Sentences with phrase «belief than practice»

Remember that the bible doesn't place a greater emphasis on belief than practice.

Not exact matches

And polls suggest that the country is no more Christian in belief than in practice: half of all Danes say God doesn't matter in their life at all.

As a result, evangelical liturgical practices tend to be far more fluid than the practices of more high church traditions, as the practices flow from a belief that spiritual regeneration precedes liturgical practice — and regeneration can not be reduced down to easily identified physical characteristics.

There is no such thing as a «perfect church»; but the Eastern Church has remained much closer to the foundational beliefs and practices of biblical and patristic beliefs and practices than the Latin / Western Church (es):

We can assume that all the Justices sitting on the Court today, like other humans, have their own preferences and biases about religion, but the judicial opinions of one of them, Justice John Paul Stevens, raise more than a slight suspicion that some of his actions on the bench stem from animosity, if not to animal sacrifice, at least to certain less exotic religious beliefs and practices.

Thus, to invoke the Russian Church's traditions of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries requires us to engage in historical reconstruction rather than to nurture beliefs and practices that are ongoing.

Sometimes a facially neutral governmental practice will affect some beliefs or institutions more severely than others.

It takes more than a few seconds to recover from such strong addictions that have not only been bred into our DNA but reinforced over many years of belief and practice.

The motivation for this pastoral practice is clear: it is the belief that the love generated by a spiritually coherent community is greater than the sum total of the love emanating from its individual members» lives.

Thirty - five years ago, Bengtson began examining the religious beliefs and practices of more than 3,500 grandparents, parents, grandchildren, and great - grandchildren.

Whether you and they acknowledge it or not, those people have to put aside or ignore their beliefs to properly practice healthcare, else they'd have to follow the violent demands of the bible such as these, rather than actually curing people:

Some Catholics insist that both men are heretics, to be suffered within the community only if they mute their voices; others say that they represent more authentic versions of the faith than the various beliefs and practices they are challenging, and that it is the institution rather than the individual that is heretical.

Beliefs or practices that do not express devotion or that refer to objects of less than supreme worth are by this definition not religious.

Beliefs and ways of life, save in respect to certain minimal attitudes and practices without which social life could not successfully be carried on, are matters of private rather than public business.

On the contrary, the neoclassical Group I attributes can be combined with the classical Group 2 attributes into a consistent and coherent conception that captures the experience, belief, and practice of the high theistic religions better than either of Hartshorne's total packages.

Let me begin with an explicit affirmation that discloses a fundamental methodological presupposition of this interpretation the religion of the Paraiyars is much more than a compliant and unreflective internalization of the beliefs and practices of caste Hindus.

Think they might do well better than most as seen they are strict with religion practice and more belief than others... who knows they even might be the along waited Christ to return?

I think this is a marvelous idea, one that can compliment (rather than compete with) Christian beliefs and practices.

Besides, if you look at Mormon history, there are more disturbing practices, teachings, and beliefs about this «religion» than most can tolerate.

Even though specific Christian beliefs were unknown in Athens, Christian thinkers used resources which were far less internally consistent than process thought to express religious meanings, defend practices, doctrines, and so forth.

Separateness to preserve the purity of belief and practice is thus encouraged rather than co-operation with other Christians for the service of the world.

As a matter of fact some sectarian groups make, practically, much greater use of non-sruti literature, as the basis for present belief and practice than they do of the recognized sruti writings.

They are basic to the whole movement, and far more important in their bearing upon the organisational life of the Mormons than either the Bible or The Book of Mormon, for it was in these successive revelations of the prophet that the growing movement took shape, and their most characteristic beliefs and practices were determined.

But if they do not recognize the consequences, in both thought and practice, of the present state of their beliefs, we whose bent is philosophical rather than scientific may be forgiven for worrying about what the scientific future holds.

Worship, to one who does not accept its bases in belief, is apt to seem more like a cultic practice nurtured in mythology than a life - renewing force.

It is a judgment upon the Church and its ministry if, with our belief in God's grace, we repeat the great symbols and doctrines of atonement but actually practice less of a costing identification with the sufferings of men and women than do those who counsel with them under secular auspices.

Are you saying that anyone who practices or expresses a belief that is different than yours is forcing it on you?

Typically, American academics of this era maintained more - or-less separate mental compartments for their religious beliefs and for their academic practices, and they saw the two as complementary rather than in conflict.

Similarly, Dalit and Adivasi religio - cultural beliefs and practices that celebrate accessible love and solidarity with the marginalized are closer to the God - dynamic as manifested by the life and teachings of Jesus than those that highlight the overpowering, destructive, and violent characteristics of God.

