You don't need to have
beliefs about either of those things in order to be a Christian.
Not exact matches
IN 10 years, CJ King and Co Pty Ltd has grown from a small annex behind a North Beach home to what it claims is the biggest full colour printer in the Southern Hemisphere — a $ 1,500 investment that is now turning over $ 10 million a year.With the assistance
of Austrade and the WA Department
of Industry and Resources (DoIR), the company is taking on the UK market, already with some success.One
of the remarkable
things about this success story is that it has been achieved through a consummate
belief in a philosophy to use standardised, leading - edge technology and to supply just the print trade and other on - sellers.
To put
things in context, Bell followed that quote up by expressing his disappointment when communities
of faith discourage people from asking questions
about religious texts or
beliefs.
[24:40] Most entrepreneurs attempt too many businesses in the beginning [24:50] Find your flagship, that you will commit everything to [25:20] Business is also
about your own psychology [25:30] Master one
thing at a time [26:30] Massive focus and big risks [27:00] The 3
beliefs you must have when starting a business [28:00] Learning how to maximize [28:20] The business you're in and the business you're becoming [28:50] The 80 %
of what I do [30:00] The business you are in and the business you are becoming [30:20] Intertwining your personal and professional brands [31:30] The importance
of intent [33:20] Tony's take on social media [34:00] Why Tony prefers audio over text [36:40] The value
of Facebook Live [37:20] Tony's social media director weighs in on Instagram Stories [38:00] Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure [39:00] Learning how to master the mind [39:40] What's a magnificent life for you?
It's not fun to fail, and I don't recommend it:) But 80 %
of startups die and one
of the best
things about tech is the
belief that failure isn't fatal and is often the best way to learn and live to try again.
As a woman who got married in the late 1960's I can tell you a lot
of things about limiting your
beliefs including how people around you can set up limits and barriers.
I'm an atheist, and one
of the
things I hated
about religion is that the Christians are always trying to force their absurd
beliefs off on other people now there is an organized group
of atheists trying to do the same
thing with a non-religion.
But in the real world, I think atheists and people
of varying faiths probably work together on various
things for the good
of mankind — often not really knowing fully
about each others»
beliefs, yet still accomplishing good
things together.
Most
of us are agnostic
about many
things, including our
beliefs about gods — classically, knowledge is justified true
belief.
i do nt care if you do nt beleive in god or my religion, but one
thing about my religion is it teaches respect, to whatever your
beliefs are teaches ignorance thats the difference between me and you i care for others to were you only care
about yourself without the reprecussions
of the future
Sure, all
of us are ignorant
about some
things, whether it's because it holds no interest for us, or we haven't had the opportunity to learn
about it, or because reality conflicts with our religious
beliefs.
That was very interesting
thing to read
about and I respect every word it came with and Thank you for the guidance and encouragement therefore I find my self more attracted to read the old books after all they are the elder parts
of our book what ever they say although each has his own
belief and can figure which are similar to ours and which are not... after all verses seemed as ours although were put differently... Thank you again and wish all the Christians a Happy and Peaceful celebration for this occasion... our prayers and peace upon the soul and the spirit
of the Prophet and Messenger
of God Jesus the Son
of Mary..
It was not uncommon for people to believe in the cyclops, or the sirens until christianity took over, outlawed that
belief and as.serted its own» = > the fact that people believed all kinds
of things does nt imply anything
about other
beliefs.
You will forever be damaged with your closed minded
beliefs, and unfortunately you will spend the rest
of your pathetic life harassing others
about your nonsense believing that youre «doing the right
thing» when in reality your just being annoying.
We should be happy
about how far we have come as a species via the hard work and dedication
of man kind... we should be stopping and looking at the big picture and think
about how far we have come in 2000 years... we have made tremendous progress in so many ways and it is really sad that instead
of doing the right
thing and giving mankind credit where credit is due, you fall back on 2000 year old
beliefs and you thank a god who has never been proven to exist.
