Sentences with phrase «better than the other religions»

Even if we accept that there is absolute truth, why should anyone accept that Christianity or the Bible embody that absolute truth any better than any other religion or an individual's personal belief?

When someone believes there religion is better than other religions they plant the the seeds of violence.

You are no better than any other religion or belief or political ideology shoving its ideas down everyone's throats.

Not exact matches

Sad watching folks use religion to view themselves as better than others.

All those religion books that were written thousand years ago by people who had no idea about other cultures or how could they make sense one thousand years later are no better than cartoons.

Guiding Principles Religious and theological studies depend on and reinforce each other; A principled approach to religious values and faith demands the intellectual rigor and openness of quality academic work; A well - educated student of religion must have a deep and broad understanding of more than a single religious tradition; Studying religion requires that one understand one's own historical context as well as that of those whom one studies; An exemplary scholarly and teaching community requires respect for and critical engagement with difference and diversity of all kinds.

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.»

As to whether the television guide is a good guide to the Times, the ten pounds of newsprint that Sunday had no other reference to religion other than a business story about selling palms to churches and an article in the Sunday magazine about a Catholic who has decided to become a Jew.

People should practice their religion at home or at their church and leave it out of the workplace other than setting a good example of honest behaviour.

On other subjects — his true feelings toward his own father in particular, virtually the entirety of his youth in general as well as his genuine feelings regarding religion — he could be, and was, tighter than a clam.

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.

Peace to you Reality and Guys for helping me to realize why you dispute religions and not for disbelieving but for knowing that this is not what is reflected on earth towards each other as you saw more hate among them than it is love and more wars among them than it is peace...?!? But surely what we are doing is not the right solution to correct this and to make them do what they should for good deeds causes and not co-nspir-acy causes..

It is no better and no worse than any other organized religion.

And again, we don't have to push our own faiths on each other to make it seem like my religion is better than your religion...

Why they think their religion works better than others, is beyond me!!!

Nobody thought much of religions other than Christianity; as was obvious by our public school pledge — which admonished us all to be good Christian citizens... Sure, I had questions too, but our church was pretty low - key so I was safe from some of the more radically - minded (read: brainwashed) of my peers.

Unless we learn to challenge our own beliefs the way we challenge others», whatever they may be can be no more than a blind faith at best or a delusion at worst, be that for or against religion (especially the puerile version of Christianity).

Then again, Jesus would probably be hanging out with the sinners, prostitutes and all the others who don't quite fit the mold of what a good Christian should be, rather than sitting in a booth at the mall debating religion and theology with the religious types.

The dog story is sweet — not really about religion at all, but a good reminder of the love in animals other than humans.

This is not quite the same as answer number 2, because it suggests that for a given person, one religion might be better than the others; but for different people with different histories and different needs, different religions might be more appropriate.

No other religion places more emphasis on loving one's enemies, forgiving them and doing good to enemies than Christianity.

This is different from numbers 2 and 3 because it suggests that there is one religion, the one that converges the fastest, that really is «better» than the others, at least in a functional sense, if not necessarily «truer» in the long run.

How can we believe at all against the fact that historically our religion has functioned as an opiate for the oppressed and that it is, as a cultural phenomenon, neither appreciably better nor essentially worse than any other religion?

too true; you're right, we are holistic people in a holistic world living holistic lives and political theory, religion, ethics, behavior, psychology, these and many others are all so inextricably intertwined with each other that it may be better to think of them as different views of the same object rather than distinct objects that are inter-related (using «object» here, of course, metaphorically)

Before Christianity there were plenty of other religions, and with so many religions why does one religion get to claim itself as being better than the other?

Some turn to the East, particularly to Taoism; some to Native American perspectives and other primal traditions; some to emerging feminist visions; still others to neglected themes or traditions within the Western heritage, ranging from materials in Pythagorean philosophy to neglected themes in Plato to Leibniz or Spinoza; and still others to twentieth - century philosophers such as Heidegger or to philosophical movements such as the Deep Ecology movement.9 As one would expect in an age characterized by a split between religion and philosophy, few environmental philosophers turn to sources in the Bible or Christian theology for help, though some — Robin Attfield, for example — argue that Christian history has been wrongly maligned by environmental philosophers, and that it can serve as a better resource than some might expect (WTEE 201 - 230).

