Because there are a zillion different religions, many claiming to be the one «true» religion, and many of those religions have
belief systems based on intolerance, small - mindedness, and fear, and we don't want to be subjected to those arbitrary capricious fairy tales.
That's one hope of humanists: That people choose
belief systems based on fact.
I said most of the religions though, if you look, study and get the facts then there are
some belief systems based on fact.
Why should atheists stay away while the religious fanatics are trying to bash a reasonable secular
belief system based on science and education??
Hey, It'd suit me just fine if I could make up my own religion... but all I would have is a counterfeit
belief system based on the latest color of the day.
- Christianity is a false
belief system based on superstitious myths.
Nazism is
a belief system based around antisemitism and «race realism».
Cambodia and Thailand share a national border, are both constitutional monarchies, hold
a belief system based on animism and Theravada Buddhism, and are economically reliant on tourism and manufacturing.
Some argue that humanity can now survive, and even thrive, in a rapidly destabilizing planetary environment, but that is
a belief system based on supreme technological optimism, and is not a reasoned scientifically informed judgment.
The cult of AGW has a coherent
belief system based on a set of tenets and has organised structure including training, communication and hierarchy.
Not exact matches
It emerged from a
system based on a
belief that humans couldn't damage the environment on a global scale.
As the name implies, a fixed mindset is a
belief system that presumes that human achievement is
based primarily on innate gifts.
The firm nurtures a filial atmosphere with an almost solemn devotion to the legacy of the founders and their value -
based belief system.
But absolutely, we're deep in customer engagement with the [
belief] that we [will] continue to place
systems on a regular
basis now.
But alas, people still prejudicially ascribe certain moral qualities to others
based on their
belief system, so this is not going away any time soon.
At least Scientific Creationism honestly admits to being a
Belief System that is
based on True Science.
Also, in western religions like Islam, Christianity are
based on set of
belief system.
If your
belief system is
based on bringing misery into the lives of others who are not in your church, then that's a sad way to live your life.
I am sure being off by a few degrees will not land them in major religious issues, after all in a faith
based system, the faith and
belief you are following the doctrine is all that is needed right?
Finally you said, «But alas, people still prejudicially ascribe certain moral qualities to others
based on their
belief system, so this is not going away any time soon.»
If you do not believe the Bible as the infallible and authoritative Word of God, why read Piper, as his whole
belief system is
based on it?
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.
Apple everybody seems to like to think their
belief system is
based on empirical data, but we are all in the same boat.
Certainly enough for me to have demonstrated that your
belief system is
based on a vastly higher degree of faith / improbability than mine
It is difficult to consider a
system of
belief that is NOT
based in faith.
Based on many of your comments, it seems discriminatory actions and
beliefs are important to your value
systems.
It really does nt matter what my
beliefs system was, let's just say it was
based on chaos theory and science as applied to occult arts, I have since moved on to more pragmatic
beliefs but I clearly recall how oppressive they were and surprised at how much propaganda they spread that was
based on their ignorance.
The same can not be said for the
belief system that those 1.6 billion people have (or any other
belief system that is
based on the supernatural, for that matter).
He forgets that he has no
basis to accuse someone else's
belief system of inferiority.
I must say that I agree with igaftr here... your entire
belief system is
based on giving you the disease and selling you the false cure.
It has multiple meanings 1) complete trust or confidence 2) strong
belief in a religion
based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof 3) a
system of religious
belief
In Non-Faith
Based belief systems, the belief is based on experiences, information, facts, and data (ie, not faith) I believe that rain falls down to the earth because I've seen it happen every time it r
Based belief systems, the
belief is
based on experiences, information, facts, and data (ie, not faith) I believe that rain falls down to the earth because I've seen it happen every time it r
based on experiences, information, facts, and data (ie, not faith) I believe that rain falls down to the earth because I've seen it happen every time it rains.
Metaphysical realism, understood in a processive way, requires this triple sense of objectivity: novel human doings in need of guidance, long - enduring
systems of
belief that provide the schemata of interpretation by which that guiding can be done, and opportunistic skill in sculpting act and theory, fact and canon, into a coherent, fruitful
basis for intelligent action.
That is where you have
beliefs — you can have
beliefs that have atheism as their
base, just like you «can» have theists without any «flavor» Generally to have something (vs the absence of something) you have to have some context which is why you have to have a
belief system / religion attached to a God.
Other
belief systems proclaim «merit -
based redemption'that leads one into a state of constant contemplation of keeping scores, self - righteousness, and adherence to barbaric punitive laws.
In all fairness believers do have an agenda, which is to justify their devotion to a
belief system that has no
basis in anything that is objectively verifiable.
Every religion is a narrative or
belief system if you will,
based on premises that can not be proven.
In a Faith
Based belief system, the belief is not based on logic or reason, but rather on the stories of the divine that you've been
Based belief system, the
belief is not
based on logic or reason, but rather on the stories of the divine that you've been
based on logic or reason, but rather on the stories of the divine that you've been told.
Their
belief in God and Bible is cradled in their
system of absolute certainty that allows no deviation from an absolute standard of doctrine which is presumably
based on a singular understanding of the Bible.
In addition to the basic assumption that the god or gods on which a religion is
based exist, every
system of religious
beliefs raises a number of questions.
What religion offers: — The opportunity to avoid eternal punishment for not worshiping / believing in my god (not worried enough to care)-- An explanation for the universe and why we are here (I'll take the knowledge gained from the application of the scientific method, but thanks)-- Living forever in heavenly bliss (I am content with this life)-- The opportunity to divide humanity
based upon different
belief systems (There is enough dividing us already)-- Purpose, a code of ethics, and fulfillment (I have that already, without religion)-- Develop a personal relationship with god (I've never seen or heard from any gods nor have I seen any independantly verified scientifically collected peer reviewed proof.
How do you say someone's work is
based on this one princliple when there are 9 chapters including clearity and inerrency of the bible, Attributes of God, Trinity, Creation, Sin preceeding the «major point» of all the author's works and
belief system?
Regardless of whatever Hitler claimed his official
belief system was, you have conceded that he did
base his policies, very much, on science, reason, eugenics, and the theory of evolution.
I detest their delusional
belief system, perhaps, and I fear the damage to our freedom
based the lunacy that they try to force onto other people, but there is nothing irrational about it.
To me, trying to
base a
belief system on proof doesn't work either way in discussing whether a spiritual realm does or does not exist.
An atheist's
belief system is
based on logic, evidence and common sense.
Btwn this issue and illegal immigration, these issues show how immature so many are in this country, how even after all that education, resort to barbaric
belief systems that should have faded centuries ago, yet make the
basis of an entire political movement.
The
basis of your
belief system appears to be that, you will go to a place of eternal fire and torture, unless you accept that 2000 years ago god sent a piece of himself to Earth in human form (Jesus) knowing in advance that this Jesus would live, be crucified, died, then come alive again, then ascend to heaven to rejoin himself, and that this was the only way that humans could be cleansed of the evil that is inherent in them because a rib woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat an apple.
My
belief system is
based on personal experience with God.
The entire
basis of any religion is for a select few to try to enterpret events and the words of others to make it fit within the context of a given religion /
belief system.