No wonder this poorest and most backward segment of India's population is constantly exploited: by politicians for their votes;
by religious leaders for their numbers; by their self - styled advocates for power.
Not exact matches
For a Christian leader to call upon fellow Christians to vote for Christian candidates is not an attack on the principles of religious freedom established by our nation's forefathe
For a Christian
leader to call upon fellow Christians to vote
for Christian candidates is not an attack on the principles of religious freedom established by our nation's forefathe
for Christian candidates is not an attack on the principles of
religious freedom established
by our nation's forefathers.
the only thing i can sum up from all your views is that you dismiss calvinism
for its political incorrectness and note in the same fashion Jesus was dismissed
by religious leaders of His days.
Boehner, Catholic
by faith and Republican
by party, was able to garner enough votes in the House
for the passage of HR 1, the House budget proposal that has drawn the ire of many
religious leaders.
And when a fan in the audience — one of a dozen or so selected
by the singer's team
for a question - andanswer session — asked if he had any advice on how to get through a romantic break up, he demurred, flashing a bit of the humility that every
religious leader knows is crucial in establishing a bond with one's flock.»
For the actual record... the word homosexual was introduced to your bible in 1973
by translators under the influence of very misguided and bigoted
religious leaders.
If you have been burned
by religion, have suffered from the manipulation of
religious leaders, or feel that God has lied to you, left you hanging, and can not be trusted, begin the path toward understanding God's heart
for you, and gaining the true freedom He wants
for you today.
Wheaton administrators spent several months preparing
for a 2006 visit from Soulforce, a group aiming to change
religious leaders» minds on gay issues that was co-founded
by Mel White, who was a ghost writer
for some evangelical
leaders, including Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell.
He condemned and cursed the self - appointed
religious leaders who perpetuated the perverted Judaism of the day through their promotion of the Talmud and Rabbinic Halachal above the Mosaic Law given
by God; those who added to the Scriptures (the Pharisees) and those who subtracted from the Scriptures (the Sadducees) and anyone else who changed the commandments of God because of their own human desires
for acceptance and the honor of men.
CNN: 2 communities linked to polygamous sect sued
for alleged
religious discrimination Two communities dominated
by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints and its jailed
leader Warren Jeffs have been sued
by the federal government
for alleged
religious discrimination against citizens who don't belong to the polygamous sect.
That the «brethren» or
leaders of the church do nt just speak
for God, but speak plenty of their own rubbish that is
for our «salvation and stuff»... I removed the
religious blinders and found a wonderful world that is not plagued
by guilt, remorse, doubt or fear that I may not be doing what God wants me to do.
While defense contractors say that there is no moral or
religious dilemma
for their employees, church
leaders say that there is a problem, but one that can be solved
by refusing to participate in the development or production of nuclear weapons and technology.
Jesus ran straight into traps laid
by religious leaders so that He could reveal God's heart
for people.
that's all religion can give seeing anything of substance can't be proven
by religious leaders or their followers; the reason
for the whole «wait and see» thing.
This revolution in
religious thought is exemplified
by religious leaders» current support
for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was drafted
by the UN Commission on Human Rights.
The evidence
for this phenomenon is incontestable: the influx of non «SBC evangelical scholars into Baptist seminaries; the changing of the name of the Baptist Sunday School Board to the more generic LifeWay Christian Resources; the presence and high profile of non «Baptist
leaders on SBC platforms, e.g., the closing message at the 1998 SBC delivered
by Dr. James Dobson, a Nazarene; the aggressive participation of the SBC's Ethics and
Religious Liberty Commission as an advocate
for the conservative side of the culture wars conflict; new patterns of cooperation between SBC mission boards and evangelical ministries such as Promise Keepers, Campus Crusade
for Christ, the National Association of Evangelicals, Prison Fellowship, and World Vision.
After all we are lead to believe
by some
religious «
leaders» that earth quakes and tsunamis are sent and kill thousands
for just a simple thing as embracing gay folks.
Religious leaders, it seems, are threatened
by people who would rather love on a person than threaten and condemn them
for their sin.
As
for the reason Jesus was put to death, Cox locates the proximate cause not in humanity's sinfulness; nor in Jewish outrage over Jesus» claims to be the Son of God and the Way, the Truth, and the Life; nor in the jealousy of
religious leaders threatened
by Jesus» miracles (which Cox suggests were the fruit of positive thinking on the part of those who «feel» healed after touching Jesus); nor in his teachings (which Cox insists were uncontroversial among the Jews).
Religious leaders will need to promote the countercultural trend
by celebrating the reasons to wait — rather than trying to find evidence
for why it's wrong (because such tangible, measurable evidence may not exist).
Which is more likely — that the Anglo - American people will respond to a world that satisfies no one
by becoming Niebuhrian realists, or that some
leader in the not too distant future will mobilize Anglo - American power and sense of
religious mission
by promising to eliminate once and
for all the unsatisfactory realities that oppose the special destiny of the dynamic, liberal and capitalist world?
Spoken
by a famous Rabbi who later was punished
for His views
by the then reigning «church» /
religious leaders.
At a meeting of the National Council of Churches he asked, not
for any legal restriction but a «a voluntary agreement among
religious leaders of all faiths that from now on they would not resort to conversions because the social logic of conversions is not valid now», that the promise of liberation from caste structure has not been fulfilled as proved
by the fact that it persists in all
religious communities; and any attempt to organize Hinduism as a
religious community like others of the prophetic tradition has been a failure.
First, I am currently writing commentary on Luke 6:1 - 10, where Jesus has Sabbath day controversies with the Jewish
religious leaders, and I was hoping the book could shed some light on the statement
by Jesus that the Sabbath was made
for man, and not man
for the Sabbath.
