Sentences with phrase «debate about religious»

Story says, «The letter urges followers to frame this as a debate about religious freedom, not contraception, because it's a more effective way to sway public opinion.»

The letter urges followers to frame this as a debate about religious freedom, not contraception, because it's a more effective way to sway public opinion.

That's the future of the debate about religious liberty in America.

At times the debate about religious language seems like a pitched battle between political camps of the left and the right.

In March 2009, Coppedge claims that his supervisor advised him that co-workers had complained that he was harassing them over debates about his religious views and coercing them in the workplace into watching DVD programs about intelligent design.

Louis Fisher surveys the full sweep of U.S. history» from colonial debates about religious liberty to modern judicial, legislative, and executive positions on the status of conscientious objection, compulsory flag salutes, school prayer, Indian religious practices, and the religious use of peyote.

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you sir are practicing a religion one that means so much to you that you use it as your online name also please show me where I call you a fool or is telling someone not to make a fool of themself the same as calling them a fool which would mean you are very religious as far as Colin he said nothing that related to the debate I was in with you... we are talking about Atheism as a religious view not debating the existence of God now look over the definitions I have shown you and please explain how Atheism does not fit into the said definitions And you claim that evolution is true so the burden of proof falls in your lap as it is the base of your religion.

Today this overlaps with debates about the actual content of religious education and about the freedom to offer children what the Church really teaches.

In fact, as John Fletcher, ethicist at the University of Virginia, has said, «You don't have to be religious to realize that there ought to be a debate about....

My comments about whiny christians, laptop dogooders, etc... comes from the many negative comments my husband has towards tv evangilism, religious debates that he has listened to, articles in newspapers, & obviously his / our personal experiences.

Recent debates about atheism and religious belief often involve appeals to the natural sciences.

As debate continues over President Obama's assertion about the religious nature (or lack thereof) of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group, a new Pew Research Center study finds that more Americans across the board believe that Islam encourages violence more than other religions.

Even more sad is that this article is about real heroes and the point of the article is lost in this religious debate.

But increasingly the debate is becoming one about religion, in which critics accuse backers of the referendum of bigotry and insist a ban would violate the First Amendment's religious freedoms.

This book breaks new ground both in Jewish thought and in larger debates about the philosophical and religious grounding of political theory.

He spoke of the prestige of science in our culture and the corresponding lack of respect for religion («If it's a science programme it's a documentary, if the subject's politics there's a debate, but a religious programme, unless it's hymns for granny, will have people talking about their feelings»).

The few sustained debates about «religious tests» and «religious freedom» treated the potential for religious monopolies, hegemonies or majorities - and even religion itself - as a problem.

You could then read the whole debate about whether the Cross is really the best way to convey the liberation and love consciousness that many Christians today wish to see as central to their religious beliefs (read the debate — its fascinating).

Their presence challenges the religious establishment to make room for new partners in interfaith councils and in ongoing debates about the relation between church and state.

And from raging debates about creationism to political candidates proclaiming their religious convictions, religion seems to be at the centre of American life.

I am particularly concerned about the attempt to wed so closely this debate over the nature of the church with religious and political communion.

The objective of this approach is not to present the religious view on a particular subject, but to generate public discussion and debate about significant issues of the day from many different religious perspectives and viewpoints.

Just because we aren't talking about debate questions or party platforms on Facebook doesn't mean we stop standing up for the unborn, raising our voices for religious liberty, caring for refugees, pursuing racial reconciliation, and more.

A fierce debate among academics about secularization theory — the view that societies will become less religious as they modernize — seems to have been won by the skeptics.

I definitely love to debate, discuss religious matters with just about anyone, always taking the devil's advocate's position.

As I studied, I got to wondering about what Jesus had to say about all of this, and the passage that suddenly jumped into my mind was the passage in which the religious leaders try to best Jesus in a theological debate by asking him about the post-resurrection marital status of a (hypothetical) woman who had been married seven times.

It is significant that the terms of the debate about faith in the world are deemed to have been set by people like Richards Dawkins, just as it is significant that the debate is seen as a «political and secular», rather than a religious, one.

Read the full story about the fight in the US Senate over Christmas on the CNN Political Ticker Editor's Note: A number of religious groups are joining in on the debate too.

Pick any person, religious or not, and you can be about 99 % certain that person's opinion of how Jesus would feel about the healthcare debate matches their own.

When push comes to shove, is this debate really about the symbolic denigration of a religious practice, or is the worry that once some parents find out about the risks, they'll reject received dogma and discard the practice?

The present political situation in Latin America has generated so much heated debate about the Church, the «sects,» and religious freedom that it has become necessary to take a closer look at the existing religious scene, including Pentecostalism, if we are to build a coherent theological overview of the region capable of generating serious ecumenical dialogue.

With all the furor and dishonesty over the Supreme Court's decisions on contraception and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, it's a good moment to think about what kinds of structural weaknesses the center - right has in public debate and what can be done to address some of those weaknesses.

By: Jillian Lauren There's a piece in the NYTimes today about iPhone apps that give you zingy one - liners and rhetorical strategies to aid you in debating those pesky religious fundamentalists.

If you are debating whether or not it is important to circumcise your boy it is important to consider your cultural and religious beliefs as well as speaking to your pediatrician about the potential medical pros and cons of this procedure.

But the Eweida case reveals something significant about the state of the religious debate in the UK.

These shrines are venerated by local Muslims, although there has always been a debate within Islam in west Africa about the place of shrines and saints in religious observance.

Mercifully, there were no questions about so - called «religious freedom» — which has replaced «family values» as the preferred code word for anti-gay bigotry — during last night's GOP presidential debate.

The debate about whether we should have positions reserved for religious figures in the House of Lords is for another day but for now the fact remains, until we have women bishops, women in the UK do not have full political emancipation.

While religious leaders are as entitled as anyone else to express their views about the Assisted Dying Bill - about to be debated in Parliament - there is no doubt the media give the opinions of «faith leaders» disproportionate prominence.

When compared to other religious groups, Evangelicals have often been more wary of science as evidenced in debates about evolution, stem cell research, and climate change.

A group of about 20 religious activists associated with Young Evangelicals for Climate Action traveled to the debate to hold prayer sessions asking that both candidates embrace the «moral» challenge of climate change.

They will learn about it's provenance, it's practices and it's philosophy before engaging in a debate over whether or not it should be granted religious status in the UK.

And there is a perennial debate about whether the state should support private schools that are mostly religious, do not require teachers to hold credentials and are not required to meet minimal performance standards.

About Site - ROME REPORTS, is an independent international TV News Agency based in Rome covering the activity of the Pope, the life of the Vatican and current social, cultural and religious debates.

With recent debates about political, religious, gender and racial representation, we were drawn to artists whose work genuinely engages with the subjects explored in it.

In the video, Wallinger opens a debate about the real capacity of the viewer's vision, addressing the question of the search for empirical truth and religious faith.

Part of the reason that elements of the climate change debate take on religious proportions — by the activists for and against policy — is that folks have so dug in around almost every aspect of the debate that it is hard to raise a question about some uncritically accepted element of the religious canon without folks first attacking you as an untrained heathen.

Religious metaphors are already used to frame portions of the debate about geoengineering, a fact suggested by the prominent use of religious metaphors in contemporary discussions about «playing god,» to avoid a «climate apocalypsReligious metaphors are already used to frame portions of the debate about geoengineering, a fact suggested by the prominent use of religious metaphors in contemporary discussions about «playing god,» to avoid a «climate apocalypsreligious metaphors in contemporary discussions about «playing god,» to avoid a «climate apocalypse.»

They talk about wide range of subjects including feminist debates around pornography and sex work, University of Chicago's recent statement on safe spaces, freedom of speech and political correctness, cyber sex - work, Bedford Vs. Canada case, and the common grounds between radical feminism and the religious far - right.

Im not a religious scholar and as a secular atheist I do nt care much for debates about theology as they are based on a premise I do nt accept.