Finally, historical pagan beliefs and practices are significantly different than how people like to view them today.

Buddhism is a complex belief system with a longer history than western science; and the ability to incorporate folkways and local religions, into a highly literate and esoteric specialist practice.

hypocrisies)[mass noun] the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more laudable opinions or beliefs than is the case.

It is now 6 noes and 5 yeses, the noes win, because they each technically got more than one vote, even though there are an even number of people on both sides of the issue, who all should have been free to practice according to their own beliefs, That; s why the organizations «beliefs» must be secondary to individuals.

Many of us whose intuitive faith has been theologically informed by the Trinitarian and Christological Mysteries have found that the spiritual practices of other religious Traditions are often a more faithful expression of our theological beliefs than those taught in many of our «Christian» Churches.

It refers to a group who had some different beliefs and practices than other groups within the big religious tent of Judaism.

Her belief in the dignity and humanity of all babies inspired her and her husband to be foster parents to more than 30 newborn infants — not only nurturing them, but teaching the adoptive parents about API's Eight Principles of Parenting and related practices that gave the new family an incredible beginning in their parenting journey.

May 1, 2006 Physician approaches to patient spirituality vary according to doctors» religious characteristics Although more than nine out of ten doctors believe it is appropriate to discuss religious or spiritual issues when a patient brings them up and three out of four encourage patients» religious beliefs and practices, only half inquire, even occasionally, about a patient's faith, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the May issue of the journal Medical Care.

These include obsessive focus on food choice, planning, purchase, preparation, and consumption; food regarded primarily as source of health rather than pleasure; distress or disgust when in proximity to prohibited foods; exaggerated faith that inclusion or elimination of particular kinds of food can prevent or cure disease or affect daily well - being; periodic shifts in dietary beliefs while other processes persist unchanged; moral judgment of others based on dietary choices; body image distortion around sense of physical «impurity» rather than weight; persistent belief that dietary practices are health - promoting despite evidence of malnutrition.

Vegans and vegetarians are free to practice their beliefs as it is a free society, but no amount of opinion will convince me that it is other than a personal choice they make — and not one based on sound science.

Therefore, it is easier than ever for you to find someone who has the same beliefs, practices, and religious affiliations as you do.

If different faith communities focus on children in need, rather than the differences in their practices or beliefs, those children may have a better chance at success.

Excerpts from Slave Narratives This wonderful resource includes more than 40 narratives including a European slave trader describing a shipboard revolt by enslaved Africans (1700); a doctor describing conditions on an English slaver (1788); Venture Smith relating the story of his kidnapping at age six (1798); a woman learning that her husband, who had been sold away, has taken another wife (1869); and a slave describing West African religious beliefs and practices (1789).

The No Kill Advocacy Center argues that appreciably less than one percent of dogs with worrisome behaviors are beyond our current ability to rehabilitate, pointing to recent studies and to the beliefs of practiced shelter directors.

The impetus for this widespread practice is presumably pet population control, and the belief that mammary gland and prostate cancers are prevented and aggressive male behavior is markedly less likely than in those neutered later.

Rather than create carnivalesque depictions of these individuals, she exposes «the spiritual conviction they have for this way of life,» as a means of acknowledging her own belief in organic, sustainable farming practices.

In this excerpt, Julian Jebb interviews Francis Bacon about his contemporaries in the art world, his working practices and his personal philosophies, such as his belief that true abstract painting is nothing more than «lyrical, charming and decorative».

This approach is based on the belief that a contemporary gallery ought to be more than a commercial space and can become a matrix for the development or new practices and the production of knowledge.

A more practical way to promote change within the sustainability movement would be to a) create narratives that portray and encourage the desired ideas and actions as historical and current reality or as historical precedent in support of a nuanced evolution within the current orthodoxy, rather than to portray them as a significant change in belief or practice; b) to portray the desired ideas and actions as long - held beliefs and practices of the most widely - admired leaders of the orthodoxy and as actions and ideas typical of orthodox believers; or c) to shame believers into seeing the desired beliefs and actions as acceptable means of atonement for past sustainability sin or as new «stones» that can be thrown at non-believers.

2) There is a mistaken belief that legal research is less important than other areas of practice.

If each solo attorney is going to wholly own her own practice, then it requires a lot of thought around what resources to share and which ones to keep separate... Sharing resources isn't easy, but if the lawyers approach it with a belief that more can be done together than apart, that there is an abundance of resources and clients, and have a clear conflict resolution mechanism — then the effort is well worth it.»