Sentences with phrase «far less faith»

Not exact matches

If we ask a customer to take one big leap of faith and complete an action, they are far less likely to be persuaded than if we'd started small.

This may all be less problematic with simple, concrete objects («chair»), but is far more difficult with abstract concepts and ideas, particularly about God, religion, politics, metaphysics, etc. («love», «faith», «nature», «sacrifice», «purity», «freedom»).

Only < than 1 percent of priests have ever abused a child, far less on a percentage basis than coaches, teachers, and ministers of other faiths.

(A decision for same - sex marriage by a state could as in the case of Massachusetts, preempts the debate in that state, but it is less far - reaching because it leaves other states to arrive at a different conclusion — unless, as some same - sex - marriage proponents have claimed, other states are required to recognize such marriages under the Constitution's requirement of giving «full faith and credit» to other states» proceedings.)

At secondary level, they still feature, though much less prominently — largely because there are far fewer faith - based secondary schools.

So why is it that a grown person who believes in Santa would be laughed out of town, whereas someone who believes in something far, far, far, far less probable, with no evidence whatsoever, they are applauded for their «faith»?

He suggests that as people grow in faith they are sent to defend far more desperate posts with far less help.»

So far our comments have been largely a contrast of stances toward human existence: a plea for a more truly dialectical, less dualistic understanding of the relation between form and energy, a plea for a similar openness toward the past, a question about the future to the effect that the incompleteness of the present ought not to frustrate Dr. Altizer into insisting that the total reversal promised by the glimpsed eschatological future be the only standard or norm of faith.

In the first place, both the absolute use of «faith» and the imagery of the mustard seed are evidence that faith either is or is not; so far as the teaching of Jesus is concerned, there is no less or more to faith.

This idea is almost entirely a product of faith, inspired far less by evidence than by the metaphysics of materialist physicalism.4 It can, indeed, be considered the form of superstition distinctive to the reductionistic worldview engendered by materialism.

Then comes a list of lesser things «beyond necessity, purely as a special service to God, which is contrary to faith... Tonsures, chasubles, albs... altar cloths, lights... bells, holy water, holy salt, incense», and a further list of ambivalent things: «veiling of statues, keeping fasts (except for the clergy), Litany of the Saints, Hymns to Mary of an evening, Confession torture, Palm swallowing, Passion sermons eight hours long, Consecrating the fire,... St Martin's Goose... three Christmas Masses, Oats on St Stephen's Day, St. John's draught».

All this being granted, Father Vagaggini said, it would appear that one can accept a further hypothesis: There is nothing to deny the fact that in the non-Christian religions even after Jesus Christ there have been elements, in greater or lesser number — whether of a ritualistic, institutional or doctrinal nature — with a positive value for salvation, in the sense that God makes use of them to effect the salvation of those persons of sincere faith who belong to these religions.

The churches of America, though far from decadent, are doing much less effective work than they might be doing with their resources, and the major cause of the difficulty lies in failure to present the meaning and claims of the Christian faith in terms that seem vital to the common man.

Further, despite his injury problems in recent seasons which has seen him gradually feature in less and less games, Gareth Bale still has the faith of his coach and so the possible signing of Neymar isn't one that has been welcomed by Zidane.

A person who's a conservative / Republican politically and atheist faith wise, typically self - identifies far more as the former than the latter, and as such would be less inclined to discuss their religious views in the first place in public (even witout concern of their political ambitions).

Though Le Specs had previously collaborated with House of Holland in a similar capacity, Selman was far lesser known at the time and required a greater leap of faith.

This blog is an effort to better understand the church and how I feel about it with the further hope to help me become less skeptical and have more faith.

Even as the film's far less effective fantasy characters enter the fray, Reid holds our attention and keeps our focus on the themes of faith, family, and self - worth.

If you're a GM or Ford loyalist, making the switch to a truck with a less desirable reliability and resale history might be a leap of faith too far.

This blog is an effort to better understand the church and how I feel about it with the further hope to help me become less skeptical and have more faith.

This blog is an effort to better understand the church and how I feel about it with the further hope to help me become less skeptical and have more faith.