Not exact matches
«All I knew was that I might be getting
in on the ground floor of something new, and I
believed I could learn and do
anything as well
as anyone else.»
Not only is it hard to
believe that monetary policy is
anything like that powerful (particularly
as the last of the increases —
in August — had so little time to have effect), but the proximate cause of the sharp slowing is clearly found elsewhere.
In your twenties, you might have been made to
believe that you can afford
anything,
as long
as you have the right credit card.
Because
as investors if you're looking at this current contemporary global macroeconomic backdrop from the 10 - 12 year perspective, I find it with the typical disclosure here that I'm not able to see with a perfect crystal ball or
anything but it's hard to
believe that traditional assets, that global equities, will be thriving
in this environment just from the simple perspective of how overstretched they are from any reasonable measure of valuation.
They
believe anything that can be effectively boiled down to
as «cold calling»
in link building strategy is worth doing.
And honestly saying you
believe in God and self - identify
as Christian doesn't mean you actually Lean on God for
anything so they say they're Christian but living
as an Atheist.
I will no longer be respectful of the leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who seems to
believe that rude behavior, intolerance and even killing prejudice is somehow acceptable, so long
as it comes from third - world religious leaders, who more than
anything else reveal
in themselves the price that colonial oppression has required of the minds and hearts of so many of our world's population.
Nii Nii the stupid guy... if he was not so stupid he would know that ATHEISM is not defined
as religion but he is too stupid to
believe anything based
in reality.
As for numerologists, scientists, and non-believers
in general... to explain
anything within our universe completely and fully (even the big bang theory or evolution), one must eventually take a leap of faith and
believe in something that equations or definitions can't quantify.
Nigel Rees, editor of an engaging newsletter that tracks down quotations, reports that Chesterton's fictional Father Brown said things very much like that, but he suspects the source is Emile Cammaerts» 1937 book on GKC, which paraphrased him
as believing that «The first effect of not
believing in God is to
believe in anything.»
Just like any religion there are different types of atheists, some simply don't
believe in a «creator» or higher authority, but others use atheism
as a shield of intellectuality, safely keeping them from feeling
anything.
Michael «
As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to
believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.»
... i know your book says don't
believe anything else before or after to protect its place
in history, but just
as you would read greek mythology and have incredulous thoughts about multigods ruling the earth water and the undergrounds, those who are not stuck on your wavelength, read your mythology and think how anyone
in their right minds could ever fall for those idolatric stories... your belief
in your creationist god is
as unfathomable
as an adult looking up the chimney and feeling the power of Santa Clause
in them... does the power of Santa Clause compel you?
As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to
believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.
Personally I don't care what people
believe the bible says
as long
as they don; t get some insane idea (see lorriane) about how any of the sh!t
in it means
anything to me.
So let me get this straight, it's far fetched for us to NOT have been created by a God and that's illogical but you
believe there's a heaven and hell, a mystical deity who watches over us yet fails to intervene
in bloodshed that occurs daily
in his name, this deity is all powerful but for some reason can't do
anything more than a coin toss could and for some reason everything he can do is limited to exactly the same domain
as nature (EX: God can never regenerate a missing limb)?
I am one who went from a young person with faith to one who did nt
believe in God and discovered a finally life with God was far richer than
anything I could have imagined
as a non believer.
don't you think they are part of that «
believes in ANYTHING» morons group, because they do not
believe in same god
as yours?
But I do
believe that the Acts and the epistles are just
as much the words of Jesus
as anything in the gospels.
In addition, Step 11 refers to «God, as we understood Him...» It may say God but it could be anyone, anything, that could be believed in if someone had issues with / did not believe in Go
In addition, Step 11 refers to «God,
as we understood Him...» It may say God but it could be anyone,
anything, that could be
believed in if someone had issues with / did not believe in Go
in if someone had issues with / did not
believe in Go
in God.
The arguments that Thomas offers for
believing that the rational soul's operation is intelligible
in itself — that is, without introducing
anything extraneous such
as the body or the senses — almost all derive from Aristotle; and they are not, on first reading, terribly convincing.
