Sentences with phrase «exist holds a belief»

Someone that believes a god or gods does not or can not exist holds a belief on the matter.

Not exact matches

There's a widely held belief that it's more economical for companies to renovate their existing leased space than it is to relocate to new quarters.

In the entrepreneurial world, certain beliefs exist that are downright toxic and may hold you back from achieving your dreams.

Do you require evidence that Santa Claus doesn't exist in order to with hold your belief in him?

'' In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, or is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas, or values.»

To conscious experience, it feels like you are the one holding the chisel, motivated by existing thoughts and beliefs.

So, if a person has a deeply held and honest faith that pixies exist, does that (i) make them real; or (ii) make the belief in them any less childish and baseless?

Authority exists to protect and augment common beliefs and forms of life and so also the liberty of those who hold and follow them.

The speaker is betting his or her life that no God exists who whould hold you accountable for your beliefs and behavior if you didn't feel the need for him.

Examples are 9/11 hijackings, The holding back of stem cell research that could save countless human lives, Aids being spread due to religious opposition to the use of condoms, Christians legally fighting this year to teach over 1 million young girls in America that they must always be obedient to men, the eroding of child protection laws in America by Christians, for so called faith based healing alternatives that place children's health and safety at risk, burning of witches, the crusades, The Nazi belief that the Aryans were god's chosen to rule the world, etc... But who cares about evidence in the real world when we have our imaginations and delusions about gods with no evidence of them existing.

I'm truly on the fence here (i.e., Agnostic), but strongly hold the belief that a God who is both loving AND all - powerful must not exist.

PDX — It doesn't take a Genius to realize from my statements that i have read things other than the Bible you moron i have spent many hours reading and listening to scientists about their theories on the big bang, i have listened to ideas from the most revered scientists including Hawking and others, and they all admit that there are holes in their theories, that nothing fully explains their big bang theory, the physics doesn't add up let alone the concept, there are plenty of scientists hard at work trying to make the numbers fit and the theory hold weight but if you ask any of them they can not give you the answers and the reason being... there are none, the theory doesn't work, If by the observable laws of Physics, Matter in this Universe can not be created or destroyed, you can only change its state, i.e. solid to liquid, to gas... to energy... There is no explanation for how an entire reality full of Matter can be created out of nothing... Scientists know this... idiots that are atheists and simply would rather NOT believe that their lives and actions they take within their lifespan are being witnessed by an Omnipotent God do not WANT to believe... but Your belief in God does not change whether or not he exists you will be judged.

Directly opposing, strongly held beliefs exist on both sides.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

Larry Spring, superintendent of the Schenectady School District, said existing state funding formulas were already unequal — a long - held belief of many upstate districts.

This new finding contradicts previous beliefs that firms should increase their efforts to improve customer experience during difficult economic times to hold on to existing customers.

About XPRIZE: XPRIZE is an educational (501c3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity, thereby inspiring the formation of new industries and the revitalization of markets that are currently stuck due to existing failures or a commonly held belief that a solution is not possible.

In my world, an «Optimist» has a more functional definition: someone that holds two important beliefs: first, that their problems, (which they are aware exist) are temporary, and second, that their personal actions can indeed diminish or alleviate these problems.

In fact, Klassen et al. (2011) noted that there is a lack of evidence that links teachers» self - efficacy to student outcomes, despite the commonly held belief by researchers that this relationship exists.

This is a fact that is widely disputed among dog experts as the commonly held belief is that no sheepdog type breed existed in the Atlas Mountains during this time.

Kindred Spirits is an eloquent, moving exploration of a belief I have long held — that animals and humans are intimately connected, and that we do ourselves and our animal friends a disservice when we underestimate the special bond that exists between us.

I could probably rant for hours about just how much I dislike NSMB and the fact that it became it's own subseries and Nintendo's tenacity to keep «New» in the title and how there still are two unnamed Toads instead of two of the bevy of existing Mario characters or someone new and how all the games look the damn same and how the characters bounce off of each other like they're all trampolines and all the «bah - bah's» in the music which still probably hasn't changed and how I have to hold the Wiimote in that uncomfortable sideways position because even Nintendo realized motion controls don't work so the normal controller designed is screwed beyond belief and gah.

This belief has flowed from the long - held notion (one that Marris has also forcefully challenged) of a pristine nature that exists apart from people.

Meanwhile, the «backfire effect» is a psychological phenomenon that posits when our deepest convictions are challenged by contradictory facts, we hold onto our existing beliefs even stronger (even if they're actually inaccurate).

For civil law purposes, an excuse of self - defence based on non-existent facts that were honestly but unreasonably believed to exist has to fail; the belief has to have been reasonably held, and it may be that even that will not suffice to establish the defence.

It would be quite another to say that A's unreasonably held mistaken belief would be sufficient to justify the law in setting aside B's right not to be subjected to physical violence by A. For civil law purposes an excuse of self - defence based on non existent facts that were honestly but unreasonably believed to exist had to fail.

Communication It's a commonly held belief in the industry that IT professionals can exist comfortably as introverts, but this is a misnomer!

Wikipedia defines it as «the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, or is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas, or values».