Sentences with phrase «as nonreligious»

Using Texas» Model, More States Mull «Religious Viewpoints» in School Law Tennessee becomes second to enact legislation treating religious expression same as nonreligious

Washington — A broad coalition of education and legal groups has drafted guidelines for the implementation of the Equal Access Act, which the Congress passed in August to guarantee student religious groups the same access as nonreligious groups to public - school facilities.

And that, my friend, is a mindset that is just as likely to happen among the religious as the nonreligious.

A recent Gallup survey found 53 % of Jews identified as nonreligious.

Not exact matches

And if these revelations of common piety upset his nonreligious admirers, he, too, was somewhat upset by the experience: «My presence in such a place was disturbed / By my duty as a poet who should not flatter popular imaginings, / Yet who desires to remain faithful to your unfathomable intention / When you appeared to children at Fatima and Lourdes.»

In my view, atheism is itself a religion, preaching there are no gods and trying to convert others just like any other religion, whereas the nonreligious don't mind other people practicing as long as they don't have to themselves.

The court thus ruled that no nonreligious entity - even, as in the case of VHA, a membership organization whose members had raised a conscience objection to performing abortions - possessed the statutory right described in the exempting statute.

One could have an abortion and happy they denied life to an innocent in favor of their own lifestyle, one could have a baby with the intent on sacrificing it to Satan in some way, shape, or form, it could go lots of different ways for lots of different reasons but contradicting itself is of absolutely no concern as a lot of Satanists also label themselves «nonreligious».

In that sense, Hannah Arendt was one of many Jewish, Christian, and nonreligious intellectuals» of whom there were many, if not a majority, in Germany» as well as working people, whose spirit was dulled by memories of a deeply flawed national ambition and shattered personal expectations.

To argue that historians might judge such and such to be a miracle because they believe antecedently in the religion that regards such miracles as signs of the intervention of its deity is to open the floodgates for all religious claims to miracles and, indeed, even to nonreligious «miracles» such as the widespread reports that people have seen Elvis Presley.

But as to whether his own nonreligious stance is compatible with SR, he says, «They try their best to make me feel welcome, but the ground rules aren't really designed to bring nontheists like me into the discussion.

As one of his more perceptive interpreters have pointed out, «It is much easier to grasp what (Bonhoeffer) meant by «religious than nonreligious».

This stuff works to a degree: as Smith and Denton show «religion actually does influence positive outcomes» and religious teens tend to do better than nonreligious teens.

Further, older students are more than twice as likely as younger students to have attended a vocational or technical high school or a two - year or community college, and much less likely to have attended a private, nonreligious grade and high school.

Whereas separational performers are primarily marketed through explicitly Christian bookstores, «integrational» performers seek to address wider audiences, thus «crossing over» to distribution through such mainstream outlets as Tower Records and airplay on nonreligious radio stations and MTV.

The idea here is very clear: If a person is nonreligious, then TM presents itself as being nonreligious, too, so as to meet him on his own turf; then it draws him to a «unified, monistic, cosmic God - consciousness» typical of Hinduism, never indicating in advance where he is headed.

Oh, and from a totally nonreligious standpoint, helping our citizenry get a strong education and stay healthy so they can continue to be productive members of society instead of winding up on disability or on unemployment due to limited job skills happens to make economic sense as well.

After Smith, the government would be free to penalize, punish, or prevent the exercise of religion without serious constitutional scrutiny so long as the law applied to nonreligious entities as well.

The conception of peace as an ordered tranquillity which must continually be worked for through history contrasts markedly with the utopian ideal of peace found in some religious and nonreligious thinking about the possibilities of international order, not to mention with the empirical reality of conflict within states and conflicts between states and nonstate actors in the contemporary world.

All religious groups seemed equally at risk of losing teens; no single religious group stood out as responsible for producing nonreligious teenagers.

As far as the relationship of the members of a religious group to each other is concerned, we might well expect to find a dimension of depth to which a nonreligious association will not — necessarily — aspirAs far as the relationship of the members of a religious group to each other is concerned, we might well expect to find a dimension of depth to which a nonreligious association will not — necessarily — aspiras the relationship of the members of a religious group to each other is concerned, we might well expect to find a dimension of depth to which a nonreligious association will not — necessarily — aspire.

Spiritual gifts such as healing and teaching are examples of religious factors; age, social position, ethics, and background are qualifications of a nonreligious character.

