Not exact matches
What the Haredi have
done is simple, even admirable: they've attempted to find a way to integrate modern
practices with their
religious ideals, which we ought to, as citizens of a nation which values
religious freedom and upholds the right to
practice, respect, not bemoan.
There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick
with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism
does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule religion and
religious believers in the name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination of religion, and
practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.
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.
1 Billion Muslims care, and we should have an obligation, as a civilized nation, to take care
with their
religious practices so long as it doesn't not violate a tenet of our law.
How
does one of the most ruthless killers of our time deserve any kind of respect that is in keeping
with any
religious practice?
Mormons
do not run
religious schools that take public aid from the state, such as secular textbooks, though that is a
practice approved by the Supreme Court in states
with substantial numbers of parochial schools.
And especially after the Noachian Flood,
did false religion take a leap,
with false
religious doctrines and
practices such as the trinity, immortality of the soul, that God torments people in a «hellfire», the establishment of a clergy class, the teaching of «personal salvation» as more important than the sanctification of God's name of Jehovah (Matt 6:9), the sitting in a church while a
religious leader preaches a sermon, but the «flock» is not required to
do anything more, except put money when the basket is passed.
In other words, they intended the U.S. to be a safe haven for people to
practice their faith or lack thereof without government interference — as long as the
religious didn't interfere
with the secular.
The American bishops
did much better: while also making the matter optional, they offered a powerful and sympathetic discussion of the
religious reasons for the old observance and urged American Catholics to continue the
practice as a gesture of solidarity
with, and gratitude for, the passion of Christ, as an act of fidelity to the Christian past, and to help «preserve a saving and necessary difference from the spirit of the world.»
you sit there in your home having nothing to
do with anything that happened, then blame someone else who is in that same position for what happened, and he has to condemn it, and apparently he's guilty because of his religion... and about «no other
religious freedoms in muslim countries»... you cant name a SINGLE muslim county that denies
religious practice... not a single, including saudi arabia... just because they don't premit building
religious buildings doesn't mean they don't respectively let you
practice whatever you want to
practice... unlike in some WESTERN countries they are banning
religious practices such as; the headscarf!
I hate to see creatures killed, but I know enough about my Native American friends and their
religious practices, to know that this is really important to them, and that they treat animals
with a lot more reverence than we
do!
Buddhists as Buddhists
do not promote ethnic nationalism, but they
do not understand their
religious thought and
practice to deal
with issues of this sort.
Why can't we just eliminate
religious practices in any public forum and be
done with it?
In response to Ben's statement, since when is a businesses buying
practices from a particular country have anything to
do with how
religious someone is.
I am going to weigh in, being a catholic and the whole shabang... First of all this is not infringing on anyone's right to
practice their religion... Requiring insurance companies to provide contraception for women
does not mean the woman has to use it or purchase it... Catholic hospitals take federal funds for their patients, therefore they are not exempt from employment laws... If the Catholic Diocese doesn't want to provide the insurance claiming
religious beliefs, then they can no longer accept federal funded patients... They also know that they will be subjected to discrimination lawsuits based hiring and
religious discrimination — non-catholics work there, and therefore are being denied healthcare due to catholic beliefs... Majority if not all Catholic women
do, have, or had used contraception in their lifetime... God
does not nor
does the bible say anything about contraception, since it had not been invented yet — so this is a man - made law, made by a bunch of men, who have never had a menstrual cycle — and the pain that comes
with it....
I will fight for any religions right to
practice as they wish as long as they don't stomp of individual rights and freedom of religion which means each person can make their
religious moral judgements for themselves which is why there are millions of Christian women who have no problem
with these 4 forms of birth control but they are now having their freedom of religion taken out of their hands and decided by their employer.
The State had no right to interfere
with religious practices so long as they
did not advocate immorality or treason.
It
does not care if the facts it proves
do not fit
with the
religious teachings you
practice.
Part of the difficulty
with creating a new understanding of adoption - including the women who chose it, the families who adopt, and the children who are adopted - is combating archaic adoption
practices that not only reinforce negative stereotypes, but also
do an incredible disservice to what adoption can be - that is, adoption is a legitimate pregnancy option for all women faced
with a pregnancy decision, regardless of whether they identify as «pro-life» or «pro-choice,»
religious or not, conservative or liberal... In the face of a pregnancy decision, the women who choose adoption feel no more part of the political discussion around it then the women who choose abortion feel about the political rhetoric characterizing their decision.
It tells your provider how you feel about things like who you want
with you during labor, what you want to
do during labor, if you want drugs to help
with labor pain, and if there are special
religious or cultural
practices you want to have happen once your baby is born.
Although
religious practice is nominally free in France,
with completely secular state that
does not interfere in
religious beliefs, there are mechanisms that could be used against «dangerous» cults which threaten rule of law, especially if said cults endanger human life.
Someone could attend church every Sunday
with their family, however, if they
do not
practice their faith on a daily basis — could they be considered
religious?
Does this forbid only those laws
with text that specifically targets a particular
religious tradition, denomination or
practice?
The Strasbourg institutions have not been at all ready to find an interference
with the right to manifest a
religious belief in
practice or observance where a person has voluntarily accepted an employment or role which
does not accommodate that
practice or observance and there are other means open to the person to practise or observe his or her religion without undue hardship or inconvenience.
Consider crime statistics: the data on which a computer will base its predictions may reflect factors logically not connected
with particular defendants: arrest patterns that match or
do not match the characteristics of the accused person; the impact of poverty or race on conviction rates of people «comparable» to the accused; hard - to - quantify characteristics of accused or convicted people like educational achievement or
religious practices.
My wish for Canada is that it will hold true to its promises in the Charter and protect
religious freedom despite the anti-
religious sentiment of those who
do not agree
with the
religious beliefs and
practices of others.
It
does prohibit them (and, for that matter, heterosexuals) from engaging in
practices that are inconsistent
with the
religious nature of TWU (notably having sex outside of what TWU considers to be the Christian construct of marriage).
Employment v. Smith 494 US 872 applies this to criminal acts, holding that «The Free Exercise Clause permits the State to prohibit sacramental peyote use» and «the [Free Exercise] Clause
does not relieve an individual of the obligation to comply
with a law that incidentally forbids (or requires) the performance of an act that his
religious belief requires (or forbids) if the law is not specifically directed to
religious practice and is otherwise constitutional as applied to those who engage in the specified act for nonreligious reasons».