Sentences with phrase «based upon faith»

It's soley based upon faith and a book written a couple of thousand years ago.

«creates complex explanations to (continue to) deceive» «usually at some conflict with real science» «soley based upon faith and a book written a couple of thousand years ago» «is a self - serving lout.

Religion is a belief in something based upon faith alone.

All of your arguement is based upon your faith in the bible.

Is it so surprising that positions in churches or schools that are based upon faith in God are denied to someone who denies that faith?

Both are based upon faith and I'm going with the written word.

He rightly speaks of the Christian concept of grace, unmerited favor and forgiveness, which is based upon our faith in Jesus as Redeemer, as motivating and even commanding our forgiveness of our unworthy neighbors.

Nor will you ever get any «proof» Niknak... other than maybe a lighting bolt and a voice from the heavens which are incredibly rare The belief in any god is based upon faith and faith can not be proven.

Scott» The belief in any god is based upon faith and faith can not be proven.

Namely, it is a reason which is ultimately based upon faith.

Religious followers will willfully state that religion is based upon faith.

Religion is dogma based upon faith — i.e., no verifiable proof.

Not exact matches

To discredit or discount a person's qualifications based solely on their faith is setting aside the bedrock principles upon which this country was founded.

The Christian faith, like all religious belief systems, is based upon man's flawed understanding and attempts to explain something way beyond his capacity to understand.

So for years and years, we live a life that is based on faith, not detailed informations which never line - up to be fully agreed upon even by the most brilliant minds.

Both are faith claims based upon what we BELIEVE will come to be.

The good news is that the Christian faith is not based upon trends, but is instead founded on a book — the Bible.

Several of these countries had mass murdered peoples based upon race, faith, ethnicity, etc..

Your's is also a faith claim based upon what you BELIEVE will come to be.

I choose professionals based upon their ability, not their faith.

Will he choose to deal with the situation based solely upon doing what is best for the nation, based upon real world evidence - even if that evidence conflicts with his faith?

We present below some reflections upon faith and culture from New York based First Things magazine.

Upon the basis of Paul's teaching, taken alone, Christianity might possibly have foundered a century later in the rising sea of Gnosticism; possessing Mark's compilation of the historic traditions, later amplified by the other evangelists, the church held true to its course, steering with firm, unslackened grip upon the historic origins of its faUpon the basis of Paul's teaching, taken alone, Christianity might possibly have foundered a century later in the rising sea of Gnosticism; possessing Mark's compilation of the historic traditions, later amplified by the other evangelists, the church held true to its course, steering with firm, unslackened grip upon the historic origins of its faupon the historic origins of its faith.

The intuitional evidence for belief in Allah, the belief based upon the recognition of Allah by our inner consciousness, is brought to our attention in the Qur» an by pointing out the important psychological fact that there is an instinctive feeling of faith in Almighty Allah, the Creator of the universe, which comes to men when they are free from inclinations, or the distractions of dull routines, or when surprised by the question of the origin of the universe, or when faced with hardships or misfortunes which they can not overcome by themselves.

As I said earlier, it is not a belief that grew up within the church; it is the belief around which the church itself grew up, and the «given» upon which its faith was based.

With all due respect, you can provide no empirical evidence for the «immutable good nature of god» because, after all, this is an opinion based upon presuppositionalist religious faith (i.e. the cart is way out in front of the horse).

His prolific writing, manifestly based upon prolific reading, elucidated issues of faith and modern culture, especially in the many areas where the latter has been undermining the former.

Even while acknowledging some lat.itude in these early chapters, it appears that science is increasingly able to corroborate what we have held in faith based upon biblical texts, including bases for such matters as an ancient deluge, genetic linking back to one mother and possible on father, and the possibility of extended life - spans prior to the deluge.

In fact, to suggest that good works are of central importance to the Christian faith is often considered heretical in the world of conservative evangelicalism, where advocating any form of «works - based salvation» is looked upon with suspicion.

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.

Of what value is faith if what that faith is based upon isn't true?

fred Where in science must one accept an idea based solely upon faith?

They are therefore looked upon, not as a separate sect, but rather as a group of conservative, orthodox Muslims whose belief is centered around the Qur» an and the Hadith, who seek to express their faith in word and deed, and whose object is the reestablishment of the Muslim state on the basis of Muslim jurisprudence.

The Bible teaches a rational faith, based upon knowledge and refined through testing.

It is based not upon their purity of heart and life but upon their faith in the cross and resurrection of Christ.

Your entire faith is based upon what someone else told you when you were an impressionable child.

It may well be said that the [acceptance of man] in - spite - of [his sin] character of the Christian faith, by means of prophetic criticism and the «will to transform» based upon divine justice, functions as a militant element in the realm of human society and history, whereas the just - because - of [human sin and selfishness acceptance] nature of Buddhist realization,... functions as a stabilizing element running beneath all social and historical levels.

There is need of an eminent reflection, or rather of a great faith, to support a reflection based upon nothing, i.e. an infinite reflection.

well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?

It is not based upon one man's personal insight - his subjectivity - but on the real Life and Faith of the Church which is the handing on to each person of real transforming and divine life in Christ.

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.

The objective work of Jesus Christ is the center of the Christian life, upon which all subjective conversions are based, themselves enabled by God's own gift of faith.

This is a naturalistic faith based upon many lifetimes of observation.

This author in my opinion deep inside is questioning her faith but like a security blanket to a child does not want to get rid of it and is looking for any explanation she can come up with to hold onto it even in the face of the reality that the text that faith is based upon is highly flawed and frankly quite silly.

Remember that believers are politically active in this country, making decisions that affect us all based upon something that they too only have faith in.

I find this slightly stumbling... what do I base my faith upon other than these 4?

It's difficult to understand by the author — John Blake — would write such a ridiculously one - sided article based upon Borg's narrow, secular view of the Faith.

This is what the entire Christian faith is based upon.

Assuming that this group's faith is actually based upon the Bible, it is a tragic thing for them that they are apparently unable to read it for themselves.

Perhaps, but doubts as to the «mere subjectivity» of practicing morality based upon your moral intuitions and your moral imagination is precisely a lack of trust (aka faith) in the Spirit.