Sentences with phrase «attack upon the their belief»

That, however, was considered an attack upon the their belief system that must be defended.

I view them as an attack upon my beliefs.

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Although held in theory over a long period, the belief was accentuated during the latter part of the nineteenth century and since, and became finally a basic dogma underlying the Japanese Imperial thrust, which is often regarded as the beginning of World War II.9 The idea was taught in the schools, in the army, and resulted finally in a fanatical religious, as well as patriotic, devotion to the emperor, without which, it seems to the writer, it is impossible to explain the daring attack of the island empire of Japan upon the richest and most powerful nation in the world, the United States.

I find it odd that aetheists feel so directly personally offended by Christian symbols... they are not offered as an «attack», unless you see the sharing of beliefs as an attack upon your own beliefs, in which case I think there is a deeper problem... This billboard IS a direct attack, and as many others have pointed out there is a better way to share your belief as an aetheist.

Karl Barth famously attacked apologetics — the attempt to offer a persuasive account of Christian belief on mutually agreed - upon grounds of reason — as a misguided task, part of the failure of theological liberalism.

Social media is a huge platform upon which a lot of people (especially the younger generation) will attack Trump and follow popular belief and opinion.

The Court of Appeal ruled that in civil proceedings, the burden of proving self - defence lay upon the defendant; and a defendant who had mistakenly but honestly thought it was necessary to defend himself against an imminent risk of attack could not rely on self - defence if his mistaken belief had not been reasonable.