Sentences with phrase «against the belief in»

Bruce, throughout history people have been speaking out against the belief in a deity, we are fortunate to live in a time and place when one is not executed for expressing ones disbelief.

And in Romans Paul was contrasting faith In God against belief in man when men disagree with God, even if it be all men.

As part of my study at Liberty, I was exposed to many criticisms against belief in God.

Arguments based on biblical criticism are not decisive for or against belief in the virginal conception.

Once again, the best arguments against belief in the God of the Bible comes directly from the mouths of the true believers...

Even though they are clearly against any belief in the supernatural (including both Christianity and Satan - worship), they do, believe it or not, have some values in common with proponents of religious liberty.

The school of Socinus maintained that belief in the Trinity went against belief in Monotheism but in fact belief in the Trinity takes into consideration the previous doctrine and enriches it.

More than any particular objections, this assumption that the traditional mythos can no longer speak to us weighs heavily against belief in immortality.

And on campus many Christians have found that we really need Muslims to help us withstand the assaults of pagans in the department of religion and at the local shopping mall, I've watched conservative evangelical, Bible - thumping Christian students link up with conservative, Qur» an - thumping Muslim students — they are brought together by the realization that in many subtle and disturbing ways the modern university is aligned against belief in and fidelity to any God.

What if you spend your whole life speaking out against a belief in God and then you die and God's like «and how can I help you?»

«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.

An excellent lesson to get students thinking about «life after death» in general and therefore suitable as a KS3 lesson on «big questions» as well as for KS4 on non religious arguments against belief in life after death, or alternatively as a revision lesson for KS5.

I hope you'll be as fascinated as I am by the intersection of the modern as against the ancient, the scientific as against the belief in the magical powers of the gods and the spells they weave.

It goes strictly against our beliefs in long term and sustainable strategies.»

Not exact matches

While this may seem like it conflicts with the need to be assertive — after all, it's difficult to assert yourself fully if you're open to changing your opinion — being too stringent or adamant in your beliefs will work against you.

It's the competitor who knows how to execute against a strategy, stay mentally positive, and maintain belief even when they're behind in a set or match.

There is a push afoot to force banks to hold higher levels of capital against their loans and other assets, in the belief that more capital makes a bank less likely to fail.

«My methodology is, one, a belief that at different periods of time, some asset classes are more in favor than others, and two, we rank the major assets against each other and invest in the strong ones,» he said.

The uptick in the shares reflects a belief that Netflix is now in a position to sign up more subscribers this year than analysts had previously anticipated, generating additional revenue that the company can spend on TV series and movies as it bids against rivals such as HBO, Amazon.com, YouTube and Hulu for licensing rights.

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Yesterday, Kristen asked what you thought about the New York Times story on the backlash against gender equality in Silicon Valley — and specifically for your thoughts on how to tackle the discussion of these kinds of false and biased beliefs without lending them credibility.

By the early 20th century, bandwagons were commonplace in political campaigns, and «jump on the bandwagon» had become a derogatory term used to describe the social phenomenon of wanting to be part of the majority even when it means going against one's principles or beliefs.

Allergan (AGN), maker of Botox, continued its fight against the hostile takeover attempt by Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) recently in a press release reiterating its belief that VRX's acquisition - driven business model is unsustainable.

Norwest's ability to invest against the grain in an enterprise mobility company like MobileIron speaks to the firm's belief in its entrepreneurs and backing companies in new markets that aren't yet obvious.

«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.»

In addition to that, you should also sell off stocks that you intended to hold if you know that the company will go bankrupt, if the company does something that goes against your personal beliefs system or if the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is indicted of accounting problems or theft.

You also ignore the fact that Christians have done just as bad things as those living in the Middle East and those you would call doing the work of the devil: killing those who do not share their faith, using their religious position to gain wealth and discriminate against those who have different beliefs or lifestyles.

«There are Baha'is rotting in jail on a 20 - year sentence on trumped up charges simply because they have a certain set of faith beliefs that run against the theocracy in Iran.»

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.

What they are threatened by are the actions and atatudes [deliberate typo due to ridiculous moderation AI] of those who do profess belief in those deities, and feel justified by their beliefs and holy books to discriminate against those of differing beliefs.

