Sentences with phrase «by religion if»

You can filter your matches by religion if having a shared faith is a priority.
The Red Mass is a tradition and similar events can be held by any religion if desired.

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Well, yeah... and I mean if what someone is really trying to achieve with this is to reduce practices that in any way, shape or form could indicate that someone bears them or their faith ill will... I don't think publicly humiliating people who would take the time to look up your dead ancestor's name and then take the time to drive to a temple and then get immersed in water on their behalf so that they (by their belief) have the option to accept your religion post mortem is really misguided and contrary to the spirit of freedom of religion in what it advocates.
(1) Churches on base of all religions are funded by the government... yes, your tax dollars are paying for me to be able to enjoy whichever religious service of the 10 denominations that my small base has (not Fort Bragg)... and if I want to be Christian one day, switch to Muslim another, or Jewish another then your tax dollars are still going to pay for me to have freedom of choosing my religion on base.
If you want to keep people focused on your religion as a unifying set of moral and practical codes to live by, make attendence to religious services and taking the day off work to attend mandatory or else it is a sin punishable by death.
If you belong to any religion you belong to a cult by someone else's standards.
By analog, If a religious group holds an event or service at a hotel or convention centre, in return for its paying a fee, should one then think that the hotel or convention centre is «promoting that brand of religion»?
This is all about control with religion and it has to stop.Gay people getting married doesn't have anything to do with straight people getting married.People are so full of hatred and disrespect it isn't funny.I'm glad this has come out now, because it really shows how evil people really are.But these people who are so into GOD, the Bible, Church, and the only way of life they live 4 god, by god are the 1s who prmote going around the world starting WARS, killing innocent women, men, children and families because Jesus guides them in everything they do.That is a crock of B.S. if I ever heard it.They will continus to use GOD and continue their EVIL ways to get whatever they want and CONTROL who ever they can.
If there were a god, it is not the god described by any religion.
In an exclusive interview at the launch of a new report into human rights abuses in North Korea he said: «If you are caught practicing religion by yourself then you're sent to prison camps - no question.
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...
If you can't determine right from wrong (dictated by your culture / society), then you lack empathy, not religion.
I'm reading NFIB v. Sebelius (the Obamacare decision) in preparation for teaching the case to my constitutional law students and came across the following most interesting passage in in Justice Ginsburg's opinion: «A mandate to purchase a particular product would be unconstitutional if, for example, the edict impermissibly abridged the freedom of speech, interfered with the free exercise of religion, or infringed on a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause.»
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
If they want cheap places where they can express their religion, let them seek it in the «free market» and quit trying to force the government to pay for their private activities through subsidies, tax exemptions, resources like schools, public property of all sorts, or anything funded by government monies.
If society is nice enough to let you live by your religion, then you have to return the favor and allow others to live by the code they feel is correct..
If any one religion could demonstrate its superiority, then it would have by now..
well i double - dog dare you to view the world and the universe with a critical eye instead of one clouded by religion and ask yourself if it really makes sense that it was all done by magic, and that every scientific discipline is wrong.
Also, morality is not external (if byexternal that you mean something that you can know is right or wrong has to be determined by a larger body or set of policies created by someone else many years ago to be official), and morality does not necessarily flow from religion (plenty of Catholic priests, Islamic Imams, Protestant preachers wave their hands high in the air in the afternoon, at praise time, and when the lights go down they crawl on their bellies, and hands and knees like snakes and dogs).
and there has yet to be definitive proof of ape evolving into human if you have it please by all means post it the world would like to see it, oh and you forgot to put in how evolution has as many gaps as any religion like Genesis Park describes a number of images drawn by Neanderthals and by humans in the Middle East which resemble dinosaurs.
If you meant to use the long division symbol rather than square root, it looks to me like religion divided by unthinking, heartless people equals conflict and war...
If as you say you have talked to others who claim to be Atheist the way you describe it then they are IDIOTS who also don't understand Atheism and yes at that point since they are claiming «no God» to be true, then by all means call their point of view a «religion».
If child abuse was a disease, and if religion did not get a free pass on criminal acts, child abuse by rcc priests would be classed as a pandemiIf child abuse was a disease, and if religion did not get a free pass on criminal acts, child abuse by rcc priests would be classed as a pandemiif religion did not get a free pass on criminal acts, child abuse by rcc priests would be classed as a pandemic.
If it even «concerns religion at all» then it should only be taught by a true sent preacher.
if there was no evil, us as mankind would not need religion, we have religion, cause we try to say to god we are not tempted by evil, and the more that evil tempt us, we prey, i have decided to try and understand to two main peoples whys good and bad, god and the devil, god loves mankind, but he loves the devil more, blood is blood,
The world would be a better place if religion (which is just a tool used by people who are afraid of death) did not exist, at least as it is now.
