Sentences with phrase «because of personal beliefs»

A «legal separation» is offered in some states to couples who want to separate permanently but can not divorce, either because of their personal beliefs like religion or complications such as shared health insurance.

They've heard from readers — or in some cases, even agents and editors — who don't believe the character's situation because of their personal beliefs about what a black, gay, autistic, etc. experience would be like.

A Times analysis published last year found that 9.5 % of kindergartners at Capistrano Unified in south Orange County in 2013 were exempted from vaccinations because of personal beliefs; the rate was 14.8 % at Santa Monica - Malibu Unified.

«People donate to John because they believe in him and know he will be the best choice for attorney general, not because of their personal beliefs,» said Cahill spokesman David Catalfamo.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday backed an amicus brief with 20 attorneys general that argued against a business owner rebuffing a customer because of personal beliefs.

It would be a real blow for those who want medicine to be science - based if the secretary of state were to promote homeopathy because of his personal beliefs.»

They have never refused service or turned people away at the door because of personal beliefs.

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Because of it's granular objectivity, the fund contract had a loophole that allowed people to create their own ChildDAO and fund projects based on their own personal beliefs.

They could, but you would get as many answers as there are people, because belief is a very personal thing and we all craft our gods in our own image... or in the image of what we fear most.

It is one thing to not agree with his policy or views on the critical topics, its another to simply note vote for a candidate because of one's ignorance and views around Mitt Romney's personal belief in Jesus Christ.

This is the United States of America, land of the free, last I checked... I don't force my personal beliefs on anyone else, nor do I expect others to force their personal beliefs on me... This family is not harming anyone in living their life following THEIR beliefs... Who gives ANYONE else the right to say they're WRONG because they choose to share their lives as they do?

So many people who advocate or speak publicly for political or personal reasons aren't acknowledged as much when it comes to religion when someone is wanting to speak out about there faith a light bulb goes off and says we don't want to hear, or talk, or, air any thing that has to do with the mentioning of God but because of the high profile story and because this is the President of the United States it's ok hats off to them for not being ashamed to speak about there faith I agree with Richard some people just because they profess there faith doesn't mean there trying to push there beliefs on anyone people of faith have a right to free speech also.

We've had blue laws imposing Christian beliefs on businesses, Prohibition, laws criminalizing sodomy, laws banning birth control, abortions, gay marriages, interracial marriages and more simply because arrogant Christians thought they needed to impose their «personal knowledge» of what God wants on our entire society.

This is so because central to Keen's thought has been his belief that all theology, including a theological understanding of play, must be defined solely in terms of one's own autobiography («I may speak of grace only in the first person») 34 This solipsistic reduction of religious authority to personal experience has led Keen to characterize incorrectly both theology and the play experience itself.

But parabolic hiddenness is what predominates, I believe, in the stories of the fathers and sons, and because Paton has shown the reader through dramatic personal growth the pattern of disintegration and restoration, he has created an extended metaphor of the experience of coming to belief in the workings of the gracious transcendent in both personal and social realities.

Perhaps that's because the faith that informs his books has nothing to do with the personal deity of ordinary belief.

It may seem obvious to her that, in British Christianity, the abandonment of a belief in a personal God would be of little significance, while the loss of the Authorized Version of the Bible and Cranmer's Prayer Book marks a religious disaster of the first magnitude; or that if «our minds are... full of readily available religious imagery... there is no need to expel [it] simply because... we do not believe in God.»

I mention, only because my... paradigm (I'm not much on beliefs, in the usual organized religion sense)... includes a «Divine» of my own definition, that equates to something like «awe of life, love, and knowing that there is much we don't know» (< — sorry, not the easiest thing for me to get into words, hopefully that gets the gist of it) that I don't see as a «personal other», but, in my paradigm, I see that Divine as being systemic to everything, hence insights from what I learn / experience can be termed as the Divine acting.

Gary: The reason I'm hesitant about your definition of «religious» is because, as you say, your definition has everything to do with your personal views and beliefs, and not as much to do with how people who call themselves religious perceive themselves, nor with the 150 or so years of academic research into religious phenomena.

Their commands are obeyed and their judgments followed not because of the office they hold but because of their personal qualities on the one hand and the attitudes of belief, respect, fear, and trust they evoke on the other.

I meditate, because it is a personal experience of God rather than a blind belief doctrine.

This was because the focus shifted from participation in Christendom (by virtue of birth) to personal experience and belief (by active choice).

Most atheists tend to not have a hypocrisy problem because very few of them profess a belief in moral facts and moral absolutes (I'm a rare breed of atheist who believes that moral absolutes and moral facts are both existent as well as accessible, and that they are not mere personal opinion) and look upon all of it as mere opinion.

