Sentences with phrase «fits their belief in»

So the account of Noah in the Bible gets retold over and over again among many different cultures and societies and by the time you get it, the gist of the story is the same but some of the details have changed because someone somewhere decided to add an angle to the story that fits their belief in their god.

Not exact matches

Adherence to religion for me is a vehicle to become a better person in order to attain perfection and anyone can do this with whatever religion or beliefs the deem fit, and what better way to atttain perfection by evolving into a better more perfect being?

ID, in its true form, makes no such presumption - although I admit many religious people maul it to fit their beliefs.

You probably believe your own statement simply because it fits in with your beliefs, accepting it as true as a matter of faith alone without proof.

It's only in the last century that people have tried to make the Bible fit their beliefs rather then align their life with what the bible says, and look at the results, the world is in turmoil and on a downward spiral out of control and this article is a good example of trying to make God's word an excuse to do every wrong thing there is real good reporting.

Stripped down to the basics, they call themselves skeptical, but are generally only skeptical of theories and beliefs that do not fit in their very narrow reductionist belief system.

And in the nicest possible way, this is what you are doing ALREADY... you are trying to «spin» this story and to «justify» it to fit with your current belief schema instead of just recognizing the overly obvious that it isn't real.

- Doesn't fit considering there aren't a set of beliefs and practices that all atheists agree upon, the only thing that all atheists agree upon is disbelief in god, thats it, nothing else.

It is a call for like - minded people of like - faith to UTILIZE the religions freedom established by our forefathers to vote into office a person who... according to our shared beliefs... fits in with our concept of what makes a person «honest, forthright, [and has] a healthy vision for the nations future & its citizens.»

I know you think that it is because there is no such God, but if I as a believer that believes there is such a God, that belief would only fit if I believe that God actually let us have that freedom to choose in the first place.

«and the handful who are not I believe are desparately trying to fit their theology with their science and are willing to ignore peer reviewed studies in favor of their personaly held beliefs.»

If you are concerned about someone not being a good fit, it isn't probably helpful to ask them their beliefs, so much as to state yours, and ask if they are comfortable working with you in the framework of your beliefs.

This has always been the emphasis of the Church: she does not insist on belief regardless of whether it seems to make sense or fit in with other forms of knowledge.

Such terms may be alien to the secular mindset, but they fit perfectly with the aims of the current Ofqual subject criteria in religious studies, which are to enable students to engage with religious beliefs intellectually and respond personally, and to enhance their spiritual and moral development.

All you people with religious beliefs had better sit down and consider how the real world works and how your belief system fits in, rather than the other way around, like you've been doing.

I also know that humans by flawed default will interpret the words as they morally see fit, because it is in our nature to judge others against ourselves and our own ethics, beliefs, and morals.

Personally I see more value in appealing to human decency and modern culture than to attempting to make the moral views of iron age civilizations entrenched in sexism, racial bigotry, and a host of other very morally questionable beliefs somehow fit our modern society.

This so - called «scientist» writing the article makes a claim because of her indoctrination that she has modified in order to fit the facts, which is not science, it is wishing on a genie in a bottle for your already held beliefs to be true.

They can't support their beliefs by any reasonable means, yet they deem themselves fit to judge others from those beliefs or attempt to put others in the midst of their religious infighting.

They fit right in with everyone else... Everyone has their own beliefs and who is to hate against anyone?

What makes me confident in my belief is that everything in my experience fits into it.

This suggests a quite modest claim: it amounts, perhaps, to saying that this belief fits well into the worldview of someone who already believes in a Creator.

I've been sober in AA for quite a few years and have felt that I had to hide or defend my lack of belief in a higher power, but I think much of that discomfort comes from my need to fit in.

Just as with common sense, when our faith turns out to be inconsistent with our experience of reality, when the beliefs implicit in our faith just don't fit, then our faith must undergo some adjustments.

What are the equivalent values, beliefs, practices that are found in other cultures which can be adopted and adapted to fit with the values, beliefs, and practices within the biblical Gospel?