You aithiests that post hate, bigotry, and all manner of filth, just because you don't
believe in anything but yourselves... are you not just
as bad
as terrorists?
This is not to say, I hasten to add, that we do not
believe in anything; I mean, rather, that we hold an unshakable, if often unconscious, faith
in the nothing, or
in nothingness
as such.
Well, I guess if they are going to throw 4 gospels
in the trash «coz the Jews cry about «The Blood Curse» and want to make
believe to make it go away, might
as well go around edit out
anything else inconvenient... Yeah, let's get poor St Simon of Trent and throw that statue
in the trash... It used to be «What PART of HIS BLOOD be upon us and our Children's Children's Children until the END of TIME don't you understand!?
Also I said I am not a religious person and that means I do not
believe in any of this stuff but I am not going to say it is impossible because I think almost
anything is possible so calling me a religious
anything is about
as empty an insult
as anyone can toss my way, read before you insult, oh yes and make sure you retain what you read, that might help you a little.
- Well considering you are now cherry picking and not realizing that if you truely
believe our «works don't save us» then what you've just told me is that
as long
as I have faith
in god and christ I have carte blanche to go on a rampage and kill people, or be a di.ck, or
anything else I want to do because my works on earth apparently mean nothing.
Why don't the people who have been blessed to
believe in our creator Christians muslims and jews see the similarities between us Have you been so institutionalised
as to only see what differences there are Will it mean
anything on the last day
Muslims do not
believe in a triune God and do not see Christ (the second personhood of God)
as anything but a prophet.
@jimtanker — you don't have to be insulting when you share your opinion... It's your choice to
believe what you wish but don't insult everyone else
in the process... Just remember that there's so much that your «thinking» brain can't explain and
as a «thinker» you shouldn't dismiss
anything just because you have no proof.
If
anything, Christians are condescending to anyone who doesn't
believe exactly
as they do, and they tell you they'll «pray» for you so you, too, can be Saved, and join them
in their version of Heaven.
I can not
believe that you or anyone else reads these ads
as the literal truth about
anything in the modern Catholic Church.
Not sure i am convinced because how do you explain the verse an eye for an eye
in the old testament there have always been consequences for wrong doing and stiill are for sin.If we
believe the word then that word is from God not satan.
As far
as satan is concerned he uses violence
as his tools of trade he works on our fears and is limited to robbing stealing and destroying he does nt have
anything else.Violence confirms to us that there is a spiritual battle going on both on the earthly plane and
in the heavenlys and the battle is over souls.The verse the kingdon of heaven is expanding and violent people take it by force is referring to that spiritual battle and
as satan uses violence to expand his dominion so does God use violence to counter him.So what does he mean by that term for me i think it is saying that the the force of evil that satan uses or violence is overcome by a greater violence or force a more powerful one that being the Love of Christ.Through the cross we see that clearly portrayed and
in our lives that very same battle is still happening right now for dominion be clear if we walk
in the flkesh satan will have dominion over us but if we walk according to the spirit and abide
in Christ we have freedom from our old nature.and satan.He can oppose us but he wont be able to influence us if we are
in Christ.
and then they are excommunicated and the fight is over... this is a hopeless fight especially when religion is involved... they either fight for rights and lose it all (and essentially go to hell) or give
in and listen to their religious leaders... I do not
believe in what they do and could care less really but they are
in a no win situation and they
as nuns should not be worried about birth control or
anything of the such... they took the vows..
This issue is an extremely common topic at meetings and it is always stressed that
believe in a Higher Power can be
anything of your choosing and many AAs simply
believe in the power of the group
as a whole
as their Higher Power (I have also know many people who started with this belief and later found faith
in God).
I am loathe to
believe anything now without some evidence, and whether or not there is an all pervasive spirit, I
believe in spirituality
in as far
as it describes the state of awakening beyond one's own physical existence to a greater existence that includes us.
But we can not possibly take their measure rightly if,
as May puts it, we «can not
believe that the decisive powers
in the universe could possibly do
anything worthwhile
in and through the suffering» we and others undergo.
