Not exact matches
The movie served to give me a different platform to discuss faith from, not to argue that my
belief system is right and someone
else's is wrong, but instead to point out that the world is hungry for questions about the soul and what we don't see right
in front of us.
«And there is salvation
in no one
else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men [Jesus] by which we must be saved» — Acts Crossan is saying he's willing to give up any
belief system that declares itself to be true?
He takes pains to show that
in every respect except the specific matter of prophecy
belief they looked and behaved remarkably like anyone
else occupying a similar position
in the social
system.
But if some dude wants to say he's personally spiritual, but not religious, and isn't trying to cram it down everyone
else's throats against their wills... what's the point
in questioning and condemning that choice or
belief system?
If you would gladly destroy the rule of law
in the name of your religious
beliefs, then you are theoretically putting them above everyone
else — and, by extension, putting your religion above our secular legal
system.
If an organized religious group tries to push their
beliefs on their own congregations and employees their
in the wrong, but everyone
else is able to push their
beliefs and value
system on these people and that's OK.
While religion is about believing
in what someone
else tells you and not questioning it and even if a
belief is proven wrong time and time again that
belief remains a concrete part of that
belief system.