Sentences with phrase «espouses religious»

When I think of preaching, what comes to mind is one who espouses religious doctrine which has been accepted by the preacher as gospel truth.

I'll believe they are actually espousing religious equality when they have a Matisyahu concert on base.

I have been saying that the leaders on conservative right who espouse their religious credentials tend to do the exact opposite of the teachings of Jesus.

But what does it mean to confess Christ concretely in the new South Africa with its strong emphasis on religious pluralism and a democratic reluctance to espouse religious absolutes in the political arena?

Washington (CNN)- The charges ranged from promoting «radical feminism» to espousing religious teachings out of step with the Catholic Church.

if it is wrong to espouse religious based support, then it is wrong to espouse ANTI-religious based support.

John Locke (1653 - 1704), reared in a staunchly Protestant home and continuing to believe in God and revelation and having a deep reverence for the Bible, espoused religious toleration but not to atheists or Roman Catholics.

Not exact matches

Bottum opines that we should prepare ourselves for the next chapter in the culture wars, in which the left here will get into step with its European compatriots, espousing a militant skepticism toward science while maintaining their polemic against the religious right, but this time for its uncritical embrace of scientific progress.

But now, in the stem cell controversy, it is precisely the cause espoused by the much reviled religious right that has been scientifically vindicated.

If, as these religious leaders espouse, that they hate the «sin», but loves the «sinner», then why have they failed to follow in Jesus «footsteps» (1 Pet 2:21) and go to the homes of the people, «teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you»?

So, if God is pure love, why do religions continue to embrace the hatred and vitriol espoused by many modern - day religious figures?

When any religion, in this case islam, espouses ideas that are in direct conflict with the Constitution and openly work to impose an alien political / religious system called sharia on the United States, at some point the right to claim constitutional protection is lost.

I may not believe in any one particular religion, and I certainly don't believe in god, but even I believe that most religious people have common sense enough to avoid the type of hystaria that doomsdayers espouse themselves to.

Religious people with their ideas belong in a rubber room, not be out and about espousing their nonsense.

Now compare the BRAND of christianity that Jesus and apostles espoused and the BRAND of christianity espoused by the current religious preachers in the light of God's Word, the Bible.

Younger Catholics have taken stock of the not terribly fruitful modernist tendencies the Church has espoused since the Second Vatican Council, as well as the enduring religious relevance of its classical artistic heritage.

One that was based on a survey of mainline church members, for example, suggested that identification with the local community served as an important plausibility structure for traditional religious tenets.13 Furthermore, those who made such localistic identifications were considerably more likely than «cosmopolitans» to espouse traditional religious beliefs (controlling for a variety of other factors) and to allow these beliefs to influence their thinking on racial and social questions as well.

One major fault in the espoused parallel relationships between Christian Privilege and other systems of systemic inequality that disproportionately impact racial minorities, women and the LGBTQ + community is that religious preference is scarcely, if ever, legal to request as a means of legitimizing documentation for state issued IDs, legal documents, marriage certificates, employment applications, etc..

In their view and the view of those who admire Donne today, there is not the forced separation between his religious and secular poetry that Mr. Kirsch espouses.

Though political cults espouse extremist ideologies, not extremist theologies, operationally they are virtually identical to religious cults, and they also go to great lengths to control the vocabularies of their members.

Kelly, I am no religious scholar, but it is my understanding that all the Abrahamic faiths espouse the type of charity you refer to.

It's not a religious article, it would be very in line with what Einstein espoused.

From Variety: «Each episode of the series will tackle a topic from a scientific point of view, dispelling myths, and refuting anti-scientific claims that may be espoused by politicians, religious leaders or titans of industry.»

The hallmark of a truly religious person is the espousal of recognizable, religiously inspired values that are distinctly different from the values typically espoused by the less religious and the nonreligious.

I have heard this Christian left view (and it is a political statement — not a religious one that she is espousing) at church and across the Christian community and it is literally destroying churches vs empowering them and growing them.

«So moderate people of faith, those of you who can endure the cognitive dissonance of espousing progressive politics while gleaning support in religious traditions that are thousands of years old — I ask you to please speak up.

I have never shared the strict separationist faith espoused by Leo Pfeffer (among others) that religious freedom is most secure where church and state are separated and least secure where government and religion are intertwined.

They espouse no particular religious doctrine but are based on a belief that there is a spiritual dimension to the human being and to all of life.

Advocates of the law pointed out the law would not prevent religious leaders from espousing their beliefs.

Fani - Kayode said, «Those that came to power last year on the mantle of Islamic domination, religious intolerance and racial discrimination and that espoused the most hideous form of ethnic bigotry and religious fanaticism certainly have a lot of soul - searching to do because their friends in the Obama White House are on their way out and their darling Hilary is not coming in to replace him.

Regarding teaching religious education, surely, in faith based schools teachers are likely to actually expected to teach more than the time stated and that this time is part of the dedicated espoused mission of the school.

In reality, Snyder has a choice: follow the law by keeping religion out of OUR (not his) taxpayer funded charter schools, or else establish a private religious school where he could legally espouse Christianity.

Though the activists have attempted — falsely and improperly — to convey the impression that it is somehow illegal, immoral or damaging to the planet to vote for the Republican party's candidate in the forthcoming presidential election because he disagrees with the totalitarian position on the climate question that they espouse with such religious fervor and such disregard for science, in truth it is not the business of scientists to abuse the authority of their white lab - coats by collectively suggesting that «Science» demands the voters should or should not cast their vote in any particular direction.

Common scenarios involve «family values» politicians and fundamentalist religious figures who are found to be privately living at odds with what they publicly espouse.

She's an avowed modern natural lawyer, so you can sort of see how Mr. Vellacot got things twisted in his head the way he did, because your classic, historical natural law theory was espoused by people like St. Thomas Aquinas, who's views on law were certainly well - integrated with his religious beliefs.

The courts almost universally refuse to delve into the question of whether someone actually holds the religious belief they espouse.