It has to do with trying to do with Christians trying to find some grounds to put their beliefs back into schools.Just ask any supporter of ID education if it is okay if we teach the many other religious origin ideals in schools besides the Judeo Christian God and I guarantee you they will be against it.

Atheism only defines my lack of belief in gods, I will stand up against people pushing their religion in my face or the public square, instead of keeping it in their homes and churches - the only two places it belongs.

You don't have to believe in intelligent design to see how there is harassment and discrimination against people for their beliefs.

Funny how these demo - craps calling themselves «athiests» are against Romney while ignoring Obama, who has a deep belief is islam or whatever he believes in today.

Thus our laws against incest, bigamy and child marriage reflect the belief that marriage, as defined by the State, is to be judged in terms of another and higher standard.

In this world where it preaches tolerance for all except for when it comes to true Christian beliefs, a belief that goes against the system will never be given the time of day, even if said belief is the TRUTH.

the abundance of purely uneducated Muslim believers, their oppressive existence in their self created repressive regimes, lifestyles, and governments, their radical inturpitations of their fairy tale book, the fact that their culture and people have contributed less to man kind than any other culture and people of all the earth, their self ritious belief system that empowers them to commit atrocious crimes against humanity, the muslim men prance around in flip flops and linen moo moo's while they lock their woman in their household prisons to be abused slave - wife's, are entirely too ignorant to even build sewer systems and even after thousands of years that other cultures have developed running water toilets, toilet paper, and effective sewerage systems, they still whipe their pood - cracks with one hand (no paper) and eat with the other, and yiddle to the sky just before detonation of their suicide bombs that murder innocent men, woman, children, and babies.

He has made threats, annoyed, pestered and used religious slurs against me me because of my belief in Jesus Christ.

When someone calls that Imam one of the most evil people on the planet, when someone says he wants to build his center to train terrorists, when someone calls for amending the constitution to exclude Islam, when someone says our founding fathers wanted this to be a Christian nation and that they didn't want Muslims included, when Muslims are afraid to go out because they will be attacked, when Christian pastors are preaching against Muslims (as opposed to the belief in Islam), THAT is hatred.

Sarah said she was against «extremism» as in being adamant about one's belief.

But the defensiveness springs from the attempt by believers to defend their belief against a «progressive» philosophy that is already rejected intellectually by nearly all cultural commentators, and, I suspect, despised intuitively by nearly all young people in America.

So, if you are against birth control because of your belief in your god, please provide verifiable evidence that your god exists.

Well, there could be infiltratation resulting in a vote that still goes against rhe club's core beliefs.

Christian conservatives aren't against his politics but rather his beliefs regarding what are relatively minor details — such as exactly what kind of pie in the sky you'll get when you die.

No harm in dreaming... but defense against foreign invasions might require people stand firm and well armed to protect their lands and beliefs..

I speak out against your ilk and any other group for that matter when they attempt t use their belief to dictate rights... LGBT rights; women's rights; education rights (in a secular country, no single religion has a place in the school system - teach about one, teach them all - fair is fair).

Secondly, as a priest ordained in Rome where he knows that the Basilica would be totally against his assertion, he uses euphemisms to cloud the mind of a reader thinking quoting wrong scriptures with the intent to seduce would suffice — his own roots denounce his deeds and / or beliefs but he axiomatically wants to hold both the roots and wings to no avail, read the book and the truth shall set you free... This is exactly what happens when a gay priest turned professor what to justify his perverted lifestyle... I rest my case

I don't have a belief on the situation one way or the other, my grounding in the question of any God or gods comes from the lack of evidence for or against.

It is sad and disturbing that in this day and age (in California believe it or not) I have to keep my beliefs (or lack there of) a secret so, as not to be discriminated against by the very people who claim they are accepting of others.

BUT once in, Western nations need to protect their OWN CITIZENS against these marauding Muslims everytime their beliefs are hurt by somone's actions IN ANY CORNER OF THE WORLD!!!in, Western nations need to protect their OWN CITIZENS against these marauding Muslims everytime their beliefs are hurt by somone's actions IN ANY CORNER OF THE WORLD!!!IN ANY CORNER OF THE WORLD!!!!!