by Paulson & Co. based on a belief that the securities would experience credit events.»
The utilitarian belief that «human goods can be measured against each other by means of some quantitative scale is the belief that human goods can be assessed in a way analogous to that by which commodities have a monetary value.
Chick - fil - a espouses to Christian beliefs which doesn't discriminate against Gays, but sees the Gay activity as sinful per multiple Biblical references.
State sanctioned rights must not be influenced by religious beliefs and a company which uses consumer money to donate to causes that continue to oppress and discriminate against those we «love» should be exposed.
For the religous faithful, how, regardless of which religion you subscribe to, lambast those who go against your beliefs?
They kept arguing against non-Calvinistic beliefs which I, as a non-Calvinist, did not believe!
This context inspired a new protest, one that we call «pietism,» which emphasized personal experience and response over against mere belief.
Most significantly, Duddington argues against the charge that permitting an increasing role for religion in the legal and political (i.e., public) spheres would necessitate the imposition of one system of belief upon another, by re-emphasising the argument that Christianity does not serve to generate a moral code, but rather provides a vehicle through which it may be discovered.
I suspect their opinion comes from a rebel stance against any type of authority, which would indicate some sort of belief.
If this is true, and it seems to be in my case, than is it not a valid fear and something which leaders may want to work against, given that they have motivation to defend the church and / or some of said beliefs?
Come on now and stop all the bigotry, which is fueled by pure ignorance and (Fox News LOL) and start educating yourself more before you spout off ridiculous rants against Muslims or other religions foreign to your beliefs.
Induction has been accused of many shortcomings, but the common denominator of the various criticisms leveled against it, from Popper to Kuhn to Feyerabend, is that belief in induction is responsible for a naive empiricism which views science as based on uninterpreted observation and direct verification of theories by the «facts.»
Because it was a democratic administration which finally broke the backs of segregation in the 1960's, those who fought so bitterly against integration moved to the republican party to the regret of many republicans who are finding no home for the expression of their true political beliefs.
The religious community's tradition and belief - system offer ethical guidelines within which (or even against which) individuals can develop their own functional value hierarchies.
They assume not only a settled ecclesiastical system in the Church, but also an established body of orthodox beliefs against which to judge heresy and, what is most significant, a collection of Christian Scriptures.
More should speak out against ignorance and those who would suppress select knowledge because it does not fit with a belief system to which one might subscribe.
Whatever criticism I might level against «fundamental» beliefs could easily be turned back on me (which is why I try not to do that).
We would all like to see him buried under the new WTC but following the Islamic religous beliefs is important to prevent backlash against the USA which we are already subject.
Whether you want to admit it or not, Naturalism (that is, a belief that nature is the highest authority, or the divine per se) has become just as much of a dogmatic religion as the religions which Naturalists rail against.
If you stand for pure scientific beliefs, shouldn't you be fighting against anything which is turning the environment into a gas chamber?
Feel sorry for those and my heart feels for them and wish them guidance to God and true peaceful belief brings love and mercy to humanity which is losing it meaning every day with what's happening all through the world because of disrespect, loss of morals, discrimination, unexplained hatred against nations and religions?!
They said they would be required «to provide insurance coverage for certain drugs and devices that the applicants believe can cause abortions,» which would be against their religious beliefs, Sotomayor wrote in her opinion.
even your post is an opinion, it could be viewed and inciting hatred towards someone's religious belief, which goes against the first amendment and basic right of any amercan.
For if this belief is a preconceived, rigid assumption, on the basis of which, against all experience, it is asserted that God is the final cause of all that happens, then it would clearly be true that the conception of God was not fully developed by Jesus.
Today, we see what Moses was writing, which was a polemic against the religious beliefs and practices of his day.
Which makes me think it was my belief in the gospel of grace and the assurance of salvation that was the more offensive part to him and he just used the scripture as a sword against me (good point tl) Very hurtful indeed.
In the ancient world, it was not atheism against which Christianity had to defend itself but polytheism, the belief in too many gods.
«Tempting God is disbelief in God, not belief in Him,» he said, citing an incident in the Old Testament in which Moses slapped his staff against a rock to provide water in the desert rather than speak to the rock as God had commanded.
Similarly, as we know that homosexuality is just as natural and God - given as heterosexuality, we realize that the Biblical injunctions against homosexuality were conditioned by the attitudes and beliefs about this form of sexual expression which were held by people without benefit of centuries of scientific knowledge and understanding.
