Sentences with phrase «as systems of belief»

Phenomenologists study myths and rituals as well as doctrines and ideas, systems of action as well as systems of belief.

«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.

But the dominant structures were ordered more to the promotion and implementation of Christianity as an institution and as a system of beliefs and practices.

Ultimately this approach is intellectually dishonest as a system of belief.

This is the tendency for orthodoxy to replace faith, and consequently for the conviction to arise that it is by professing «the faith» as a system of beliefs, rather than by trusting in God, that men come to be acceptable to him.

Not exact matches

If any of these 10 shifts feel uncomfortable for you, take it as a good sign that you've just uncovered a belief system that's limiting your success.

Type 3 experiences do not alter existing beliefs or nurture new belief systems because they are perceived as insignificant and within the normal pattern of things.

Loyola keeping a Catholic identity helps promote real intellectual diversity in American public life (and, again, I'd say the same as to other religious universities; I can imagine some religious belief systems that are so pernicious that, while they must be constitutionally protected, we can still say they hurt American life more than they help it, but I think that most of the traditions that found universities do have a good deal to contribute).

This mistaken belief that American savings are wholly a function of American household preferences arises because most economists — and, it seems, policymakers — can only imagine American households as autonomous economic units, and are seemingly incapable of imaging them as units within a system in which there are certain inflexible constraints.

This is not so much a belief or strategy as it is a matter of fact; there are extensive, well - established guidelines from multiple agencies at all levels of government on how to work within the system, and harsh consequences for those who do not comply.

is mediated by our own unique belief system, then this issue of expert opinion can be a real problem, especially where belief and the «self» is involved, as opposed to expert knowledge on medical / legal / other issues.

Modern science is the cornerstone of your belief system, as ancient writings that I consider to be God given, holy inspired and very relevant to modern times (as well as every society that ever was and will be) is the cornerstone of my belief system, because everything about this book has been accurate in every way, unlike modern science.

Well that's an ironic claim seeing as half of the Christian belief system was taken from other earlier religions.

``... as ancient writings that I consider to be God given, holy inspired and very relevant to modern times (as well as every society that ever was and will be) is the cornerstone of my belief system, because everything about this book has been accurate in every way, unlike modern science.»

Religion (as defined by Merriam - Webster): a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith (presumably referring to the fact that it can not be scientifically proven)

You will notice that you won't see these same level of oppositions against any other belief system, where people who hold the worldly opinion would be so motivated and compelled as to try and convince believers that their faith is wrong.

As a country and just as humans we need to respect one another regardless of the belief system, society would be a much better placAs a country and just as humans we need to respect one another regardless of the belief system, society would be a much better placas humans we need to respect one another regardless of the belief system, society would be a much better place.

one of the definitions of religion: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith» As noted above Atheism is none of these things.

If you do not believe the Bible as the infallible and authoritative Word of God, why read Piper, as his whole belief system is based on it?

Unless it was meant for us as a new system to drop Republican systems for the Royalist systems that are taking place now that Jordan and Morocco both Royelists are planed to join GCC as one with a change to the name of the GCC since the Royalist empire will be extending to countries outer of the Arabian Gulf Countries... What ever it is all we need is freedom of rights, justice, peace, equality and to live in prosperity... Egypt is not in the heart of Egyptions only but as well in the heart of every Arabic nation, Egyptions were our teachers in our schools and Egypt was the university of our Yemeni students... Egypt was the source of islamic educations, Egypt was the face of all arts, books, papers, TV plays and movies to all of Arabian speaking countries... Egypt is our Arabian Icon so please please other nations are becoming larger and stronger in the area on your account as a living icon for the Arabian Unity what ever our faiths or beliefs are we are brothers in blood, culture and language, God Bless to All.Amen.

As I mention above, the issue needs to be raised to believers and non-believers alike: How can a nation of people miss the outright hypocrisy of using a belief system ostensibly predicated on compassion, charity and humility to argue in favour of genocide?

As a very old man, one who has worked at developing some kind of understanding of who we are, what we are, why we are here, and where we are going, I can tell you that no one has definitive answers, but without some underlying system of belief about these questions you will not grow old gracefully.

Regardless of your beliefs and views, is it not tasteless for CNN to run this as their lead story on Easter morning??? Americans are appalled by anything done to insult Islam believers, so why is this felt to be appropriate??? There is nothing wrong with the article, but its timing makes it a poor and inflammatory choice of journalism, and would be taken as «persecution» if was directed toward any other belief system.

then you use faith in your beliefs the same as any religion and yes you do have a belief it is that there is no god, that is not absence of believing that is the presence of a belief system

Show me a god, if not stop trying to marginalize our lack of belief as some sort of common belief system that doesn't match up to yours because of lack of numbers.