Having said that, there have been wars waged between religions claiming «my imaginary friend (God) is better than yours»... I feel like as a reasonable person, I am above that, and I wont get into emotional responsiveness that can incite anger in others, leading to an unproductive discussion.

Finally, for those dealing with a religion or a culture other than their own, there is the currently fashionable approach that might perhaps best be described as deferential.

If you deem your «one true religion» to be better than others, and that gives you cause to denigrate them, then you are no better than the Taliban.

It is about believing in something better than ourselves helping us in our lives, knowing spirituality (totally different than religion), being humble (after experiencing humiliation) and daily addressing our character defects and the wrong we have done upon others.

With the good news that the Catholic religion is in steep decline here and losing political and legal influence it never should have had, fairly soon those definitions, and the religion itself, won't matter as anything other than a sorry footnote in history.

That is the kind of intolerance that makes the US no better than those countries where muslim extremists will not tolerate other religions.

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?

What Iran is simply saying under the motivation and inspiration of «ISLAM» is if you believe any other way other than «ISLAM» you are wrong, and our President as well as many other political leaders here in America call this a religion of peace?

haha - idiot - all religion is a cult - soem are just older than others - good - do nt need uneduicated rre; ligious rednecks voting

He's an addict who «found» religion like every other «recovering» addict who goes to AA and then they're better than everyone else and tout they're religion.

The Bible differs from other ancient religions of the East in holding that the Creator is immeasurably more than His creation; that He is personal but can not be limited; that He is supremely intelligent, as evidenced by the intelligibility of the universe; and, above all, that He is good.

most do and they give everyone else a bad rep but every «religion» does as well, i don't have any religion i just try to do what is right and help others i think these simple practices would help the world out more than anything else.

As with any edited collection, some chapters are better than others, but on balance, there is plenty here to reward readers who want a closer look at the role of religion in the particular places that make up this extremely varied nation.

NOT sorry to disapoint you but MY religion or spirituality is NONE of your business and suits me just fine, makes me a better person, more accepting of others, more kind to my fellow earthbound souls, more respectful to mankind and morther earth than all religions combined who unfortunately have over 2ooo years of evidence of horrors committed against each other ALL in the name of the religous organizations you want me to join??? I think I will stick with my smorgasborg of this and that spirituality.

Adherents of the new Christian sects, of which there were many competing ones, e.g., Ebonites, Gnostics, etc., would have been familiar with the Serapis and likely would not have wanted their godman to seem any less impressive than the gods of the Serapis and other religions of the time, so there would have been a need for a miraculous birth story and other miracle stories for their godman, as well.

By the way, I had always felt that Gandhi's quote was a bit self - serving coming from him, as respect for animals is one of the few things that Hinduism and other eastern religions does better than most.

and relight old fires of hatred and pain, I would worry about the safety too of the good American Muslims, although it was radicals to have a Mosque where 3,000 were killed seems to me to rub salt in wounds for many, I don't really understand what happened to the plans of statues and tributes to those lost in 911, other than a money factor.It seems like this Mosque will be viewed as a Trojan horse, no religion would want a house of worship to be a reminder of hatred.it should be a place reminding the world of peace and love if it's a place of worship, and in that location it will not bring a feeling of peace.

So in four of the ways that Christians believe their religion is better than others, it really is not.

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.

It is no good our going on about Scripture if our audience thinks it has been shown to be no truer than the myths of other religions.

M.d religion is about man there is alot of man in the evangelical church as well as other churchs however the Holy spirit is the one we lean on to teach us Gods word he reveals the scriptures just as though Jesus was teaching his disciples in his day.Often after speaking in parable his disciples would ask what he meant and he would give them insight into the messages.I find for me if i struggle understanding a topic i ask the holy spirit to help me if you havent received him just invite him into your life if you have already confessed Jesus as your Lord and savior.We can not live a christian life without him.He is the one who empowers us to live righteously rather than according to our old nature.In the last year or so he has been showing me extraordinary insight into the word its new its fresh he is amazing.brentnz

Those first 170 pages are one of the best introductions to Islam in English, a model of writing about a religion other than one's own.

It is a good rule always to speak of a religion other than one's own as if the speaker were in the presence of a good friend who is a follower of that religion.

Christianity, Islam and a slew of other twisted religions have brought nothing more than intolerance to mankind, the faster we mature out of it, the better we will be as a specie, yes that is right a specie, you read well!