Sentences with phrase «believe in the religion by»

As Christians, it should be also noted to avoid dating non-believers and on the other hand, also do not ever hope or d a «missionary date», or trying to convert someone to believe in the religion by dating him or her.

Not exact matches

Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?

I wonder how many of those who do believe were raised in a religious family by religious parents and thus had religion forced upon them from birth.

I wonder how many of those who do NOT believe were raised in a non religious family by non religious parents and thus had an intollerance for religion forced upon them from birth.

The ignorance bred by religion regarding what human beings as containing a ghost in the machine led the way for the misconceptions believed by communists regarding human beings as blank slates, since both religion and communists envisioned human beings in this flawed conceptual manner, denying the evolved components of the brain and the innate nature we are born with due to our genetic make up.

I don't understand why anyone would be offended by someone praying for the souls of their dead ancestors, whatever religion you happen to be, if you don't believe in God it isn't like it hurts anything, if you beleive in a different God, again it isn't like it hurts anything...

You might not understand that non-Mormons do not believe in your religion and are OFFENDED by your beliefs and your practices of trying to Mormanize the dead, particularly those who were killed for not being Christian such as Anne Frank.

But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria

By the way, I don't believe the search in regards to religion is a ``... find for themselves... search.

They can claim all they want that they made in their purpose in life and don't need religion, but they have deluded themselves, because they believe we just die off (which by they way, they can't prove LOL!)

Dabblers are compelled by their very dabbling to disdain those who will not dabble and who persist in believing the truth claims of one particular religion.

I wonder just how empty your life is that you need to cling to a make believe religion made up by a small group of people 2000 years ago that has no relevance in todays world.

It's interesting to see how people will find their own truth, dig in their heals and be blind to any other idea... What would Jesus do is an interesting question... I consider my self a Christian and a spiritualist... because I believe it's just not as black and white as one religion or another thinks... there is way more grey area... but a fundamental truths that are a good rule to live life by, wether you are christian or not... treat others the way you want to be treated... do unto others... I am my brothers keeper... all apply.

While Buddism is definitely prevalent in places such as China, it is not a Buddist nation (by my understanding, I believe China actively opposes any religion, but I could be wrong.)

You raise a very good point that escapes most theists and that is while they argue against atheists for not believing in their god, they forget that most of those arguments could be applied to them by somebody of another religion.

Abrahamic religions believe the Old Testament, New Testament and Koran are not open to edit, because we do not believe in modern prophesy — Hell, if we did, Oral Robers would have rewritten everything by now cuz to hear him tell it, it basically lives in God's kitchen with Him 24/7.

But I will never believe in the religion, nor its hypocrisies, outdated dietary rules, misogynistic origins, brutal treatment of baby boys, nor the silly practices + clothing favored by the orthodox, much less the Hasidim.

Quran: You shall fight back against those who do not believe in GOD, nor in the Last Day, nor do they prohibit what GOD and His messenger have prohibited, nor do they abide by the religion of truth — among those who received the scripture — until they pay the due tax, willingly or unwillingly.

I also believe that funding higher education by religions is simply a way of offering a worthwhile product (good education) to intice a captive audience in the hopes of indoctrination... actually an ingenious recruiting investment.

We may say then that Krishna Vasudeva, the founder of the Bhagavata religion who later became identified with the god in whom he believed, taught salvation by devotional faith to the one god Vaseduva.

For instance, a person may «lose» their religion and no longer believe, but still be plagued by concepts that differ only in name.

What if the company is owned by a person who is in one of the religions that doesn't believe in ANY medical procedures, are they to be allowed to provide a policy that only provides for prayer?

(14) So unto this (religion of Islâm alone and this Qur» ân) then invite (people)(O Muhammad SAW), and stand firm [on Islâmic Monotheism by performing all that is ordained by Allâh (good deeds), and by abstaining from all that is forbidden by Allâh (sins and evil deeds)-RSB-, as you are commanded, and follow not their desires but say: «I believe in whatsoever Allâh has sent down of the Book [all the holy Books, — this Qur» ân and the Books of the old from the Taurât (Torah), or the Injeel (Gospel) or the Pages of Ibrâhîm (Abraham)-RSB- and I am commanded to do justice among you.

@Vic: «Observer and Ken Margo, you have a problem identifying with the God proclaimed by existing religions but would believe in a different God.

He believed that the «important role played by the principles of natural religion in promoting our perfection... justified [our] living in accordance with this finite truth despite our being unable to demonstrate that reality in itself conforms to it.»

This is often a cynical argument, made by people who believe in religion but not in God.»

Mr Batten said:» [Islam] glorifies death - they believe in propagating their religion by martyring themselves.

I'm not defending their current policies which need more transparancy and alterations to allow anyone to believe in any religion they want, but this article masks real religious injustice of the discrimination against Tibetians and their religious practices by making it a «Christian» persecution thing.

«Even though starting a government meeting with a religious prayer is offensive to many, considered a violation of our const.itution by many, makes many feel ostracized and as if their voice will not be given equal consideration to those who are religions, I think we should still start of government meetings with prayers because this is a country that believes in the free expression of ones beliefs and opinions without fear of percecution.»

