Sentences with phrase «believes in a religion while»

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I frankly believe while there is plenty of need to introduce and reinforce ethics in human endevours, and to have frank, open discussions of these endevours, religion is at its bottom line a matter of faith and, while it can be an individual's guiding influence, it is not something that should be associated with science.

You and your religion hate the infidels who refuse to convert to Islam or follow your religion, while my religion feels it's your right to believe in whatever you want as long as it doesn't intrude on anyone else's rights or life.

I'm not an atheist, I was raised Catholic and believe in my religion but any Christian who openly professes their faith while condemning others who are of a different faith or of no faith at all, are blaspheming the true teachings of Christ.

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.

Many Americans are christian, but this nation was founded on the premise that while people can believe what they like, religion has no place in government.

Most importantly, note this: I am a Christian, I'm gay, I'm a recovering alcoholic, I believe in Evolution, I believe the universe is 13 billion years old and that the Earth is 4.5 or so billion years old, I believe man evolved from lower primates and that Adam was the first man who God gave a soul and sentience, I do not believe in hell but I do believe in Satan, I do not believe the Bible is a book of rules meant to imprison man or condemn him but that it is rather a «Human Existence for Dummies» guide, I believe Christ was the son of God but I do not believe Christianity is the only «valid» religion, I do not believe atheists will go to hell, while the English Bible says God should be feared, the Hebrew word used for fear, «yara», such as that used in the Book of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear death or a spider.

So believe it or not I do nt want to see religion wiped out just yet while man is still in his teenage years.

I've grown to hate religion... while struggling to still believe in a god.

He believed that the Jews had corrupted christianity, so distanced himself from the overall religion, while all the while claiming belief in the Christian god, the god of abraham, his «god Almighty», and justified his actions through belief in YOUR god.

She's a blogger who fell in love with a Catholic guy and adopted his religion while still denouncing half all based on the flimsy idea that she had a predetermination that «morality» is «external» to man based on essentially nothing other than she believes it.

While religion has a basis in «belief», spirituality is about neither believing nor disbelieving.

While bill Nye seems to be a very friendly person, is he really suggesting that based on his say so, about 250 Million Americans stop believing in religion?

They call them peddlers of religion, and they do not mean that in a positive way, but rather are referring to people they believe are trying to push their own agenda of a psuedo - religious toxic mix of some sort of religious something, politics, power, control, personal profit (think $ $ $) and efforts to feel good about ones self while at the same time looking down on neighbors (condescension) rather than loving neighbors.

«While he attempts to portray Mormonism as just another Christian religion, Mitt Romney counts on his skills to shift our attention away from what he truly believes,» she wrote in her book Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters?

The problem with many people is they were indoctrinated with myth and ritual since birth and so have a hard time completely dismissing religion, and hence are stuck in a limbo of kind of believing due to fear, heritage, and lack of confidence in their own ability to reason; while at the same time subconsciously being aware of the nonsense that is religion.

Many of the world's religions are polytheistic (Mormonism is a form of polytheism called «henotheism», which means that while it believes in multiple Gods, only one should be worshiped).

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.

I would not fault a person for believing there is more to the human condition than biology while having the ability to see the inherent corruption and hypocrisy present in organized religion in it's adherence to doctrine over scripture and political motivations.

While I still very much believe in God I have opted out of any religion that opts out anyone else.

We are not evangelicals who think that the world was made in 7 days and that dinosaurs didn't exist, and yes we do believe in adaptation and can also believe in science and evolution while still believing in our religion.

No... I actually began questioning Christianity and all religions when I was in elementary school and in history class while learning about the greek gods and their myths thought «Well... let's see... these people really believed in these gods and those stories... thought they really happened... but there was no evidence they did and we all know they're not real now... so what's different between that and Christianity and other religions?»

While we can not agree on whether or how Christ is present in other religions, we do believe that God has not left himself without witness in any generation or society.

@John And while you presumably can say «I love you» in every language and have it mean more or less the same, you DO N'T say «if you don't believe as I do, the loving god will subject you to eternal torment and, oh by the way, gays are an abomination and god doesn't want them to have the same rights that you and I enjoy» in every religion.

So... while I believe in God, (more than I could begin to profess), I have huge reservations regarding organized religions and their interpretations of The Bible.

They wanted to believe that only Christians have any truth in their religion, while God has left all others helpless, hopeless, doomed.

While many across the world no longer believe in a lot of religious concepts, and while the roots of quite a bit of morality could possibly have proliferated because of religion, a core of that morality persists, and I think it will continue, because people who don't follow that morality are at a disadvantage (most people don't want to be around someone who steals or kills or lWhile many across the world no longer believe in a lot of religious concepts, and while the roots of quite a bit of morality could possibly have proliferated because of religion, a core of that morality persists, and I think it will continue, because people who don't follow that morality are at a disadvantage (most people don't want to be around someone who steals or kills or lwhile the roots of quite a bit of morality could possibly have proliferated because of religion, a core of that morality persists, and I think it will continue, because people who don't follow that morality are at a disadvantage (most people don't want to be around someone who steals or kills or lies).

«As a church we will continue to work to up - hold our core Christian beliefs as bible - believing Christians, affirming God's love for all human beings, and looking to the Bible for guidance in our faith and conduct — while being sensitive to other faiths and encouraging freedom of religion and belief for all.

Sadly, we'll have to wait a while longer to advance enough as a society that a presidential candidate doesn't need to pander to religion and pretend to believe in religious fairy tales to get elected.

I believe that the Spirit in that meeting will soften your negative feelings toward Ms. Love and toward Mormons in general while helping to clear up any misconceptions you might have about our religion.

I am talking about the formative differences in what religions believe in, and why an evangelical would rather vote for the guy who praises a guy in a big hat but uses the same book, than the guy who — while in every other aspect is unobjectionable — uses the same book but with a new afterward.

While it is laughable grown adults still believe in make believe and fairy tales, at least this guy wasn't as big of an idiot as other politicians who openly talk about religion and their beliefs.

Brosif Dude, spend your life in a society that tries to indoctrinate you into a religion that you do not believe in, that fights to get even more special priveleges based on their majority status, and who insist on telling other people how to live their lives — all the while crying that they are the ones being oppressed.

Additionally, I've heard religious people spew hatred towards Atheists, while defending other religions as «as least they believe in something!»

While religion is about believing in what someone else tells you and not questioning it and even if a belief is proven wrong time and time again that belief remains a concrete part of that belief system.

So while I don't subscribe to a religion or believe in a deity, I like to stay open - minded to the infinite possibilities of it all.

Furthermore, while I'm not a freedom from religion nut, I do believe it is fundamentally wrong to use public state dollars to pay for education in religious schools.

While they believe, in theory, there ought to be vouchers, that parental choice is a good idea, that there has been discrimination against religion, they're perfectly cognizant of the fact that many voucher advocates are really less concerned with the well being of religious education as they are with dismantling, disestablishing, literally, the public schools from their preferred place in American life.

I grew up in a suburban reform Jewish household, and while I am not at all a religious person - I take a resolutely secular approach to ethics - I believe that my values were significantly influenced by those of my religion, my family, and my country.