They embrace not only the philosophies of the Judeo - Christian faiths and the many religions of the East, but nonreligious, ethical and moral thought as well....

Those who identify as Christians (37 percent) are more likely to agree than the nonreligious (30 percent.)

With the dramatic growth of the nonreligious in the last few decades, more atheist leaders are emerging as spokespeople for atheism, but the Christmas rift speaks to growing disagreement over how atheists should treat religion.

Although many observers see this growth only as evidence of the increasing irrelevance of religion, the nonreligious represent an important cultural group, as liberal on social issues as the most committed religious people are conservative.

Gerrish rather awkwardly (as he admits) lumps Muslim, Buddhist and nonreligious faith into the category of «secular faith.»

Its language will be nonreligious «as was Jesus» language.

The Court's statement in Seeger that a registrant's characterization of his own belief as «religious» should carry great weight... does not imply that his declaration that his views are nonreligious should be treated similarly... very few registrants are fully aware of the broad scope of the word «religious» [as interpreted by law since Seeger].»

Many groups will consist of nonreligious as well as religious people, but all will function as little churches, with members coming together for refreshment and going out to serve.

No one would doubt that before the privatization of religion, which is the chief sign of secularization, religion pervaded the entire world of early modern Europeans and there were religious roots to everything as there were nonreligious entanglements in everything deemed religious.

For me the main thesis of The Secular City is as valid today as it was then: the secular, «nonreligious» world is also the sphere of God's judging and freeing action.

The complementarity between man and woman is a fundamental principle in Judaism, in other religions, in some nonreligious intellectual traditions, and in the organization of society, as well as in the opinion of a very large majority of the population.

One hopes that they will serve as well to make us — religious and nonreligious people alike — increasingly aware of the inequities and oppression created and perpetuated for nations of the «underdeveloped» Third World by the «overdeveloped» nations East and West.

Churches» limited exemption from antidiscrimination law is not and can not be justified as a special privilege for religion but simply as an instance of the autonomy, privacy, and «freedom of association» enjoyed by all members of the constitutional community, religious and nonreligious alike.

So long as the program's eligibility criteria are neutral, and children have adequate opportunities to select nonreligious schools, the requirements of equal liberty are satisfied.

From making crafts to cooking favorite treats and meals, there are numerous ways — both religious and nonreligious — to celebrate this special holiday together as a family.

This is where she met Victor, a nonreligious Jew as well, who was born in Brazil.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, used functional MRI to evaluate brain activity in 15 devout Christians and 15 nonbelievers as the volunteers assessed the truth or falsity of a series of statements, some of which were religious («angels exist») and others nonreligious («Alexander the Great was a very famous military ruler»).

The researchers asked religious and nonreligious test subjects to ponder God as a savior, a forgiver, and a moral guide.

One study found both religious and nonreligious people shared more money with a stranger after reading sentences containing religious words such as «spirit» and «God.»

Economist Guillermo Montes's analysis of data from the massive 2001 National Household Education Survey found that 70 percent of respondents cited a nonreligious reason as the top motivator in their decision to home school.

Congregations and other religious organizations often see religious education as an extension of their ministry and therefore, subsidize these schools, making them appear more affordable than other private, nonreligious schools.

Some programs offer as little as $ 2,500 for a year of tuition and other programs offer close to $ 30,000.29 The average tuition of private schools across the country is $ 10,740, which does not include any additional services.30 For nonreligious schools, that number is much higher — $ 21,810.31 In most cases, parents are responsible for paying the difference between the tuition costs and the amount provided by the voucher.

Maybe it's bad for federal law to impose such an obligation on employers, whether because the law is too vague, imposes unduly on private employers, imposes unduly on coworkers, gives an undue preference to conscientious objectors (it has been interpreted to apply to nonreligious conscientious objectors as well as religious ones), or something else.

Employment v. Smith 494 US 872 applies this to criminal acts, holding that «The Free Exercise Clause permits the State to prohibit sacramental peyote use» and «the [Free Exercise] Clause does not relieve an individual of the obligation to comply with a law that incidentally forbids (or requires) the performance of an act that his religious belief requires (or forbids) if the law is not specifically directed to religious practice and is otherwise constitutional as applied to those who engage in the specified act for nonreligious reasons».

While many couples in decades past have been required by clergy to attend, premarital counseling is becoming more popular among the nonreligious as well.