What happens if you are brought up by your parents to believe in the «wrong» religion and have no exposure to the «true» one?

I think it has to do with them knowing that they believe in a minority religion, and wanting to be a genuine «witness» by appearing sensible.

4) I can not address this as I do not know the specifics 5) The russian people were given their freedom to believe openly again giving them a morale boost, doesn't justify the existence of religion, just that people are happier when free 6) The Chusrch and spain stopped the sacrifices by destroying another religion, murdering the aztecs by the thousands «in the name of God».

He was both self - consciously and instinctively orthodox in his Catholicism but also believed that Christianity needs to take advantage of the incomplete truths of other religions to overcome fully the damage done to the faith by the modern denigration of the transcendent and the beautiful.

BTW I wouldn't care if another religion had my name and baptized it by proxy, I don't believe in other church's beliefs so it wouldn't make a difference, and if I die and found out that what that church did was out of love and respect and had some truth to it, I would be grateful.

You do nt need to agree in with the god he believe in to see the hypocrisy in the way man has created their religions and interpreted any texts they beleive were passed down by divinity.

Those who share in the criticisms but believe that they can be internalized into Christianity are in the minority among the academic students of religion and are often ridiculed and ostracized by the dominant group.

On the other hand, there is no God of a religious tradition cut off from critical reflection so that «it is wrong for religion's advocate to confound the object of this affirmation with the modalities of the affirmation; it is wrong for him to believe that the transcendence of the divine mystery is extended to the materiality of the expressions that it takes on in human consciousness; with greater reason it is wrong for him to consider that his problematic is canonized by this transcendence.

But the participants share one important conviction: they believe that the resolution of religiously rooted political tensions will be attained not by avoiding religion in public, but by initiating more and better religious conversations in public.

ops sorry i meant Amniculi... blah blah blah about Poe's Law,, its hypocrisy!!!!!! talk trash about Christianity should be able to do the same about Islam, not encourging it just saying do nt be scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do it will its not a felony yet, cause soon you wont be able too... Let me be clear, I meant express your opinions, comments about any religion as you do about Christianity, plus Im not religious, i just believe in jesus christ son of god and the word of the bible which is difference religion is made by people...

Im not talking about religion, or being religious, but believing in His word and applying it to your daily life, living it truly not by man's principle, but by God's Word, putting faith in Him just as a mother would to a babysitter who is going to look after her child, or just as you would trust someone with your money, or yet with your own life.

Also, I don't believe in unicorns — therefore by your definition I am in a religion about unicorns... idiots... geez just stop talking.

Do nt you take a chance on your eternity by not believing in all the other religions in world?

These previous points once again are believed by many religions, but there are also many religions that don't make this clear distinction as with some forms of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and others which believe in the transmigration of the soul through reincarnation from humans to animals and vice versa.

I think if you can believe that a virgin gave birth and that a person was killed by hanging on a cross and got back up in three days, you can use religion to justify about anything!

In all religions there are those who believe and follow the tenets of their faith as set forth by it's founder.

Nope 480 killed by religion is to be expected since well over 90 % of people historically believed in God.

rather, your fellow atheists are pointing out, if you try to explain away religion by saying «evolution just programmed you to believe that», the same critique can be equally invalidate your belief in evolution itself.

Ephesians 1 Revelation 2 Freedom of religion also means that you as Christian may not force me as a Christian to bow to your dogma I believe John is correct in identifying Paul to be false Remember Satan is a persecutor created by God and God does not make mistakes right Jesus was not persecutor.

By the way by no means does this mean that I am particularly against Islam, I am also against Judaism, Christianity, and any unproven dark age manifestation of a all knowing, creator, If there was a god he sure does «nt need help enforcing his edicts and morals, remember that if there is a god then as many religions state, people will be judged upon there beliefs and sins after death and spend eternity in heaven or hell, so why is it so important for people to butt in and start trying to control each other and force people to believe in something that many think is absurd and insanBy the way by no means does this mean that I am particularly against Islam, I am also against Judaism, Christianity, and any unproven dark age manifestation of a all knowing, creator, If there was a god he sure does «nt need help enforcing his edicts and morals, remember that if there is a god then as many religions state, people will be judged upon there beliefs and sins after death and spend eternity in heaven or hell, so why is it so important for people to butt in and start trying to control each other and force people to believe in something that many think is absurd and insanby no means does this mean that I am particularly against Islam, I am also against Judaism, Christianity, and any unproven dark age manifestation of a all knowing, creator, If there was a god he sure does «nt need help enforcing his edicts and morals, remember that if there is a god then as many religions state, people will be judged upon there beliefs and sins after death and spend eternity in heaven or hell, so why is it so important for people to butt in and start trying to control each other and force people to believe in something that many think is absurd and insane.

I disagree that Crossan gets some kind of satisfaction by «debunking» religion — I believe Crossan is interested in history and how Jesus fits into what we know now about that time period.