Weather you believe or not (I open my eyes every day) so it's not hard to All will stand before the lord on the day of reckoning which man will no doubtedly usher in and those who don't believe or against god will try to wage war on the almighty to no avail, only to be left in ruins... the great Satan (adversary) will be all who oppose god in battle, that serpent of old is still here today, we live in the middle of a brood of vipers and this website is part of the venom aimed at distorting the faithfuls belief as well as a an agonist for those who wish to continue to disbelieve... CNN is anti god To my brothers and sisters who truly live in Christ Peace be with you and never forget your path despite the darkness that is trying to consume you, bring enough oil for your lamps to live in this darkness and bring extra in case of a delay, he will not abandon you... we will not be forgotten Amen To those who don't, I know the myth of Santa and the easterbunny really choked up your insides to find that they were not real, but childhood is over and it was a cruel human joke designed to make it that much harder for you to believe in that which visits you and you can't see, no matter you have life so is it too much to ask for a little belief?
it seems that shame is something you try to use as a weapon against those who have different belief systems than you do, which is one reason why a lot of people have left organized religion.
If I ever write a critical comment, which refers to these beliefs, I never want to express hate against the ordinary believers, but solely against the wrong doctrine.
Yet it should not be so difficult to understand, nor to perceive the light that this throws upon the nature of belief, provided one has escaped being altogether confused by the Hegelian doctrine of a universal doubt, against which it is certainly not necessary to preach.
When I mention alleged cases of abuse to witches, they're quick to warn me against lumping Wicca in with extreme and literal versions of satanism or devil worship, which are very different belief systems.
Fine then stop giving them tax dollars again all this will do is force them to close because they will not go against their beliefs, which means less health care available which we are going to need desperately.
BRC, I do understand fully, what I think you don't understand by having that clause in their employees insurance policy, they feel that they are aiding a person to get contraceptives or an abortion which to them is the same thing as going against their beliefs.
No, but they are forcing Catholic sponsored organizations to purchase contraception products which are explicitly against their moral beliefs.
It may fairly be said that leaving accommodation [of religion] to the political process will place at a relative disadvantage those religious practices that are not widely engaged in; but that unavoidable consequence of democratic government must be preferred to a system in which each conscience is a law unto itself or in which judges weigh the social importance of all laws against the centrality of all religious beliefs.
The artist claims he's against people imposing their beliefs on others, but his real goal is obviously to try to humiliate Christianity and make people not believe in it, which is ironic because of his stance on supposedly not imposing beliefs.
These contemporary trends are reflected in the New Testament, partly in vigorous reaction against such beliefs, not by denying the reality to which they referred, but by claiming that in the gospel men were delivered from helpless subjection to that reality.
Basically, people whom don't believe in anything enforcing their belief over those who do is the same of which you are portraying as «the better option» Your views, of which I do respect, won't help anymore than what you're fighting against.
So Martin - Achard concludes: «the people of Yahweh found the concept of resurrection in Canaan; but for a long time this formed part of a realm over against which Yahweh stood in His sovereign will, so that, with regard to resurrection, the religion of the Canaanites played a negative part, by obliging the Israelites to make their stand against it; it had, nevertheless, a sort of indirect action, in making possible a sort of purification of this belief, which, in another age and within another context, received a new content.
Second are those in which religion in general, or a specific faith in particular, is favored against other beliefs, as in the older requirement at the state level that officeholders believe in God, or in the nineteenth - century practice of supporting some churches with taxes.
But orginally and fundamentally, religious beliefs are systematic human acts of struggle against the power elites which dominate the people.
«attack those who have religious beliefs and then try to force them to accept something which is against their core values.»
These same beliefs and symbols articulated by the New England Puritans merged with parallel, similar, and, at time, even dissimilar values and beliefs from other sources to produce a new ideology which formed and shaped the resistance of the American colonies against Crown and Parliament.
That's the difference between athiest, which I really wouldn't say I am, is that they actually study a belief before they decide for or against it.
«We believe there is nothing in Dr. Hawkins» public statements that goes against the belief in the power and nature of God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit that the Statement of Faith deems as a necessary requirement for affiliation with Wheaton College,» states the letter, which also praised Hawkins, the only African American woman with tenure on the Wheaton faculty.
Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?