You are certainly entitled to holding your
beliefs and opinions, but I hope I have clarified some
things and that you will think
about some
of the
things I have said.
«the fact that people believed all kinds
of things does nt imply anything
about other
beliefs.»
In other words with all the
things going on in the world this long winded ambiguous rant
about the religious
beliefs of a horror writer whose name I've barely heard mentioned in the last decade is being presented as the most important information people need to know at this particular time.
and being aware
of your environment, being respectful
of those
of all
beliefs and none
beliefs, and
of our world, and its
about personal responsibility, with that said why is is such a bad
thing to believe in something greater than yourself, how can somebody live there life without believing in something, what kind
of life is that, life is meant to be discovered, its one big mystery, and all the science in the world can still not prove how we exactly came to be?
The
thing that makes me uneasy
about having elected officails from certain religious groups is that, being female, I'm not sure a person who suscribes to a set
of beliefs that does not permit a woman to occupy the highest leadership posts in the organization is going to promote policies in my best interests.
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.
When I tell people
about the John Frum cargo cults
of Vanuatu, they laugh at what the sillyunsophisticated natives believe When I tell people
about Mormon
beliefs they shake their heads at the
things a fool will believe When I tell people
about $ cientology they shake their heads at the
things a fool will pay to believe
I am looking for authenticity, relevancy, no ovewhelming bands that take away from the experience
of worship, clergy who are willing to answer my hard questions, who understand doubt is a stepping stone to deepening my
belief, who accept everyone as Jesus did (and we know Jesus was a rebel who accepted and led all sorts
of people), who don't feel the need to try to be hip, who speak
about things without inserting politics, who are wiling to trash the temple to bring us back to the truth, who will step out
of the box
of comfort and be real.
@ Catholic Mom before you talk you should reseach your
beliefs cause in the 2nd council
of Nicene they accepted that they could make Idols, that the 2nd commandment was talking
about pegan gods lol... the only
thing they did was bring Pagans
beliefs and mixed it with Christianity....
And because
belief is an evolving, changing, living
thing (or should be), you would have to poll the class at the beginning
of ever single class to find out if the prayer you are
about to offer is objectionable.
Funny... those three
things are just what the Catholic priests (yes, a form
of Christianity) told their alter boys when they were having doubts
about their
beliefs.
All
of the
things that have come out
about it's REAL temple
beliefs and godhood, etc, will hit Americans and they will put it up there with the likes
of David Koresh.
The kind
of things that can lead to churches splitting, people leaving churches, pastors writing condemnatory blogs
about the
beliefs of other pastors and relationships falling apart.
One
of the
things I'm standup
about is not making bigoted remarks
about others»
beliefs (i.e. that the religious are brainless).
Like the donors, the professionals overwhelmingly affirm that the principal
thing LDCs need to fight poverty are changes in their economic and political structures and in their popular
beliefs about work and the place
of mankind in creation.
My preconceptions
about Christian diversity were shook to the core by some
of the
things many Christians denied and affirmed that did not match up with what I thought were common
beliefs.
One
of the
things I talked
about was my
belief that there is no such
thing as «the gift
of evangelism.»
Am not anti-Christ nor Anti-Jewish just like all Muslims am a monotheist so must be rather Anti-Polytheists & Disbelievers... but believe me it is not hatred but rather pityness for the innocents and hardness towards the wicked transgressors... Guess that is all
about it unless few
of our brother got the message wrong!?! Since we learned from the Quran verses that there will be in paradise from the Jews, Christian and others from other
beliefs... and since God forgives any
thing else other than to assign for him partners as polytheists do, then that means many
of Christians and Jews are monotheist towards God although might show otherwise
of fears from dominant doctrine... As it seems few Christians have realized some how they were wrong some where, then had to introduce that Trinity to correct it to show as if monotheist but made another mistake by having God the One Divided into Three then and remained Divided as Three as now and for eternity...!?
