Not exact matches
Have you
considered teh fact that your answer only applies to people who
believe in Christianity, and ignores all the other
religions in this nation (and basically perfectly illustrates the point the article is making).
what you
believe is not «biblically based», it's indoctrination about ideas that came from warping and exagerating ideas that existed
in «pagan» (not actually the correct term but good for this purpose) mythologies, and the evil imaginations of men like Dante and those who desired to see those they
considered inferior
in doctrine, belief,
religion or culture
in torture.
First I want to say that I'm not saying Atheist is a
religion in a bad sence or to try and produce some sort of shame only that it falls under the definition of a
religion and wondering how it would change your feelings \ view of Atheism even if everybody
considered it a religous view, if it's something you
believe to be true (that there is no god) what does it matter if someone labels it as your world view?
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.
I don't know how they continue to
consider themselves religious, but I'm pretty sure they don't really
believe in god
in the way their
religion defines it.
Considering that you do not
believe in those
religions, why would you
believe in that one?
«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.»
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.
Those not well acquainted with Marx often
believe that the founder of Marxism was a militant atheist who
considered the extermination of
religion and,
in particular, of Christianity one of his major tasks.
RELIGION: A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, If you believe in Jesus, you are practicing a r
RELIGION: A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when
considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, If you
believe in Jesus, you are practicing a
religionreligion.
everything
in the universe evolves, not only life forms but also memes,
Religion is a meme so it also change
in conformity to its era or time of its conception as faith.Because
in pre scientific times thousands of years ago, the scientific method of approach or philosophy has not existed yet, myth or merely story telling is
considered facts, The first
religion called animism more than 10,000 years ago
believed that spirits or god exists
in trees, rivers, mountains, boulders or
in any places people at that time
considered holy.hundreds of them, then when the Greeks and Romans came, it was reduced to 12, they called it polytheism, when the Jews arrived, it was further reduced to 1, monotheism.its derivatives, Christianity And Islam and later hundreds of denominations that includes Mormonism and Protestants flourished up to today.So
in short this
religions evolved
in accordance to the scientific knowledge of the age or era they existed.If you graph the growth of knowledge, it shows a sharp increase
in the last 500 years, forcing the dominant
religions at that time to reinterprete their dogmas, today this traditional
religions are becoming obsolete and has to evolve to survive.But first they have to unify against atheism.
in the dialectical process of change, Theism
in one hand and the opposing force atheism
in the other, will resolve into a result or synthesis.The process shall be highlighted
in the internet
in the near future.
Example: somebody posted that raising kids to
believe in religion should be
considered a crime because it gives them false hope.
http://quran.com/9/29 Fight those who do not
believe in Allah or
in the Last Day and who do not
consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the
religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture --[fight] until they give the jizyah (Security Tax) willingly while they are humbled.
Considering that that's exactly what
religion does — convince people that the only way they can possibly be seen as a good person is to
believe in what they tell you to — it doesn't seem like such a hard one to figure out just how we got to this place.
@KM, you're not completely wrong, there are believers
in all of the world's
religions who are perfectly content to let their religious leaders tell them what to think, but
consider that 95 % or so of the world's population
believe in god
in one form or another.
I'm sorry I don't
believe in a
religion where women are
considered inferior to men, where I'm supposed to
believe that there is a vengeful god who I have to fear or go to hell, based on a book that was written by a man a few thousand years ago.
i stopped
considering myself catholic by my 30s and then slowly realized that i don't
believe in any of the
religions.
The dictionary definition of a Christian is «of, pertaining to,
believing in, or belonging to a
religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ»: All of the above denominations are followers of Christ, and
consider him divine, and the Messiah foretold
in the Old Testament.
I
consider myself atheist but if people want to
believe in religion, go ahead!
However since judaism is such an old
religion, it has been through alot
considering the majority of
religions prior
believed in multiple gods.
Considering his condition is likely what allowed him to spend most of his time thinking and doing physics, thus making him one of the world's most well respected physicists and living far longer with ALS than any other individual before him, and is still able to communicate, I would imagine Maire is correct and he is an atheist not because he is all that bitter, but because the further people tend to go
in science, the less they tend to
believe in religion.
I
consider myself a Spiritual person though no longer a Religious person as I
believe all
religions have an element of truth covered
in a WHOLE bunch of socially / economically motivated propaganda that supported the position of the leaders at the time «Doctrine» was declared.
Americans of all beliefs should
consider the role of
religion in our society from time to time and the most powerfully important aspect of our nation is that however you
believe, you have a right to be here and
believe as you choose.
I came to the conclusion that if one person
believed in Christ that person would be
consider insane, if an entire population
believes its
consider a
religion.
I
believe this is the case, especially when you
consider how we created Christianity (NOT God) and the other
religions and we formed many of our beliefs not on what God actually wants for us, but rather on what we, as humans, wanted for ourselves (which ended up resulting
in the creation of sin).
It found that 56 %
consider themselves to be of no
religion (versus 28 % Christian); 56 % never attend a church or place of worship (versus 5 % attending at least weekly); 57 % saying they do not
believe in a God (versus 25 % saying they do); and 53 % said religious leaders have no influence on their lives (versus 12 % saying they have a lot or a fair amount of influence).
Dates were
considered very important
in both the Jewish and Islamic
religions, and were
believed to be a curative for many ailments.
Philipov et al. [24]
consider religion to be an important background factor affecting people's attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control of fertility: for example, religiosity may encourage higher fertility
in those who
believe a higher power will provide for them if needed.