I must admit I rather hesitate to raise the issue of Shakespeare's religion, because at a fundamental level a concentration on his personal beliefs obscures the essence of his achievement.

The fact that leading proponents of character education (e.g., Kevin Ryan and William Kilpatrick) are Catholics «is of no relevance,» but Mr. Kohn thought he would mention it just the same because «it is appropriate to consider the personal beliefs of these individuals.»

Traditional theology has always had a difficulty reconciling this belief in the personal nature of God with its belief in his absolute otherness, precisely because persons are relational realities and never absolutely other.

For me, it is what some refer to as «the witness of the Spirit of God» that is my cause for belief, coupled with numerous personal experiences that can be explained only by «because He lives».

A belief is something you have come to based on an active search where you you gather evidence and then make a hypothesis changing your view from one of neutral to positive «I believe in gravity after having studied the research that has been done and my personal experience with things falling on my head» which is different than «I disbelieve Leprechauns because there is no evidence one way or the other as to their existence.»

Because we are all professionals with full - time careers - representing our own personal beliefs here - we value our own privacy as well as that of our family.

«I chose not to speak publicly about these disagreements, however, because I feel my responsibility as CEO of Success Academy is not to advance my personal beliefs on a broad range of political issues but instead to focus all of my energies on advocating for our kids and public policies that expand educational opportunity and parent choice,» she wrote.

Contrary to current beliefs viewing gang structure as hierarchical and clan recruiting processes as rigorous, Red Gang members described their gang structure as a loose social network into which individuals drifted through friendships with current associates; similarly, gang leadership was said to be the result of personal dexterity — individuals ascended to command status because of their personal traits — rather than the outcome of a selective system imposed from above.

The drive to start this organization was anchored in my belief that yoga is one of the most democratic tools available for personal healing and social change because we all have a body and we all breathe.

Sometimes it can be tempting to take a sponsorship because of the money, but you really have to stick to your personal beliefs.

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Are we sealing our own destruction by following the paths of those who claim to be enlightened by divine authority, ignoring science altogether, because it interferes with someone's personal beliefs?

The number of students who have felt unwelcome or rejected by a particular group because of their academic ability, athletic ability, beliefs, ethnicity, family income, gender, hobbies / interests, home neighborhood, primary language spoken, musical interest, personal appearance, race, sexual orientation, or style.

From developing personal expertise with SMART boards and student produced news shows to helping teachers across the state effectively use digital tools at the Northern Kentucky Writing Project Tech Academy, she inspires colleagues to try new things because of her passionate belief that technology supports improved student learning.

Finally, teachers may be unwilling to adopt a critical sociopolitical consciousness because of their own personal political beliefs.

It does put a sour taste in my personal opinion of the game, simply because of my real - world beliefs.

now this is your 6th or 8th mistake, and that too stops you and makes you even angrier, and then you start to ABUSE AND CRITICIZE YOURSELF privately at home for losing the plot and publicly being so «nasty» and «aggressive» online, because that is a major breach of your own really important Personal Values and Belief System — YOU do not do that kid of ting, m and yet, shit, here you are.

«To my mind», «only justifiable discussion», «is as a pathological process», «with a view to eliminating it», stated that these are purely personal beliefs («my mind»), shown further by no evidence to back up these statements («tautologies», «a series of self - reinforcing statements that can not be disproved because they depend on the assumption that they are already correct).

Metaphysical: describes things that are not assigned a truth level because it is generally agreed that they can not be verified, such as the mysteries of faith, personal tastes or belief systems.

That's because millions of people will be off the hook due to their income level, personal beliefs, or because they're not citizens.

I should say that I don't see any problem with a prenuptial agreement that sets out clearly defined tangible obligations on the part of spouses upon separation, even if those obligations are assumed because of personal religious beliefs.

... If decisions are made because of an individual judge's sense of fairness or justice, the appearance, if not the reality, is that the decision sprung from personal or political beliefs of an unelected person.

However, perhaps a prosecution of a law society under Criminal Code s. 122 for its failure to perform its duties in regard to access to justice by at least trying to solve the unaffordable legal services problem would fail because, even if an official knows that a decision does affect his / her personal interests, there is no offence, «if the decision is made honestly and in a genuine belief that it was a proper exercise of his jurisdiction.

You never want to include things that you think will benefit you such as country of origin or religious or political beliefs, because personal prejudices and differences could cause your resume to be rejected, even if you are the most qualified for the job.

Members of these religions may hesitate before ending a marriage because of their personal religious beliefs or because of the pressure from their church.

The abuse victim might for example take on the belief that they deserved to be hit because of their own wrong - doings: maybe they weren't as attentive as they should be, or maybe they lack some other personal trait or quality that their partner is justifiably angry about.

Some spouses prefer annulment over divorce because of their religious beliefs or other personal reasons.