I am not gonna comment on all these sick opinions,, I understand now that most of westerns oppose Islam, therefor they don't wan na hear
anything good about it,, all they do they lie and
believe their lies,, good for you guys but
believe me no one
in this world helps the US
as Muslims do to the country
in all important fields,, and please don't dare me to write novels what we've done to you and i am
as a person from Saudi,, You should be thankful instead of your sick racist minds,, TRUST me no one can stop the huge flow of ISLAM anywhere,
Strings like, «There is something wrong with you if you don't speak
in tongues» (a very unBiblical one that), you must have a full submersion baptism because the last baptism you had wasn't wet enough, you must sing naff choruses or it means you do nt» want to worship God, you must
believe that the vast majority of people that have lived on earth are damned to everlasting Hell, you must not say
anything controversial, you must not be too intellectually assertive if you're a woman, you must do
as we say and
believe as we say, you must force yourself to be attracted to people with a particular set of genitalia or be lonely and unfulfilled for the rest of your life.
the blood of the son of god is greater then mur and the biblea moral system its a gospel and a covenant that says we cant meet gods standard but jesus did, so everyone can be forgiven of
anything if they recieve it form jesus od does nt say just cause u murdered your excluded to god sin is sin, the only difference is the level of boundary you break ad the consequence
in this life, a liar gets a small consequence a murder will
in this reap judgement, but to after this life god sees
as we a sinned, jesus paid it all and he forgives everyone who
believes in jesus for an they did
As for hell and eternal punishment, I do
believe in some sort of eternal separation from God, but I do not
believe it has
anything to do with torment of suffering.
This individualism has dismissed both the extrinsic and the intrinsic value of each human being
in favor of material and professional indices of success that most people
believe are due to luck
as much
as anything else (hence the increasing popularity of lotteries) Because the apocalyptic worldview of the early church has now been replaced with the desperate and meaningless finality of possible nuclear annihilation, eschatological expectations and hope for reversal of human fortunes have given way to a «present - only» scheme of refetence even
in Christian theology.
«Spiritual but not religious» is just something people call themselves when they don't really
believe in God or
anything spiritual, but are open to the concept,
as long
as it doesn't include the commitment and sacrifice associated with organized religion.
My humble advise to you is to go and study the history that how, when and who wrote these chapters and what type of time it went through and then say that if there is any statement
in this book is the real time statements of Jesus PBUH... please be honest with yourself... and don't do
anything to please others but only you... and make sure you are convince with this study... whats the difference btwn what is
in this book and what was written
in a book last year when a Hindu claim himself
as God and millions
believed in him and still they
believe even after his death by being ill... no one asks if I take a human
as my God then how could he be ill or eventually be dead?
I TOLD HIM THAT I
believe in electricity and other forces of nature, but
as for a God, if there is one, He has never done
anything for me... «Then all of your troubles are over,» says the man and leaves the room (Cathy Burns, Alcoholics Anonymous Unmasked, p. 39; emphasis added).
to J.W. and fred — i think its rather silly to argue
anything as fact if its cleary thought based (i.e. lacking proof / evidence) when asked about the where did we come from or how the universe (whatever) i always answer with i don't know, but then i pose an idea — i state openly thats its only an idea... if any one of you religions folks would simple agree to the FACT that what you
BELIEVE is real is REALLY only an idea until proven (much like evolution) then i would find much more pleasing conversations beyond the realm of atheists... but alas, i am still waiting — i found some but most are imovible
in there beliefs that god is real, provable, and most def.
Christians put that proposition right up front, it is the most heavily advertised belief
in history, and
in the ears of someone disinclined to
believe it, it sounds at least
as silly
as anything the Scientologists teach.
Neither is there
anything about God looking ahead
in time to see who would
believe in Him for eternal life and then choosing them —
as the Arminians teach.
I would be interested
in anything that you,
as a 21st century member of the religious cult, might have to say, but am not interested
in anything written so long ago by bronze age or iron age cult members because they really knew nothing about the world and
believed in gods the same way any primitive man did... through scientific ignorance.
As a Christian, I remember that Jesus himself NEVER forced anyone to
believe in what he said and did and NEVER forced anyone to do
anything.
As he notes, they support
anything that rebuilds «Biblical Israel» and the temple because they
believe it is a necessary first step
in getting Jesus to return.