Sentences with phrase «different than faith»

... well how is that any different than faith?

Dalahäst How is faith in God any different than the faith humans have had in other gods, witch doctors, shamans, or lucky charms?

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> What he did is no different than what the Council fo Nicea did when they created «The word of God»... no??? Men decided and wrote what they thought the word of god was... present christians faith is based on this..

I am just saying, we need to stop fighting, we have far more in common than different — even with muslims at an «interfaith» service, and we need to be careful that we don't spend all our time focusing on defending our faith from the the outside, and end up failing to focus on the needs of the families at that service.

Bemis, whose worldview has been changed by overcoming bipolar disorder, explains it as different than either the faith system he grew up under, or the one held by his fiancée.

The faith has «tried» to stay the same for 2000 years, but, just as Galileo and heliocentrism struggled to show that reality was clearly different than what bare faith could handle, this same scene will be repeated a hundred thousand times more, as real life overtakes 2000 - year - old literature.

If it changes your faith... then either you are looking at it in a different way than I do, or you place too much stock in who gets into heaven and who goes to hell.

i'll also say this, if and when she attends mass on sunday it will be no different than the other six days of the week that she conducts her life she can be at peace with her faith.

Why, there's thousands of different «denominations» even within the major faiths, and no faith has any way to prove that their reasoning is better than that of any other faith.

But it's an entirely different thing if you completely ignore the Science and place you faith in a 2,000 year old book and you believe that book has more science in it than a modern science book.

It was more than a decade before I left church behind entirely and still more years before I realized that what had been faith had metamorphosed into something entirely different.

You know or SHOULD know, (you sound pretty stupid so you might not) that politicians make decisions based on their faith, so when people find someone with a different faith than theirs running for the highest office, it makes sense that they are uneasy with it.

«The fact that their faith may be different than the boy next to them is immaterial.

Also, if your religious community is more racially isolated than your local area, encourage it to form faith partnerships with racially different faith groups.

It's no different than rationalizing your prayers aren't answered because you don't have enough faith.

But any genuine recovery of a «particular language of faith» will entail developing and appropriating a theological tradition and embodying that tradition in faithful living — a project that necessarily requires motivations and insights deriving from a quite different kind of authority than the sociologists possess.

It seems that it's easier (maybe more fun) to take cheap shots and act superior to those of different faiths than to listen.

As we were talking Sunday, one such participant confessed that The Mission had helped her soften towards those who had hurt her in the past, that she felt more prepared to worship alongside those whose faith looks different than her own because The Mission had provided a place of rest in which she could be herself.

It wasn't the summer that brought an end to my doubt, but it was the summer I encountered a different Jesus, a Jesus who requires more from me than intellectual assent and emotional allegiance; a Jesus who associated with sinners and infuriated the religious; a Jesus who broke the rules and refused to cast the first stone; a Jesus who gravitated toward sick people and crazy people, homeless people and hopeless people; a Jesus who preferred story to exposition and metaphor to syllogism; a Jesus who answered questions with more questions, and demands for proof with demands for faith... a Jesus who healed each person differently and saved each person differently; a Jesus who had no list of beliefs to check off, no doctrinal statements to sign, no surefire way to tell who was «in» and who was «out»; a Jesus who loved after being betrayed, healed after being hurt, and forgave while being nailed to a tree; a Jesus who asked his disciples to do the same...

The most startling thing I noticed as I grew more acquainted with the Gospels was that Jesus had a very different view of faith than the one to which I was accustomed.

It is worth noticing that different communities of faith have different understandings of the authority of scripture «To most Hindus», writes Stanley Samartha, «the primary authority lies in that which is heard rather than in what is remembered and written down.

I have come to the conclusion that it's okay for me to have different convictions or beliefs than other people in my faith community.

to dandintac, the evolution of stars or solar systems or life forms to different species takes billons of years to complete., that we in our lifetime cant comprehend its teleology or purposefullness.At the University of Illinois, a super computer called The nautilus, predicts the future by analysing through computational methods mathematical algorithim the historical inputs for hundreds of years and discovered that it has a direction or intepreted as has a purpose.Someday in the future when we will be technologically advanced, Gods will will be clearly reveald to us.All of this will be part of his will, at this time beyond our comprehension, but will be in the future, The next generation of quantum computers which are tens of thousands more powerfull and faster than todays will provide us the informations to solidify the future religious faith based in science.

It wasn't just about the subject matter — although it's tricky to write about such a tender and intimate time in a person's life, to tell your own story while still holding space for stories that are so different than your own, to attempt to shepherd people well in the liminal spaces of their faith journeys — but it was also just the season of life with being pregnant with our fourth and then giving birth and suddenly having four tinies between the ages of 9 and newborn meant I had a lot less time with a lot less energy (and even less sleep!)

