This changed everything when I discovered that it's not about right behavior and
even right beliefs, but more about reflecting and expressing the love of Christ to others by loving them and serving them just as Christ would.
Not exact matches
Jesus said; I will show you my faith by my works: Faith without works is dead: (There is no life) = If we have the Faith of Christ (a gift from God) then we will have the works that go with it that is evident of our faith; the works will testify to our faith, then do we produce fruit that will remain: If our heart does not convict us to do what is
right according the written word, then we are not in faith: Our hearts are far from the life of Words of our Lord penetrating into our hearts because our hearts are wicked;
even Paul who said; follow me as I am of Christ; how was that??? In and by the Holy Spirit,
even Spirit of truth as Paul takes us through the Words of the Lord to have us established in the truth: The Word of our Lord is as refined silver, 7 times in the fire: Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith, to them who believe: In the Bible one's «
belief» and one's «behavior» are often compared.
You don't have to agree with them, I will
even defend your
right to keep your
beliefs (
even though I do not share them) but to simply say its all a conspiracy to bankrupt morality is a bit of a stretch don't you think?
He can champion equal
rights for gay people,
even if it goes against his personal religious
beliefs.
So JWT, you are saying that
even if you were supplied absolute proof that atheism was
right, you do not think you would change your
beliefs.
Spin it how you will, religion constantly gets a free pass in this country and when its ever called out for its discriminatory practices and
beliefs it claims religion has the
right to discriminate based on those
beliefs... but everybody else doesn't have the
right to
even make the accusation that religion is getting all kinds of special
rights allowing them to justify their own discrimination.
Pascal's Wager is not the only reason to believe in God, and you are
right, it isn't
even a great reason if it is your core
belief, but it is a really good reason to reevaluate your
beliefs in light of the fact that there is a huge downside to believing certain things.
I have actually been banned from a few «religion is always bad» atheist blogs as I try to show them that most people's religions have very little to do with
right belief —
even though their religious professionals may wish otherwise.
But if these
beliefs had not been presented to him at all, or were presented in a hateful way, or were presented in a true and
right way but he was incapable of fully understanding them, or
even if he were capable but died before being fully convinced — in such cases a man is not an unbeliever according to Almighty Judgment and will not suffer everlasting punishment.
It is not the judges
right or duty to express his personal opinions or
beliefs while sitting on the bench, especially while giving a verdict.Judges are there to make sure due process and a fair and impartial hearing or trial takes place for all those involved.this particular judge's rant on the muslim world based on his views from serving in the military had absolutely no bearing on the case and should not have
even been brought up much less used to chastise the victim with.
If does not matter that their view on same s $ x is at odds with you or
even that you feel their views are fanatical, they still have the
right to stand up for their
beliefs.
Daniel I think that you are
right that many times a person's unresolved past produces the kind of dysfunctionality to where
even though they desire to do good, they end up harming others due to subconscious
beliefs about themselves.
If we do not learn to question our
beliefs, we will grow arrogant and prideful, unwilling to change our minds
even when it's the
right thing to do.
However, I also support my
right to call them loons, or to pick apart their arguments, or generally treat their ideas with contempt (and some
beliefs are deserving of contempt
even if labeled religious).
Clearly he is criticizing those who are questioning his
beliefs, not to mention the whole notion of there
even being a
right or wrong kind of Christianity.
If you were being discriminated against because of your
beliefs,
even if they were
beliefs I disagreed with, I would stand up for your
right to have them (all of this is providing it was within the law).
You may believe the Bible tells you gays should be able to marry or maybe
even that blacks should not be able to marry whites (another thing people have used the Bible to protest against); however, that does not mean that US civil equal
rights laws should be based on your personal religious
beliefs.
These people fully believed they were in the
right, because they thought God had directed them to commit these crimes against their fellow human beings, and they were largely unwilling to
even begin questioning their long - held
beliefs.
Even though a
belief in the Book of Mormon is mistaken, it is a valid religious
belief so long as it is an integral part of a set of
beliefs that promotes the
right relationship which is the purpose of religion.
No, I fully recognize that anyone has the
right to criticize any religious
belief or practice — why must they
even find it far - fetched to do so?
I'm not
even telling you that they are wrong or
right in their
beliefs.
The
right to freedom is guaranteed under the laws set by Islam and NOBODY can enforce their
belief on ANYONE else, not
even their own people bond by blood.
Unlike many anxious Europeans, Burleigh welcomes the immigration of Muslims to the Continent but believes there need to be certain ground rules for entry» tolerance, for example; acceptance and respect for democratic and republican values; a
belief in human
rights, especially the basic
rights of women»
even as he knows these are in short supply.