In another sense, however, conservatism does rest in a system of belief, and is opposed as much to the theory as to the practice of socialist and liberal politics.

Merriam Webster defines a cult as, 1: formal religious veneration: worship 2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also: its body of adherents

If you identify yourself as belonging to a particular group you are then put in the «box» of a particlar belief system, even if you personally do not necessarily agree with all that «group».

Neither qualify as a belief system, though in the sense of western religions.

or it may be that their hearts have genuinely been changed as a result of their system of beliefs.

As such, it is just another belief system — none of which can be proven or disproven with current science, but all of which are spiritually significant and valid to the individuals who follow them.

Their employees, on the other hand, can choose to avail themselves of the contraceptive options or not as is falls within THEIR personal believe system since, being people, they can have beliefs.

We don't say there are six types of Theists, we focus on the Religions, and that is what is missing — a modern Religion / Belief system for Atheists — as Atheism does not mean without rules, just about whether God exists or not.

That is where you have beliefs — you can have beliefs that have atheism as their base, just like you «can» have theists without any «flavor» Generally to have something (vs the absence of something) you have to have some context which is why you have to have a belief system / religion attached to a God.

As least this christian child doesn't go door to door recruiting for a belief system that is silly enough to think hat there are only 144000 people worthy of god!

I use this analogy often, as Christians we tend to act like we have a belief system that is like a bubble: It is fragile and easily popped if anything even touches any part of it.

It is our duty as Americans to know and appreciate the systems of belief — the mythic cosmologies, the scientific laws, the common - sense attitudes — that in times past have served to give coherence and purpose to our life together.

A «primary framework» is one «seen as rendering what would otherwise be a meaningless aspect of the scene into something that is meaningful» (FA 21), and the frame for all such primary frameworks, the understandings shared by a group regarding interpretive schemata, their interrelationships, and «the sum total of forces and agents that these [schemata] acknowledge to be loose in the world,» constitute its «belief system» or «cosmology» (FA 27).

Indeed, just as the world is filled with selfappointed salesmen for God, it is also filled with evangelical atheists who are equally determined to convert anyone who will listen to their belief system, their faith in the non-existence of God.

The fanatical belief systems of these fundamentalists is characterised as «medieval» (e.g. in https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/), used here in the sense of being centuries out of date and repressive, contrasted with the «liberated» society in which we live in the West.

Stripped of any belief in the kind of higher consolation that makes sense of life's inevitable injustices and humdrum frustrations, the demands that people place on the political system «become as infinite as the infinity they have lost.»

If we assume, as I think is reasonable, that the vast majority of these belief systems are the creations of sincere people striving to understand their god or gods, why do they have nothing in common?

«Sadly, it seems to be increasingly acceptable in certain belief systems to kill as many members of the other religious community as possible,» she said.

Since the belief system of a parish includes not only its formal creeds but also the meanings it assigns to itself and its members as finite bodies, to learn about a church's world view — what it believes is really going on in life — one must listen to the church's stories about its own body and those of the members who constitute it.

This is certainly an interesting article which raises a legitimate question for those of faith as well as for those without any specific spiritual belief system: Does God care who wins and if so, why and how much and what influence does He have over the outcome?

Thus, by your logic, you should have no problem with Muslims making up 80 - 90 % of your country's population, voting primarily for Muslim candidates, and constantly striving to make their belief system the law of the land - as is the case with Christians in the United States.

As Roof points out, their religion affirms: (a) the centrality of ethical principles in their meaning systems; (b) a parsimony of beliefs, few attributions of numinosity; (c) breadth of perspective; (d) piety defined as a personal search for meaning; and (e) license to doubAs Roof points out, their religion affirms: (a) the centrality of ethical principles in their meaning systems; (b) a parsimony of beliefs, few attributions of numinosity; (c) breadth of perspective; (d) piety defined as a personal search for meaning; and (e) license to doubas a personal search for meaning; and (e) license to doubt.

What I can tell about our shared experience with Mormon doctrine is this: Yes, there was a big emphasis on Jesus» ours being a more conventional, fairly trinitarian concept of our Lord» but, as strong as that emphasis was, it never managed to trump the implied and de facto role of Joseph Smith in our belief system.

It usually starts with some generic Deistic notion of God and then quickly narrows to one of the multitudes of theistic belief systems such as one particular strain of Christianity.

It's easy to see from many of the post here that christianity is just as intolerant as islam is with any one that does not agree with or follow their belief system.