Sentences with phrase «committed by their belief»

Moreover, they were committed by their belief that higher education can serve as a path out of poverty.

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These impossible standards are secret rules or limiting beliefs we all abide by that direct our work and make it more difficult to complete the tasks we've committed to.

Certainly, in so far as he confesses his faith in God he is committed to a belief in the One who may properly be called supernatural and superhistorical — for God is not to be located in the spheres of what, by the use of certain limited and limiting frames of reference, we call nature and history — but such a belief does not relegate God to some alien sphere of splendid isolation and inaccessibility.

To declare as the sole and final truth a single - track, authoritarian body of belief is not only to commit before God the sin of self - righteousness but to weaken one's witness before men by an offensive dogmatism.

This does not make only the USA guilty of great wrongs done / there's many nations ruled by tyrants / psychopaths / / those blinded by greed the great injustice by Israel against palestinians but sums up the horror that nations being capable of committing / heartless acts of inhumanity of cruelity / / based on halfbaked ideas / beliefs / religious brainwashing.

It is our belief that this vision is urgently needed by the Church in this time of crisis and we are committed to continue to promote and develop it through the movement in its many different spheres of influence and especially through this magazine.

But though I am deeply convinced that the ideas and ideals of economism are wrong, I am also quite sure that they are honestly held by persons who are sincere in their Christian beliefs and committed to the wellbeing of humanity.

It stands to reason that an all knowing eternal God could predict what you and I would believe no before He made and thus have already know whether we would except him or not And I'm not sure what you trying to say by that And because we want to tell others about Him and be used by Him to reach others And that commit does not make any sense, but clearly God is not a punk, as I have already demonstrated And your main point, as I already explained is false No, but my belief is true, none the less, it is by definition virtually impossible to prove anything And no, I don't need knee pads.

That being said, religious intolerance has also been the source of some of the worst evils mankind has committed, and only by coming to those beliefs with an open mind will we be able to learn with each others» differences.

It may be that every rationalistic inquiry, which is committed to the belief that something intelligible and (at least partially) true can be said about the world as we find it, is obliged to acknowledge mysteries evoked by the notion of an imagination capable of overcoming the divisive effects of the distinction between the sensible and the intelligible that Plato introduced into metaphysics.

There are some other there who believe that by you not praying or worshiping in their methods, you are committing sacrilege against their beliefs.

In fact the point has been made more than once that the great age of science was prepared by a belief in a god who was himself a scientist and technician, and who would therefore approve of a civilization committed to such an enterprise.

The history of the Christian church is full of atrocities committed by great «warriors of the faith» who had unquestionably absolute beliefs.

And, in their midst, it makes small jabs at modernity's consequences: the «Modern Churchman» who «draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief,» the enlightened prison warden — «I came to the conclusion many years ago that almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression,» and avant - garde architecture — «india - rubber fungi in the recessed conservatory,» a floor that is «a large kaleidoscope, set in motion by an electric button.»

By making a distinction between your faith which is constant and your beliefs that change, you can claim consistency while being inconsistent, and as we've seen your faith is not committed to any theology.

Jeremy's position, when you bring it together as I have tried with a few quotations, is to confuse the gospel with Jesus, and to separate faith from belief, and to proclaim that some scriptures are not inspired by God and that those Christians who believe in those scriptures are committing idolatry, whereas not believing those scriptures is an act of true worship.

Biologists and clergy are being radicalized by the same shared belief, a sign that we find ourselves on the brink of committing irrevocable acts.

Thus, more than a century after two enterprising American pharmacists set in motion their pioneering partnership, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund remains committed to the belief that fostering research by the best and brightest scientists offers the fullest promise for improving human health today and in the new millennium.

Regardless of industry trends or naive beliefs, Babcock remains committed to never bringing to market products that have questionable ingredients — especially those banned by the FDA.

This is seen by a Nazi officer as an efficient way to undermine Merrin's belief in his own goodness, and indeed forces the priest to commit evil to avoid greater evil.

They admired violence, especially when committed by those like the Black Panthers and Charles Manson, who were willing to kill for their beliefs, no matter how bizarre.

SUPPORT The Tomorrow's College series is funded by a grant from Lumina Foundation, which is committed to enrolling and graduating more students from college, and by a grant from the Spencer Foundation, which is dedicated to the belief that research is necessary to the improvement of education.

These statistics reinforce our organization's belief that when a community is unilaterally committed to increasing college attendance by students, we can work together to achieve great things.»

The two faculty members involved in the project, committed to improve pedagogical and curricular approaches each semester, were motivated by their belief that virtual field experiences could provide the practical insights necessary for preparing preservice teachers for instruction in diverse settings, particularly for teacher education programs located in predominantly white and rural settings.

The membership is committed to incorporating that belief in its actions by advocating the recruitment and retention of underrepresented persons as students and faculty and ultimately fostering their success in veterinary medicine.

The government is on the verge of committing U.S. taxpayers to spend trillions of dollars over decades based on the mere suspicion that a future problem might occur and the unsupported belief that a possible non-issue can and should be mitigated by massive, globally coordinated efforts to control the environment of the planet.

Equally it's not unreasonable for third parties to be concerned that someone holding such beliefs will have a considerable temptation to overlook or minimize any transgressions that may have committed by the (Hockey) Team.

The critical narrative focuses on the belief that Ghomeshi was factually guilty — the belief that he did in fact commit the physical and mental elements of the offences with which he was charged — and on the pain suffered by the complainants from the original events, through having to testify and be cross-examined, and the judgment that criticized them.

Instead, it is composed of the values and beliefs about client service held and followed by everyone in the firm, a clear and concise mission and direction, and goals that partners and employees understand and to which each partner is committed.

Also, the post-9-11 experience has been that, contrary to common belief, civilian courts are actually a faster way of resolving cases of non-uniformed persons who commit violent, war - like acts than military tribunals and impose penalties that are just as harsh as those imposed by military tribunals.

Reynolds v. United States 98 U.S. 145 held that «A party's religious belief can not be accepted as a justification for his committing an overt act, made criminal by the law of the land».

TREB says in a statement that «contrary to demands by the Competition Commissioner for TREB to release private data about individual consumers openly on the Internet, TREB remains committed to its belief that doing so would violate consumer privacy laws, reduce the quality of the system, and diminish protection for consumer... TREB will not violate its Realtor members» contractual and legal obligations to protect the private information of their clients.»

TREB says in a statement that «contrary to demands by the Competition Commissioner for TREB to release private data about individual consumers openly on the Internet, TREB remains committed to its belief that doing so would violate consumer privacy laws...

Our study shows a deep belief by the industry that salespeople in the year 2000 will be more serious, more willing to accept responsibility for their actions, and more committed to succeed.»