Sentences with phrase «described by any religion»

If there were a god, it is not the god described by any religion.

Assuming the existence of God, does S / he subscribe or is described by any religion, and if so which one?».

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But, I don't think religion has anything to say about it, by way of describing details, and «knowledge».

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 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».

And it also describes how you can know Jesus, and not just by reading about him or belonging to the right religion.

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.

Many people would say that my dis belief in a god that is described by any organized religion, and my rejection of jesus christ as our savior, and feel he was just another person, those two things alone would be sufficient to keep me out of heaven.

Following from the foregoing definition of religion are the sociological functions described by Thomas F. O'Dea: 13 (I) «It provides the emotional ground for a new security and firmer identity amid the uncertainties and impossibilities of the human condition and the flux and change of history.

Different religions are different approximations to the truth, but some approximations converge on the truth faster than others (as described to me by Ian, an Orthodox engineer).

The department was proposed by Phil Zuckerman, a sociologist of religion, who describes himself as «culturally Jewish, but agnostic - atheist on questions of deep mystery.»

In 1966, only 43 per cent of the UUs described their personal religion as «Christian,» and this segment had dropped to 26 per cent by 1976.

What you are describing sounds like a simple word flip by someone being inundated with questions about what religion he practices and if he is, or ever was a Muslim, NOT the President saying he is a Muslim as you and SugarKube are insinuating.

Because every culture prior — Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Indian — was controlled by a dominant religion that invariably described the world as a mashup of multiple deities nitpicking with each other.

In describing religion I often use the model created by Baron von Hügel in his book The Mystical Elements of Religion, written in the early 20th century.

It was a religiously homogeneous time, a period when commentators like Will Herberg could describe American religion as being constituted by three easily identifiable faiths: Protestant, Catholic and Jewish.

By and large, music journalists aren't religious people, and, if the philosopher Max Scheler is to be believed, the non-religious are as able to describe the psychology of religion «as a person totally blind is able to describe the sensation and mood produced by vivid colors.&raquBy and large, music journalists aren't religious people, and, if the philosopher Max Scheler is to be believed, the non-religious are as able to describe the psychology of religion «as a person totally blind is able to describe the sensation and mood produced by vivid colors.&raquby vivid colors.»

Its purpose, as described by Paul E. Johnson is to enable persons to «come for psychiatric help where ethical and religious values will not be overlooked and religion thus aids in the acceptance of psychiatry.»

Man is neither perfectible, as idealists in religion and philosophy had supposed, nor the controllable object of nature, as described by materialists.

The thesis propounded by this self - described sometimes gnostic and sometimes agnostic Jew is that the American religion is not Protestant or Christian but Gnostic.

Even a hypothetical amoral atheist such as the one you describe does not come close to the hienous murderers and tortured inspired by religion we have seen through the ages.

The problem is that that experience, just as you have described it, has been had by many people of many different religions for thousands of years.

Again when I her the word religion, being British I go by the values of the Equality act 2010 where religion is described as «any religion and a reference to religion includes a reference to a lack of religion.»

However, they describe themselves as «Christian» because they get baptized, married and buried by their religion (church).

Alright Mr. or Ms. Stiffnecked, the book of Daniel has prophesied all that is taking place today, from the corrupt governments, to the false religions, all in the 4th kingdom prophesied in Daniel 2:40, described as the end times, also prophesied by Hosea 6:1 - 4, of the 2 days, meaning 2000 years, also of Ephraim in Hosea 9:11 - 17, who are the Palestinians today being punished from going away from YHWH doing idols, and here we are from this time of the 6th century, prophesied for now of the latter days that these occurrences will come, and they have.

Your description of muslims has been biased thus far and your words could be used by others to describe people of your religion.

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 and state.

In the part beyond human conscious, where a person can't instantaneously grasp cause and effect, that's where faith leads to the poetic and sometimes seemingly delusional metaphors, used by religion to describe God or whatever aspect is just beyond perception when the person only has incomplete information, but still needs something to help us retain what understanding they're starting to build.

Other groups were the Scotists using the works of the philosopher Duns Scotus, championed by the Franciscans; the Thomists using the texts of Thomas Aquinas, championed by the Dominicans — Aquinas had worked philosophy and religion into a great single Summa, transposing Aristotle into the context of Christian theology under the influence of Augustine and Bernard, in which fides quaerens intellectum, faith seeking understanding, was integrated organically with philosophy; finally there was also a via antiqua, the ancient way, which was centred on Plato, but was also used to describe the Thomists.

Folks talk about the soul as a religious item — that it synonymous with religion — But religions don't really explain what a soul is — because they don't know — only a possible destination — Before you get all huffy, please consider where my concept comes from — I am no longer religious — I studied Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for dozens of years, and determined a different design, for what the glyphs could portend — and found some interesting thought processes hidden within — including what the soul is — for instance: The Ankh symbol represents Life — the charcters for An and kh, I translate as an = thought and kh = soul — Thus Life = the thought of the soul — The soul as described by the AE, is a continuity between 2 or more enti - ties — including the enti - ty Environment — Our environment creates us — some name their environment as god — some believe there is a continuity with their environment — that is soul --

We must begin by using less particularized terms; and, since one of the duties of the science of religions is to keep religion in connection with the rest of science, we shall do well to seek first of all a way of describing the «more,» which psychologists may also recognize as real.

It begins with declarations — appropriately described as «The Assisi Declaration» drawn up by representatives of different religions.

The Buhari Media Support Group has described as «uncharitable and baseless» the allegation by a former House of Representatives member, Dr Junaidu Mohammed, that President Muhammadu Buhari had exploited religion in 2015 to gain political advantage and power.

A 57 - year - old high school biology teacher — «I'm on the front lines of the evolution issue,» he says — he describes his religion as «Einsteinian / Spinozan,» lives surrounded by books, loves dancing and blues guitar, and lists his greatest sources of enjoyment as «kids, thinking clearly and critically, walking in the woods.»

The Force is described to Luke in the original Star Wars as the source of a Jedi knight's powers, «an energy field created by all living things» that binds us and the galaxy together, and derided by an Imperial officer as «sorcerer's way» and an «ancient religion.»

Merriam - Webster describes Wicca as «a religion influenced by pre-Christian beliefs and practices of Western Europe that affirms the existence of supernatural power (such as magic) and of both male and female deities who inhere in nature and that emphasizes ritual observance of seasonal and life cycles.»

And while a new report by Scholastic on principals and teachers» views on education equity describes that overwhelmingly, educators agree that equity in education for all children should be a national priority, it is also evident that such leadership requires clarity around the nuances of what it means to provide students a well - rounded education — regardless of race, national origin, immigration status, gender identity, disability, or religion.

Prothero goes in great detail to describe each religion, but in the process somewhat undermines his thesis by often comparing be

-LSB-...] They describe, as they have always done throughout their artistic practice, our modern urban world, by tackling subjects — death, hope, life, fear, sex, money, race and religion — in an engaging and direct way.»

Talking of religion the movement itself has been described by the BBC as using the language of religion to advance their cause.

In his 1963 classic, Cat's Cradle, iconic writer Kurt Vonnegut described the sleepy little Caribbean island of San Lorenzo, where the populace was mesmerized by the prophet Bokonon, who created his own religion and his own vocabulary.

The defendant, who represented herself at the judicial review hearing primarily by way of written submissions, argued that the policy, which she described as a «cab - rank rule» was necessary to ensure that all bereaved people whose deceased relatives fell under her remit were treated fairly, regardless of their religion or beliefs.

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