Albie if you think religion is holding this country back try living in Afghanistan or Pakistan the Taliban has these countries living in the literal stone age the
thing holding this country back is greed and a mistaken
belief in the Ayn Rand theory
of «i got mine too bad
about you if you're not careful i «lll have yours too»
Itâ $ ™ s because at the root
of my theology, my thoughts
about God and life, is the
belief that, somehow, Jesus is the center
of all
things.
Given the
things that I've said
about pagan elements in the Christian church, this might surprise you, but the old pagan holidays are actually good occasions to contrast the message
of Yehoshua with the old pagan
beliefs.
In the meantime, they live in a sort
of self - imposed spiritual isolation — never telling people what they really believe
about various
things, because those are the
things they are going to write
about in their book, and they are deathly afraid that anyone they share their
beliefs with will take them and write their own book
about them before they can get THEIR book finished.
It is made even more extraordinary by the reality that though we don't know what the Queen thinks
about a great many
things — Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and, in spite
of reports, Brexit — she is remarkably, one might say uncharacteristically, open
about her
belief in Christ and his impact on her life.
I have tried to say something
about the sort
of thing it is for a Christian to believe in God and
about the way in which this
belief is rooted in a living historical tradition.
I know it may be uncomfortable to think
about ones
beliefs and why we do the
things we do but that is the nature
of thinking for oneself.
Speculation, meaning the formation
of hypotheses
about what
things are in themselves, is therefore a necessary feature
of the task
of rationally coordinating all
of our well - grounded
beliefs.
You keep assuming certain
things about my
belief, and then accusing me
of these
things.
Much like the CNN piece
about 46 %
of Americans being Creationists, it is the same
thing, choosing
belief over reason and facts.
THIS, faithless, is the nature
of so much
belief: «The amazing
thing about apocalyptic thought is that a specific prophecy can be disconfirmed, but the idea can never be discredited.
Take them one at a time, spending as much time as you need to discuss thoroughly the issues and feelings that arise: «The ideas and issues which excite me most are...;» «The
things that are most worth living for right now are...;» «I feel the most joy (pain, hope, lonely, together) when...;» «What I really believe
about God is...;» «I feel closest to (most distant from) God when...;» «I get spiritually high when...;» «The
beliefs that mean the most to me now are...;» «The
beliefs from my childhood which no longer make sense are...;» «Life has the least (the most) meaning for me when...;» «I feel closest to you (most distant from you) spiritually when...;» «The way I really feel
about the church is...;» «I'd like to do the following, to enjoy more spiritual sharing...;» «To enrich the spiritual life
of our family, I'd like to..
- John R. can come back and respond, however, I'm willing to bet that one
of the
things that he would suggest is which you seemed to have totally missed given your posting is... to friggin «think»
about your unquestioned
beliefs and assumptions that you have regarding your religious
beliefs that have been passed on to you from other people.
It might seem laborious to have to define terms so specifically and painstakingly when it comes
of a simple Twitter hashtag, but it's not hard to see the dysfunction inherent to chatting
about things as emotionally charged as faith,
belief and constructs
of systemic cultural privileges.
I know where he is coming from, but I just think that (1) his position is logically, theologically, and realistically impossible, and (2) the most pagan
things about Christianity are found at the core
beliefs and behaviors
of many Christians — especially those who are on the war - path against pagan influences.
Regardless
of where you are on the
belief spectrum, if you are thinking
about such
things, you aren't doing what needs to be done, or are doing it for the wrong reasons.
In sum, because it treats
belief as an atomistic decision taken piecemeal by individuals rather than a holistic response to family life, Nietzsche's madman and his offspring, secularization theory, appear to present an incomplete version
of how some considerable portion
of human beings actually come to think and behave
about things religious — not one by one and all on their own, but rather mediated through the elemental connections
of husband, wife, child, aunt, great - grandfather, and the rest.