By faith Christians confess «that God has created me and all that exists,» which is something quite different than claiming to know that once upon a time in the far distant past God created the very same structures in which people now participate.

Mormonism colors outside the lines a bit more than most, but other than requiring an extra helping of faith, how is it really different?

Stephen Webb is right to say that the Book of Mormon is Christ - centered; that Mormons have more faith in the divinity of Christ than do many liberal Christians; that for Mormons Jesus» divinity is «not trivial»; and that the Mormon Jesus is different from the Jesus of historic orthodoxy.

I just think that the methodology for «faith» is different than for any other discipline (if you can call faith a discipline).

The best way to protect America is to warmly welcome law abiding citizens of any faith, such a rare and wonderful thing about us, something we can hold up as unique and special, something that does nt provoke but binds loyalty.Being different, more accepting and loving than the ugliness found in anti-Christian cultures, is our greatest strength.

I am now convinced that most of American Christianity is a cultural practice, routed mostly in traditional affiliation than a true conversion, a weekly religious exercise, no different than what the Imam demands of the followers of the Muslin faith.

But don't pretend your faith is any different or more justified than his.

Allah in Islamic religion is different than that under Christian faith and Christians usually shy away from referencing God as Allah to avoid confusion.

I'd rather be an ignorant Christian than a hateful person of a different faith or philosophy.

As a Christian, what makes your faith different than that of a Muslim, a Hindu, or even the «non-faith» of an atheist?

Craig both seventh day and anglican are believers they are saved by faith in the death of Jesus Christ and they believe in the forgiveness of sins sactification and the resurection at Christs return.This is what i meant regarding theology one has to be careful otherwise you exclude groups of christians because some of there other theology may not be the same as ours.They still hold to the central truths of the bible but have differences ie like sabbaths or baptism but that does not mean they arent saved or are christians.What church denomination do you belong to if you mentioned jehovah witness or mormons that is a different story as they do nt believe that Jesus Christ is central to there faith they have relegated him to nothing more than a prophet so there is no salvation in those religions.brentnz

They also have faith in their own personal subjective experiences that people of every other religion have, if they are all right how is that different than they are all wrong?

We have a different solution to the sin question than any other faith.

At its core, to believe in a theory regarding origins as if it were a fact is no different than having faith in that theory.

Those of us with faith realize that present time is no different than Biblical times in that sacrificing your life to stand up for God will be rewarded.

Picking in a religion gives you a 1:1000 shot at making it into heaven, though a.1 % chance is still better than no chance, I believe that even if you have no faith in any god whatever god you may face at judgment day, you have a better chance of getting in, living a good life without faith than living a life with belief in a different god, as gods are usually jealous and would not like you believing in a different god.

In my book Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation, I point out that in the original Hebrew version the word for «the Lord» that calls Abraham to sacrifice his son is very different than the word for the angel of God (YHVH) who tells Abraham to NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT, and that the reason we Jews celebrate Abraham as the father of our people is NOT because of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GOD.

I have faith, it's different than it was, in a different stage, but not perfect by any stretch.

And she spoke of her faith in a quiet and thoughtful way that was different than anyone else I knew.

This approach is so different than the way most of us are told we should be sharing our faith.

As for your «temporal pleasures» comment... enjoy your faith in what you have waiting for you be it 72 virgins, valhalla, heaven, whatever... no one knows and you are not any different than anyone else in that aspect.

Because the faith of these yahoos is so weak that they can't handle anyone having a different faith than their own.

In other words, these young people aren't that much different from other spiritual seekers almost everywhere who, consciously or not, cleave to a faith that demands rather than accommodates.

I would agree with everything you posted, except the last part about faith, but perhaps I am using a different definition than you are.

while breifly going thru this artical it was makeing my stomach turn, this is just what the devil wants is for doubt and confusion, christianity is growing stronger than ever, souls are being saved and lives are changing every day, and do nt for one minute think any different, or try tp put christians down, why would we loose faith, god answers our prayers everyday, think what you want and do what you do, but do nt try to put things in other people's opinion or minds, jesus died for our sins, so that we can have better lives and be forgiven for our sins here on earth and move on to a beter place, becouse souls do nt die «read the bible, if you do nt understand it, find a church that can help you learn a better way of life, I pray for everyone out there that does nt know jesus christ as ther savior to accept what he has to offer to you «love forgiveness and ever lasting life «Christians» stay strong and [ass the word of god on and share all your tedtimonies in life» god bless everyone»»

My attendance at the different Faith events is admittedly a huge drain on my time, but the support and vision it offers me in return more than outweighs the cost.