This revolution in
religious thought is exemplified
by religious leaders» current support
for the Universal Declaration of...
For early Christianity was in its origin a Jewish movement, and the records of the lives and teachings of Jewish
religious leaders in that period were invariably preserved in the form of scattered sayings, parables, and anecdotes, handed down
by their disciples, quoted and requoted in the schools, and not committed to writing until long after.
Benito Juárez, supreme court justice and then president, was the liberals» foremost
leader and engineer of the 1857 constitution (
for which he is now honored
by schoolchildren as the first among national heroes).37 Earlier outlawed had been any but «secular» education and the use of civil machinery to enforce
religious vows and payment of church tithes.
The more liberal Krishna Kanth, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, in his address to the Assembly of the National Council of Churches in 1991 and following it in a press interview with Neerge Choudhury (Indian Express 21 Oct. 1991) «called
for an end to
religious conversion in the country, not
by law but
by a voluntary consensus of
religious leaders», because in his opinion, communal strife is closely linked to conversion.
Even Islamic
leaders in Pakistan offered their support to Masih, whose case has intensified demands
by religious groups
for the Pakistani government to reform the law.
In recent days, the Obama administration has been pummeled in the press
by Catholic
leaders and Republican presidential candidates
for purportedly sacrificing
religious liberty at the altar of its health plan.
The Northern League, once a marginal party that called
for the independence of the northern Padania region, became mainstream
by appealing to national and
religious sentiments under its new
leader, Matteo Salvini.
Since 2014, India has been led
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a BJP
leader notorious among Christians
for permitting
religious freedom violations to spread unchecked.
If a basis
for the ruling is not found in the Qur» an or the Traditions, then it should be sought in the general agreement (ijma) of the
religious leaders, and that general agreement should be followed
by all the people.
These four books, written
by great
religious scholars, are the basis
for Shi`a jurisprudence; after the Qur» an, they are the sources of law
for religious leaders in Shi`a.
While
religious leaders have the attention of politicians and the media, they must advance a comprehensive agenda
for urban change informed
by the principle of subsidiarity.
Indeed, judging
by the reporting on the presidential campaign, it seems that in the absence of any substantive public debate on morality among
religious leaders, media representatives have emerged as the new priesthood in our culture: they demand confessions of misconduct from public figures and then determine the seriousness of the sin and the degree of penance required
for the sin to be forgiven.
Another book which seeks to present Buddhism from the point of view of the Buddhists is The Path of the Buddha, edited
by Kenneth W. Morgan and written
by eleven Buddhist scholars, three Theravada and eight Mahayana, who were recommended
by Buddhists as the
religious leaders best able to speak
for them.
Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded
for there faith isnt that enough reason
for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.
For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed
by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded
by historians how many other
religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz
We are outside the four walks and absolutely love living in the liberty of the Spirit... we get to serve kids at poverty level and have become good friends with them... it's refreshing to be accepted
by them when rejected
by the
religious leaders in town
for not going on Sunday to their building.
Also, today's
religious leaders bow to whatever flag happens ro be flying over their head, and actively recruit
for and support militaries all over the world, sending even their own offspring to kill Christians living in othger lands whie they preach that «Those who live
by the sword shall die
by the sword».
I can also better understand that in times of uncertainty It may be easier
for people to trust a learned
religious leader than a democratically elected elite put in place
by dubiously motivated political constituencies.
Yeah, instead
for a healthier time send them to
religious camp so they can be sodomized
by a priest or other
religious leader who is a closet gay but refuses to understand it because in his deluded mind it is eveil to be gay but righteous to sodomize a little boy.
After meeting with Muslim scholars the author has a better understanding that in times of uncertainty it may be easier
for people to trust a learned
religious leader than a democratically elected elite put in place
by dubiously motivated political constituencies.
In describing and accounting
for the lives of the
Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church a
Religious Right, which we define simply as
religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church a
religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily
by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid
by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political
leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the
Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church a
Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid
for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts
by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values»
by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented
by winning elections; and, finally,
by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.
In 2012 the lines between the sacred and the profane will get even more blurry: Scientists will religiously maintain their search
for the elusive God particle (they won't find it); evangelical sports superhero and Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow will continue to be both an inspiration to the faithful and an object of scorn to skeptics (he will be watching, not playing in, the Super Bowl); at least one well - known
religious leader or leading
religious politician will be brought down
by a sex scandal (let's hope all our
leaders have learned a lesson from former Rep. Anthony Weiner and stay away from sexting); and the «nones» - those who don't identify with one religion - will grow even more numerous and find
religious meanings in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»?)
«Wayne State — an arm of the Michigan State government — makes the remarkable claim that it violates university policies
for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to choose only Christian
leaders rather than Jewish, Muslim or atheist ones,» says the lawsuit, filed
by lawyers with Becket, a
religious nonprofit.
Washington (CNN)-- An atheist organization known
for being provocative plans to take that reputation to the next level this week
by putting up seven billboards that call out prominent politicians and
religious leaders.
The Southern Baptist Convention voted last summer to back refugee resettlement, and its Ethics and
Religious Liberty Commission
leader Russell Moore recently wrote to Trump: «As a nation, we must seek to resolve the tension created
by these two values — compassion
for the sojourner and the security of our citizens — in a way that upholds both values.»
People don't want to be held down
by Government or
Religious leaders but want the FREEDOM And LIBERTY that allows ADULTS to make their own choices and choice
for their Children.
«Just as Catholics
for a Free Choice and other such groups suggest to the general public that not all Catholics agree with positions adopted
by their bishops on birth control, abortion and in - vitro fertilization, so will the
Religious Right serve to suggest that not all Catholics accept the positions of church
leaders in social justice matters,» writes Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference.