How again does your point engender itself to the attempt
at a faith based argument which is the whole point of this post?
This is why science is not
at all faith based.
Whether you are Christian, Muslim, Catholic, Jewish - whatever your faith - you can find other great singles
at the faith based niche oriented internet dating sites.
«I am a US Navy veteran practicing
at a faith based practice, Genesis Counseling of Fort Myers.
Not exact matches
At least 24 of the 34 colleges and universities granted religious exemptions
based on their beliefs about gender identity also received waivers allowing them to discriminate against gay and lesbian students and employees, citing
faith -
based prohibitions against homosexual sex, the Human Rights Campaign said.
If you look
at some of the most profound accomplishments in human history, many of them are
based on
faith: someone took a step towards their goal without being able to clearly see the entire path ahead of them.
If you're interviewing for a position
at the Vanderbloemen Search Group — a Houston -
based firm that staffs churches and other
faith -
based organizations — don't be surprised to receive a text message asking a quirky question of sorts around 10:00 in the evening.
«It is remarkable in that it's really not an asset; it's just kind of a
faith -
based investment,» said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer
at BMO Private Bank in Chicago.
At least people of
faith like Rick Santorum point to the Natural Law as their
basis to justify the relationship their
faith has with moral public policy.
I spend years in Apologetics and arrived
at rational
basis for my Christian
faith, defend the
faith against objections, and expose the perceived flaws of other world views.
Faith -
based charity Marriage Care has backed the proposals, speaking on Premier's News Hour, chief executive, Mark Molden said: «what this is about is saying, look;
at a key moment where public services are in front of both expectant mother and expectant father let's give them some support
at that crucial juncture to think about their relationship, think about how they might weather the inevitable storms that a new baby brings into a relation ship.
If you were to sit around reading the bible
at a company like JPL, that is
based on type of thinking that is in direct contrast to religious «
faith», then I would think it reasonable to seriously question whether or not you were a good fit for that company.
George Bush's
faith based policies set science back
at least a decade.
They laugh
at Christians with scorn for our «hope» and «
faith» and talk about how no one needs a savior because we're all basically good... also
based on no evidence.
I love you Darlene, and I am sure you are a lovely persom, but I need you to stop the judgment, be true to your values and beliefs, but don't point your finger
at others... because I know, you want to promote love, isnt that what your
faith is
based on?
Dr. Peter Boghossian, professor of philosophy
at Portland State University, in a great talk on
faith -
based epistemology: «I disagree with granting religious delusion as an exemption, and I want to mention there's a budding young scholar here
at Portland State University, Renee Barnett [sp?]
If there is a God and there is just as much for as against, But lets say there is a God and he made everything Including you and He gets to make the rules because lets face it hes a lot bigger then you, So unfortunately he only wants those who believe in him
based on the information given, Lets look
at the facts
based on the Book,, Some of his own angels turned on him and they see him every day... That had to hurt, So he decides With man he only wants those with the
faith to believe
based on His book and
faith found thru the holy spirit, If you refuse to believe then he cant use you, cant trust you, so he will choose to toss you aside, Hey I understand It ai nt fair, Your important, Your Smart, But unfortunately hes bigger then you and he has the Juice, You either play by the rules or wait and see what not believing leads too.
Again, many Calvinists look
at this verse and notice that a few words earlier, Paul mentioned
faith, and
based on this, argues that «
faith is the gift of God.»
At secondary level, they still feature, though much less prominently — largely because there are far fewer
faith -
based secondary schools.
One year after hosting a huge politically charged and largely
faith -
based rally in Washington, Glenn Beck is
at it again, this time in Jerusalem.
Most
faith based films enjoy one solid weekend
at most, but
Now what Mark sets out to do, on the
basis of the current tradition, already and indeed from the beginning interpreted by
faith on the
basis of experience, is to show that Jesus, instead of becoming Messiah
at his resurrection, was already Messiah during his earthly life.
to dandintac, the evolution of stars or solar systems or life forms to different species takes billons of years to complete., that we in our lifetime cant comprehend its teleology or purposefullness.
At the University of Illinois, a super computer called The nautilus, predicts the future by analysing through computational methods mathematical algorithim the historical inputs for hundreds of years and discovered that it has a direction or intepreted as has a purpose.Someday in the future when we will be technologically advanced, Gods will will be clearly reveald to us.All of this will be part of his will,
at this time beyond our comprehension, but will be in the future, The next generation of quantum computers which are tens of thousands more powerfull and faster than todays will provide us the informations to solidify the future religious
faith based in science.
Whatever one thinks about the theology of these films or their artistic merit, it is a welcome trend to see three
faith -
based films featured
at the box - office.
Based on my own experiences and experiments, I also have a lot of
faith that there are hidden forces
at work in the world, some of them wondrously intelligent and loving, and some malevolent.
But your taking offense
at David's post included an appeal to some self evident form of
faith based upon not just interpretation, but observation.
But
faith makes this assertion on the
basis of certain things which are recorded as having actually happened
at Easter.
Reinforcing the fact that this book is historical fiction and not a precise biography, my friend Dalia Mogahed (executive director of the Center for Muslim Studies
at Gallup and member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on
Faith -
Based and Neighborhood Partnerships) rightfully noted in her review that this «is not a book recounting Muhammad's life, but a beautiful story inspired by it... There was editorial license and creativity, and while many of the words and events have been recorded in authentic sources, many have not...»
At what point do you realize your
basis of
faith is wrong??
Claiming some sort of super
faith which you declare is
based on sight is disingenuous
at best.
I hear on a weekly
basis that I must «trust» God and give my «tithe»
at the least, and more so to really impress God, and yet where is ther
faith?
Sorry, Steve, but I am aware of many
faith -
based charities that do nto «preach»
at anyone or require any belief
at all in order to get food, or counseling, or clothes or any other thing.
And that means you are someone who is easily swayed to believe something... way more than any other religious person who
at least require a
basis for their
faith.
At a time when political developments in Washington are generally discouraging to advocates for economic justice,
faith -
based organizing shows the enormous potentials found in grass - roots America and particularly in the rich web of religious communities.
This abstract thinking applies
at many levels — I am not singling out
faith -
based aspects, but I find myself agreeing with Nye that building a person up from a young age
based on non-fact-
based anything is a bad idea.
Some how it's felt that values, morals, virtues are not there in a secular world only faceless solid lifeless laws of men rather than what has been relayed by Holy books that calls for good deeds and reject bad deeds and to build a faithful societies, communities, nations since communications among nations or even among the nations of mixed cultures and beliefs... Laws or God and universe are to be prepared by some thing that is equivalent to UN but built on nations beliefs to achieve the code of understanding among nations but as can see now it is build on groundless
bases if not of words of God to
faiths... in addition to those non spiritual secular beliefs to make decisions of
faith but
at the moment the secular world make and take the decisions while the beliefs and
faiths has to pay for it when it becomes a war between all
faiths or religions outside your world, it would become back into your inside among the mixed culture and beliefs of the nation or nations under one country flag...!
My argument here is that the traditions of the oldline churches
at their best do offer a powerful spirituality and a
faith -
based community that, in principle, constitute an adequate response to the continuing hungers of our culture.
Catholicism,
at its
base, requires some
faith (belief withOUT evidence).
In the same year, the 12th Anti-Corruption International Conference, which was held
at Prague, for the first time included a panel — in which I was invited to participate — about the contribution of
faith based organizations to the struggle against corruption.
Examples are 9/11 hijackings, The holding back of stem cell research that could save countless human lives, Aids being spread due to religious opposition to the use of condoms, Christians legally fighting this year to teach over 1 million young girls in America that they must always be obedient to men, the eroding of child protection laws in America by Christians, for so called
faith based healing alternatives that place children's health and safety
at risk, burning of witches, the crusades, The Nazi belief that the Aryans were god's chosen to rule the world, etc... But who cares about evidence in the real world when we have our imaginations and delusions about gods with no evidence of them existing.
Last week, Kent Shaffer
at Church Relevance released his list of Top 200 Church Blogs, igniting multiple conversations across the
faith -
based blogosphere about why 93 percent of the bloggers listed were white men, and why prominent, high - traffic bloggers like Ann Voskamp and Jen Hatmaker somehow didn't make the cut.
1) that eternal life given on the
basis of
faith alone, in Christ alone, apart from works; 2) that eternal security is part of the gift of eternal life; 3) that assurance of salvation is through
faith in Christ's promise of eternal life, and not by looking
at one's own works 4) Christians can apostatize in this life, and are still eternally secure 5) eternal rewards are earned by faithful works, and lost by unfaithfulness 6) unlimited atonement 7) free - will to respond to God's drawing or not
Discussions and opinions of what the Bible says, and the attendant theologies supposedly
based on those discussions and opinions are
at times interesting and even valuable, yet are not the foundation upon which I
base my
faith or my journey.
I am yelled
at by street corner evangelists, teenage «elders» knock on my door to tell me about their
faith, I find flyers
at my door telling me «the good news», there are politicians on a national level
basing their entire campaign on their
faith, there are people trying to enforce their beliefs through legislation, there are people holding up signs with bible verses
at sporting events - the list goes on.
If your
faith is so weak that it can not stand up to being looked
at from an objective, historical, evidence
based perspective, then this article is the least of your problems.
I do, however, work
at a
faith -
based organization that serves vulnerable men and women.
Doubtless the reason why the twenty - third psalm and the Corinthian ode to love, with the Lord's Prayer, are the most familiar passages in the Bible is that they gather up so perfectly the
faith and love which lie
at the
base of Christian character.
The Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in
Faith,
based at Valparaiso University in Indiana, has been encouraging people to think about and live the communal practices that form Christian existence.
The
Faith and Order movement in North America had been kindled by a 1957 conference
at Oberlin College, mostly of mainline Protestants; the hope was that a similar but more broadly
based conference might rekindle the movement.
It would be safe to say that the majority of Atheists have no issue with you believing whatever you would like to believe, however the majority of religious
based folks expect others to obey or
at the least acknowledge something that can not be proven without
faith.