If we also keep in mind Isaiah 45:7, this divergence in theology becomes explainable and the contradiction is exposed for what it probably is; a shift in the theology of the Hebrews, influenced by the dualistic Persian religion at the time of the Persian's conquest of Babylon in around 539 BCE.
It is what has lead me to my veiw that Atheism as a religion, the passion most Atheist have for their point of view from the start you may not fall in this category but I'm sure you know someone that does.The same applies to Christians that freak out on someone and start forcing their view on others, I see that as wrong also if someone asks or brings the debate to you then by all means debate but why be rude how does it help?
If it was not for religion, atheists would have eaten all the poor people as food by now!
If they don't want to hear about religion, you have no business torturing them by forcing them to listen to you.
Assuming the existence of God, does S / he subscribe or is described by any religion, and if so which one?».
Would Judaism and the Jewish people have fared better or worse if they had not found themselves for the most part living in a civilization dominated by the Christian religion, which has claimed from the beginning to be the direct descendant and fulfillment of Judaism and the life of the Jewish people?
If you think that your personal experiences and emotions consti - tute evidence, then by that same logic, every other god and religion is equally as valid, and their followers say and feel just as you do.
What, then, should Supreme Court Justices do if they are convinced that the decisions of one or more of their colleagues are being influenced by disapproval of religion?
According to the work produced by David B. Barrett's religious statistics organisation (FYI, the man was a Christian no less) atheists number more than Jews, Sikh's, Shintos, Baha'is, Jains, combined, and if you want to consider all «non - religious / secular / agnostic / atheist» together, since the whole «non-religion» movement is kinda riddled with people who find conontations of words like «atheist» to be bad enough to not want to declare themselves atheist, you'll find the number of that non-religious group also amounts more than those religions plus buddhism, and taoism or even Confucianism.
If going by British values religion is any religion or absence of religion.
As if it wasn't bad enough for man to try to run his affairs independently of God and His standards, it has been made even worse by religion teaching us that all our problems are actually blessings from God.
That is, if Wilson's purely functionalist explanation of religion were to become widely accepted by religious people, it would then be rendered false» for the adaptive features of religions depend, on Wilson's account, upon religious people thinking it false that their religions are best understood as adaptive social organisms.
If the morality is motivated merely by a fear of eternal punishment, which many religions are, then you are not truly moral - you are simply under duress.
Even if your religion makes you feel great and you think that it is wonderful, it is still wrong to tell people about it by intruding into their lives.
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.
I wonder if these results from the recent Pew poll of attitudes toward religion in public life don't foretell a real change, however partial, however qualified by any number of other factors.
Obviously if they don't volunteer, they will continue to suffer the pain and horror of war driven by the stupidity of their religions.
do I need any approval before I practice my religion, do I have to prove my religion before I practice, my holy book further describe that you must carry a gun in 21st century because there is too much crime in this world, but it doesn't say much about if I migrate to another country these rules will still apply, Or I should modified them according to my comfort, like talking in English which is not my religious language wearing pants or not, having education or not, standing in line or not, I am so confused what should I do can someone help me, should I go back to country where my religion originated or back in time ask my guru questions about western world confusion, or just decide by myself what suites me, or preach other develop country that you guys are wrong be peaceful.
and if you find me to be wrong then that your opioion but the only thing is disgusting is you by the way you think and speak, by your ignorance and not educated yourself to know what islamic aka muslim religion is about?
They were upset about land, and by creating this community, it gave them power... I can easily see historically how through the nature of man this religion formed... but, if one holds the Bible to be the account of the one true God and He speciifically states the word is God... and then goes on to say there will be false prophets... there you have it.
Its the human condition... exacerbated by religions that claim to be the «one true religion» and that if you join this religion, you become a «chosen one» and have a first class ticket to the quiet luxurious place while the rest are going to an uncomfortable, hot, place.
If We are to «Go G - dless» as the graphic suggests just because a few Fools abuse religion, then by the same logic We should also abstain from alcohol just because a few Fools drive drunk, abstain from communicating just because a few Fools put forth unsound argument, and abstain from eating just because a few Fools eat too much.
Think of this scenario... if you had been put up for adoption and taken in by a couple that's of a different religion than you are today, you'd probably be your adoptive parents religion right now.
But, if you find an answer not deemed «correct» by your religion, and accept it as the truth, then won't you probably find yourself outside of that faith?
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