Sentences with phrase «dogma of their religion on»

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Yet in his Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent, John Henry Newman insists on the necessity of individual experience and weakness of theoretical knowledge in forming religion and morality: «many a man will live and die upon a dogma; no man will be a martyr for a syllogism.»

They also become rivals when religion claims it's denomination to be the highest form of wisdom to the denial of everything else simply based on dogma.

Marx's critique of religion can not be accepted or refuted merely on the basis of religious dogmas, for the dogmas themselves are to be evaluated on the basis of the «truth of man» and not outside it.

Spirituality is supposed to bring us together, but every organized religion on earth that is not openly mocked by the majority of people on earth has women can't do this and women shouldn't do that hardwired into the dogma and spelled out in sacred text.

On the face of it, this dogma may seem to force a choice between Christ and the universe, or between the world to come and this world, or between religion and science.

I'm of the firm opinion that acceptance of spirtuality or a higher power, with no more evidence for it than organized religion has for its dogma, is merely subst.ituting one fantasy for another whilst shedding the guilty baggage on the way.

[1][2] He was a controversial rationalist of his time, attacking the dogmas of religion and rejecting the claim that Islam possessed any monopoly on truth.»

My undergraduate degree is in religion, with a focus on the history of Christian theology, so I'm probably more aware than most people how things that were never in the Bible became tradition, and then became dogma.

I consider myself Catholic and although I disagree with many of the Church teachings that are based on dogma, like birth control, etc., Maybe it is the way I was taught what being a Catholic means but I would not nor have I ever considered changing religions.

As someone who believes in God whole heartedly and feels he is the way through alot of the darkness on this earth but also the way to celebrate our greatest joys.I am happy she has found the love of God.But I to find the choice of religion somewhat suspiscious.As others have pointed out the dicotomy makes one wonder if the fact that her boyfriend is a Catholic has alot to do with her choice.Alot of women and men for that matter find conform to what their partners religion is because it is just easier and more comfortable at home for them.Now I am not saying this is what happened in this case.but it is somehting ti ponder.For me loving God and your neighbor as much as yourself are the most important part of believeing in a Supreme Being and all the rest of the Dogma just gets in the way and even is the cause of alot of the strife and wars in this world.So I hope she is happy but UP God for me... but no thatnks on the religion!!

I could perhaps accept your position on maintaining faith if people could stick to the basic principle of believing in a god, but set aside the dogma of religion.

Christianity was never our state religion, nor did we have in Rousseau's strict sense a civil religion, a simple set of religious dogmas to which every citizen must subscribe on pain of exile.

He also wished to show that for all of communism's contempt for the narratives of traditional religions, it relied nonetheless on faith and dogma.

Definition of CULT 1: formal religious veneration: worship 2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also: its body of adherents 3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also: its body of adherents 4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator 5a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially: such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: the object of such devotion c: a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion

«A fundamental difference between religious and scientific thought is that the received beliefs in religion are ultimately based on revelations or pronouncements, usually by some long - dead prophet or priest... Dogma is interpreted by a caste of priests and is accepted by the multitude on faith or under duress.»

Alison Kudlow relies on sunlight for work that questions the dogma of science and religion, and Nooshin Rostami's site - specific sculpture is both a bridge and an obstacle.

If you insist on calling this «dogma», then you're basically saying that pretty much the entire field of earth sciences has given up science in favour of religion.