Survival of the fittest, the law of instincts and habits, social process, dialectical materialism, cultural cycles — all work together to form a more tenacious and oppressive belief in fate than has ever before existed, a fate which leaves man no possibility of liberation but only rebellious or submissive slavery.

What is missing in the story is, it doesn't fit your nice belief that other countries systems are superior to ours.

See atheist like to change the definition of atheism to fit what ever argument they are in but atheism is the belief that there are no deities.

So far in this chapter we have looked at some of the wonders of our reality that fit with a belief in God, we have briefly answered the question of how God acts in this world (in keeping with our common sense), and we have addressed a few questions about what God is like.

In no way should someone criticize another's beliefs because they don't fit mainstream trains of thought.

When a logical flaw is pointed out in my belief, I simply interpret the Bible to fit the new facts.

@ monoya: Definition of BELIEF 1: a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing 2: something believed; especially: a tenet or body of tenets held by a group 3: conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence Atheism easily fits within these parameters.

Once belief in God is supported in terms of «empirical fit,» it is legitimate to expand concepts relating to God in terms of models derived from interpersonal relations.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

Now i don't believe in any of this, but i think that if you choose to then you should know not one but all the differing versions of the creeds to better understand where you truly fit in in your beliefs.

Are you so insecure in your belief that you need to destroy any thought that doesn't fit your narrow view of scripture?

My point about Hindus is that they manage to fit their gods into the natural universe just as easily as Christians do, which tells me that there really isn't anything in science favouring the belief in God particularly.

Trying to fit the worlds beliefs in to God's truths just makes a Christian look worse.

About 3 in 10 Americans fit the NAE / LifeWay statistical definition of what would count as evangelical by belief.

Much has been made in the past decade or so of the historical - redemptive narrative: the belief that the story of God and His interactions with His people fit into four categories (or stages) we call Creation, Fall, Redemption, Consummation (or shalom).

It is easy to stand and prophecy that in the future there will be strange new religions, that people will do things foreign to our understanding, and swear that our gods will not be pleased... and be correct... because it is the nature of human beings to change, to modify our beliefs to fit our experience, to seek out new understanding, change the way we dress and do our hair, and unfortunately, it is in our nature to fight over stupid crap like land and religion.

, Pol Pot (1 - 2 mil)... Power is dangerous in the hands of any leader, Christian or not but when there is a lack of belief in accountablilty to a higher power (here or in the afterlife) and a belief in the «survival of the fittest», the results have been horrific.

Science proves that the literal translations can not be true (all of those animals could not fit in the ark)... But instead of those simpleton congregations admitting their beliefs are mistaken, they attack the science that exposes their misleading dogma and make ludicrous statments (dinosaurs didn't exist) when the fact is, science can not prove god does not exist.

Fear of the Devil does not fit in with our modern era, for belief in the Devil has been exorcised by attractive ideologies.

However, the choices and cages I erected were built upon layers and layers of repressed feelings, false beliefs, the effects of heavy trauma, little or no sense of self, and all types of masks to fit in to whatever situation I found myself in.

Your own personal experience will be an important source for discovering these reasons, but also remember that you should be able to show how this belief (1) fits together with other things you believe, (2) helps make sense of life (for yourself and in general), and (3) has beneficial consequences.

Here you might begin to justify your selection based on its consistency with the options you have chosen in the previous exercises, in other words, based on how it fits with other beliefs you hold.

I came to London as a young Catholic in the early 1980s — when belief in God was coming under attack not only from the secular establishment, which has always been philosophically materialist, but from the «fittest» members (in a Darwinian sense) of an increasingly materialistic and self - satisfied society.

It is but the elimination of the humanly unfit, and the survival of the humanly fittest, applied to religious beliefs; and if we look at history candidly and without prejudice, we have to admit that no religion has ever in the long run established or proved itself in any other way.

And there's the key... some of us accept reality and some bury their heads in the sand because the results don't fit previous beliefs and may be uncomfortable.