I want to add something here: sometimes, when deconstruction hits you and you change your
beliefs, you might realize that you were never really in love in the first place, or that your love has died, or that the pressure and expectations of your church forced you to marry and stay together
even though it wasn't
right.
I am now ready to argue that the Christian
belief in a God who acts in history entails the
belief that God has aims for institutions and that a nation or a church, or
even a garden club, is in
right relationship to God only when its aims are identical with his.
And once you adopt the basic
beliefs, you are expected to automatically adopt any other
belief that comes along with that particular religion
even though one may not reason and / or feel that certain aspects are
right.
While our
rights tradition stems from a
belief in a moral order independent of government, a strong case can be made that our system of limited and dispersed power depends
even more profoundly upon an appreciation of human imperfectibility.
However all this may be,
even if we were obliged to qualify the
belief that in the opening oracles of the Book of Amos we actually see Israel's monotheism taking its nascent form
right under our eyes, yet at least the passage reveals the sort of thinking that certainly at some time led to Israel's great discovery.
We're not saying you have to believe or
even lissen but I don't think its
right that anyone should limit us or anyone else for their
beliefs.
This guy
even said he questioned himself in what he «believed» One can not tell anyone that a
belief is
right or wrong.
I find it irresponsible that a major news organization like CNN
even has this
belief blog, given what usually appears to be a
right - wing theocratic agenda to keep the gullible masses ignorant.
When there is a such a wide array of opinions and
beliefs on what a particular passage means, and there is very little chance for the average student of Scripture to gain clarity or certainty on which view is
right, most people think «Why
even try?»
even your post is an opinion, it could be viewed and inciting hatred towards someone's religious
belief, which goes against the first amendment and basic
right of any amercan.
As soon as your daughter's
belief in fairies and leprechauns starts becoming a threat to women's reproductive
rights, people's marriage
rights, separation of church and state, and
even the environment we live in, then we'll start caring about her idiotic
beliefs as well.
The trouble about revealed «Truth» is that it is liable to be wrong, and
even if it is
right other people require a good reason to share the recipients»
belief.
My
beliefs have taught me to make strong moral choices and to stand up for what is
right,
even if it's unpopular.
If history has taught us anything it is that our
beliefs,
even when they are based in our understanding of the Bible, are not always
right.
lol, yes clay i am an atheist... i created the sun whorshipping thing to have argument against religion from a religious stand point... however, the sun makes more sense then something you can't see or feel — the sun also gives free energy... your god once did that for the jews, my gives it to the human race as well as everything else on the planet, fuk
even the planet is nothing without the sun... but back to your point — yes it is very hypocritical of me, AND thats the point, every religious person i have ever met has and on a constant basis broken the tenets of there faith without regard for there souls — it seems to only be the person's conscience that dictates what is
right and wrong... the
belief in a god figure is just because its tradition to and plus every else believes so its always to be part of the group instead of an outsider — that is sadly human nature to be part of the group.
In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a
right to expect me to uphold their
rights and their
beliefs even if they did not have the same religious
beliefs that I had.
Since
even the demons have «
right belief,» it is appropriate to see confession as a joyful dependence on the gospel of Jesus Christ.
There would be no external standards of what is
right and wrong, just and unjust, moral and immoral, by which its results could be judged; there would be no guarantee that,
even in the absence of outside intervention, globalization would be a benign process; and there would be no assurance that in a free society, left to itself, we could count on an evolution of moral
beliefs to generate values which would continue to underpin the market order.19
You don't have the
right not to have those
beliefs questioned,
even less to have those
beliefs forced on anyone else.
When you know that what you believe is TRUE, then you don't have to advertize your
belief and you don't
even have to convince others that what you believe is
right.
Working to advance women's
rights and choices,
even if those choices are contrary to your
belief system, is feminism.
that's not convenient — whether being called bigots for holding certain unpopular
beliefs or (
even more personally) having God call you out on something you really thought was
right that he clearly does not.
Its my
right to have faith in a Creator and while its also your
right to to have a completely different
belief, its
even more my privilege to accept your mockery of it.
You will learn as time goes on, if someone DOES condemn you, that I,
even though you and I often differ, will support your
right to express your
beliefs and not be condemned or otherwise abused.
YOU: You will learn as time goes on, if someone DOES condemn you, that I,
even though you and I often differ, will support your
right to express your
beliefs and not be condemned or otherwise abused.
Religious liberty is not merely a
right to personal religious
beliefs or
even to worship in a sacred place.
Amazing sharing of a personal story, thanx I have seen that when people make talking about the god and
right belief about their god so central (or
even mildly important), this sort of ugliness is inevitable.