Sentences with phrase «as his belief in»

«Émile Durkheim understood religion not as belief in the supernatural (as the popular conception would have it), but as a system of beliefs and practices relating to sacred things.

Something you christards need to understand when you spew the following crap: «A belief in science (or being an atheist) requires the same amount of faith as a belief in god / gods.»

Religious people may believe people are «better» with god, but as the statistics clearly demonstrate, that belief is as unsupportable as their belief in their imaginary gods.

I think that it is wrong to go on a public forum and disrespect something as important as the belief in God.

It's nothing that will ever change my beliefs, but I saw that it worked for Lucas, just as belief in such things works for many others.

Do you really not see that your beliefs on non-existence after death are as unfounded as my belief in an afterlife?

You are free to believe whatever you want, but what you say is equivalent to saying that a non-belief in the Tooth Fairy is on equal footing as a belief in her.

Religion as belief in God is an opium of the people diverting man's energies from the needful tasks of this world to an illusory heaven above; it is a projection of man's inner insecurities, and consequently must be annihilated if man must be fully himself.

(Yes, I realize that this belief is just as irrational and contra - evidence as a belief in God, but y» know what?

It requires faith just as well as belief in any other story of where we all came from.

But while Nietzsche's comment is unfair it is also deeply perceptive: Eliot does become ever more passionate about the moral life as her belief in anything transcendent evaporates.

This has long been described as the belief in American exceptionalism, and its heritage from the idea of an elect people is historically evident.

Faith applied to the mysteries that we can't grasp is not the same as faith as a belief in something we know to be illogical.

I expect that «faith» will eventually be seen in the same light as belief in Santa Claus and will slowly wither away.

Yet so entrenched is the concept of religion as belief in authoritative, ready - made doctrines that when that notion is challenged the whole edifice of religion may be rejected, as in traditional naturalistic humanism or the more bizarre «radical theologies» currently in vogue.

That's why the idea of personal freedom remains in the world — irreducible personal identity or inwardness or conscience — even as belief in the God of the Bible recedes.

It concluded that belief in the existence of God was rational, just as belief in other minds is.

Thus, for some former believers, though now an atheist, may have parts of themselves that hate their former god which the new part as no belief in at all.

To a person unburdened by religion, the belief in God / Jesus seems the same as a belief in Santa Claus.

The whole force of the Christian religion, therefore, so far as belief in the divine personages determines the prevalent attitude of the believer, is in general exerted by the instrumentality of pure ideas, of which nothing in the individual's past experience directly serves as a model.

And understand that, to many people, belief in a god is as delusional as a belief in Santa Claus, so be prepared to have people comment negatively on your beliefs.

Stemming from this belief are all sorts of other ones, such as the belief in an immortal soul, so that when we die we simply continue in another form, and (if we're lucky) do so in a glorious place called heaven.

Easter faith as the symbol of hope offends no one, but Easter faith as belief in an empty tomb and in Jesus» bodily resurrection is quite another matter.

Now that kind of thinking about God which looks for evidence of His activity in phenomena which have no natural explanation is often referred to as a belief in the «God of the gaps».

I anticipate another accusation of stridency here, but I'm sorry, I feel that any intellectually honest person has an obligation to call out any and all bullshit as such, and religious beliefs are at least as unsupported, ridiculous and unintelligent as beliefs in homeopathy, astrology, the ideas of David Icke, or the belief that thunder comes from mighty Thor riding across the sky.

Certain common beliefs remain — such as belief in God.

His love of food and the industry began at 16 years old and only grew from there as his belief in quality, flavors and creativity influenced his career.

[That] they were not hesitant as far as the belief in trying to provide quality choices for our students.

The first scale was developed to measure a scientist's self - efficacy for public engagement with science; defined as their belief in their ability to succeed in participating in reciprocal public engagement activities.

Just as his belief in beautiful, orderly scientific theories mirrored a child's view of the world, so his belief in God as the ultimate manifestation of that order expressed an idealistic notion that God is so much greater than humankind that He can not be found in any one faith.

It would be interesting to extend Lawton's excellent piece to consider belief in the supernatural as well as belief in...

As the true power and limitations of chemistry came into focus, interest in the Philosophers» Stone simply faded away, much as the belief in the classical Four Elements had faded away centuries before.

A worksheet and differentiated worksheet (for weaker pupils) which uses the film Bruce Almighty to engage pupils in topics such as belief in God and prayer.

(Defining conservative as a belief in small and less intrusive government, as well as the American ideal of protection of individual liberty against any «group power».)

Belief in God - guided evolution is about the same as belief in ghosts.

«Our vision is inspired by our love for the earth and its creatures (including humans) as well as our belief in justice, equality, and peace.

But an oath is based on a religious concept such as a belief in God, says Buckingham, and so before the child can give evidence she may be questioned on her religious beliefs.

The Peopleistic Group are part of the PMI Educational Foundation's Leadership Society, as we belief in the work the organisation does to advantage project management in school education across the world, and its focus on supporting disaster recovery.

Not exact matches

Helena Morrissey of the London - based Legal and General is making a big push for sustainable investing, saying at a conference Monday that individual investors are becoming increasingly wary of putting their money in the market as they fear companies will act in ways that run counter to the investor's own moral beliefs.

The two - page document, marked «Top Secret,» mentions a draft decision paper that focuses on the «relative merits of retaining [deleted in document] as a high - priority secret national security installation versus the merits of the NASA belief that there would be domestic and foreign problems created by withholding the photograph.»

It is my firm belief that whoever may succeed my father as Chair at each company should be someone who is not a Trustee of my father's trust or otherwise intertwined in Redstone family matters, but rather a leader with an independent voice.

«As a manager or as an employer, you can circulate a memo as you're approaching an election, for example, reminding everyone that they're encouraged to vote and have a right to their own opinion, but that their expressions of their political beliefs should be respectful and in keeping with workplace policAs a manager or as an employer, you can circulate a memo as you're approaching an election, for example, reminding everyone that they're encouraged to vote and have a right to their own opinion, but that their expressions of their political beliefs should be respectful and in keeping with workplace policas an employer, you can circulate a memo as you're approaching an election, for example, reminding everyone that they're encouraged to vote and have a right to their own opinion, but that their expressions of their political beliefs should be respectful and in keeping with workplace policas you're approaching an election, for example, reminding everyone that they're encouraged to vote and have a right to their own opinion, but that their expressions of their political beliefs should be respectful and in keeping with workplace policy.

As an Indian - born immigrant and tech entrepreneur myself, I have first - hand experience of some modes of thinking that, frankly, shocked me and rocked my belief in the Valley's story of its own openness.

the belief is that if profits go up, so will the stock price and in some cases the dividends paid as well.

This belief is held by other companies, as well: The Container Store is known for giving its new employees 300 hours of paid training in their first year at the company.

After earning a reputation as a gifted debater in parliament, Fernandez and CUP's radical rhetoric have struck a note with pro-independence Catalans who are angry about the languishing economy and firm in their belief that Catalonia does not get back what it pays in taxes to Madrid.

U.S. yields have risen in recent weeks with increased inflation expectations due to the proposed polices of President - elect Donald Trump, as well as the belief that the Federal Reserve will also raise interest rates again this month.

Liu's steadfast belief in karma should help sustain him through a period of uncertainty as the company expands.

But somehow, Seventh Generation managed not only to survive but to thrive, as have the two entrepreneurs — although the beliefs of both men, and their philosophies about entrepreneurship in general and socially responsible businesses in particular, have changed in ways neither would have thought possible.

I personally have that belief in the way I look at my own life as well as how I look at an individual or a company.