You can't «believe in» God because you don't know for sure whether God exist (
by most religious people's own admission, I think, though I coud be wrong, but either way its a fact that the existence of God has not been proven).
Not exact matches
Well it is true that some
people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are
religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly
by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but
most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action
by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed
by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...
«A study in the United States, published in the Social Forces journal and conducted
by Sociology researcher Lisa A. Keister while she was at the Ohio State University, found that adherents of Judaism attained the
most wealth, believers of Catholicism and mainline Protestants were in the middle, while conservative Protestants accu - mulated the least wealth, while in general
people who attend
religious services achieved more wealth than those who do not (taking into account variations of education and other factors).
Some
people are more
religious than others... and
most hospitals ask if you want
religious services to stop
by.
Many of the ruined buildings that are visible today and which are visited
by thousands of
people every year, were constructed
by Aelred, abbot from 1147 to 1167, who became the
most prominent
religious figure of his day in England.
Most every decision a
person makes throughout their daily lives — at the office, the grocery store, the baseball park, the beach, the shopping mall, wherever — is guided
by their
religious principles.
When a patient's problems are related to
religious or moral conflict, the staff clergyman would be the
most likely
person for the patient to see because of his authority in this area and because he may be perceived
by the patient to be the
most appropriate
person to deal with these problems.
For
most people religious ideas are derived from and justified
by appeal to such authorities.
While reading the English writer and theologian Samuel T. Coleridge, one of the
most influential Christians in England and America, Bushnell was persuaded that
religious truth was not grasped primarily
by the mind but
by the response of the whole
person centering in the heart and moral nature.
In a new industrial district, for example, only a single church can be built for all, yet it has to be used
by people of the
most heterogeneous artistic taste, so that to one a crucifix may seem blasphemous which others find a
most genuine expression of their
religious feelings.
The treatment of
people outside Christianity was even worse, such as our treatment of «pagans» who refused to convert to Christianity after it became the official religion of the Roman Empire, or the Jews during
most of Christian history, or other
religious groups in Germany and Great Britain who were slaughtered and enslaved
by invading Christian armies, or the enslavement of Native Americans and Africans
by imperialistic Christian settlers of the «New World.»
My opinion as far as the lack of contemporary evidence of Jesus is that at the time Jesus was not looked at
by most of the
religious people as a spiritual leader, but more as a threat to Judaism.
I consider myself a christian, with
religious knowledge and general knowlege, however I do not hold to a set of views dictated
by an organized religion, I believe the organized religions are where we have gone wrong, as someone pointed out earlier to
most «
religious people» to question ones faith or organization is wrong but that is exactly what the bible tells us to do... test ALL things to see what is true.
Theology is important, but formal analytical thought — the splendeur et misère of Roman Catholicism — is not the primary means
by which
most people experience, accept, or reject a
religious faith.
A good many
religious people are,
by far, the
most bigoted and two - faced
people you will ever meet.
If
people lived their lives in a simple moral way as indicated
by the stories of
most religious publications we would all live in a better world!
What would this look like for this minority view to also become known,
by religious and secular
people alike, as the
most life - giving view?
What
most rational
people want is equality that is not defined
by YOUR
religious beliefs!
Most religious people I have talked to, speak about being «saved
by the grace of God» (or some sort of similar terminology).
So who cares about
religious people, you can't convince someone of reality when they fabricate their own, they fabricate their proof, their facts, best thing is just do your thing and stay way from them as much possible,
most of the times they turn more
people into atheists than atheists themselves
by the things they say and do anyway, lol so no need for us to do it.
Anyway, since
most people think of the first kind when talking about religion, it is easier to say «I'm not
religious» than to say, «I am
religious, but here is what I mean
by that...»
Yes, these are the type of
people who represents Atheism who
by the way, pride themselves on being intellectually superior and knowing more science than
most religious folks.
The
most obvious example is every time there is an article about religion made
by CNN or any others on the internet, atheists are there first posting their filthy comments way before any
religious people even commented.
We can detect the reality of this Spirit
most vividly in present social, political, environmental, and
religious movements that seek the full inclusion and unity of those beings and
persons who have been left out
by our restrictive social, political, economic, environmental, and
religious practices.
But, strangely, even though culture is becoming less «
religious»
by most measurable standards, the number of
people who believe in an afterlife is at record numbers.
I had about much faith in this hoax as I do in
most modern day
religious group who claim anything if
people did read the bible they would know before the rapture can happen Israel has to rebuild their temple on it original soil which is still held
by 2 other groups.
He went on to say, «
By indigenous church we mean a Christian church that is best adapted to meet the
religious needs of the Chinese
people,
most congenial to Chinese life and culture and
most effective in arousing in Chinese Christians the sense of responsibility».
However, for
people who are dissatisfied with their local church, who have little established connection with a local church, or whose
religious consciousness may be awakened
by a viewed
religious program, the research indicates that paid - time
religious programs,
by presenting themselves as competent alternatives to the local church, offering a range of services similar to the local church, and not referring respondents or enquirers to a local church, may be acting as a barrier to
people's developing their faith
most fully within this interpersonal context.
I am (a) A victim of child molestation (b) A r.ape victim trying to recover (c) A mental patient with paranoid delusions (d) A Christian The only discipline known to often cause
people to kill others they have never met and / or to commit suicide in its furtherance is: (a) Architecture; (b) Philosophy; (c) Archeology; or (d) Religion What is it that
most differentiates science and all other intellectual disciplines from religion: (a) Religion tells
people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them; (b) Religion can make a statement, such as «there is a composite god comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported
by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a
person's
religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the above.
And Osun, despite its lean purse and the plain mischief of negative branding on the
religious front, approximates
most,
by its developmental policies and programmes, the Awo exemplar of a welfare state, as well as how MKO's presidency could have panned out, in
people - centred social democracy.
It needlessly fuels enervating sectarian debates that are
by and large absent from the lives of
most British
people, who - as polls show - do not want religions or
religious identities to be actively prioritised
by their elected government.»
People involved with Malaysia's space program say that other
religious questions will
most likely be addressed
by drawing on compromises developed on Earth.
Even though, as physicist Steven Weinberg has emphasized,
most people who call themselves
religious tend to adhere to only those bits and pieces from scripture that appeal to them,
by according undue respect for ancient
religious beliefs in general, we nonetheless are suggesting that they are on par with conclusions that have been drawn from centuries of rational empirical investigation.
According to a recent Barna Research Group survey, Hispanics (40 million strong in the U.S. alone) are one of the
most religious people groups as gaged
by their desire and commitment to grow closer ties with God.
Even though
most LGBTQ
people live successful, happy lives, some homosexual or bisexual
people may seek to change their sexual orientation through therapy, often coerced
by family members or
religious groups to try and do so.
Historically, Massachusetts has been heavily influenced
by religion and
most religions discourage divorce, so separation was a way for
people to move on with their lives within the confines of their
religious beliefs.