Sentences with phrase «folk religion with»
The goal of this rebellion was «social reform» by replacing Confucianism, Buddhism, and Chinese folk religion with Christianity!
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
But again, religion aside, I agree with you that a troll is a troll... And I'm sure you will agree these folks hail from both sides.
I know that I see elements of divine around me in things and in ways that others don't, including other religious people... And as long as different religions and even sects constantly argue about what god truly is, and as long as they come up with different asnwers, then I have to say that the spiritual elements of our universe simply manifest differently for different folks, including not at all for some... as with those who label themselves as athiest...
Religious folk often act as if the world would be filled with depravity if religion didn't exist, but the most important moral truths are universal — that's why they are found in the teachings of classical antiquity, Confucianism, Buddhism, etc..
Yes Vance, hard to characterize atheist, so many of my nephews / neices, and those folks I've met from communist East Europe are angry with the Power in which they do not believe, hostile to organized religion.
What these folks never get, can never understand, is that you do get religion... and that you left and remain gone with eyes wide open — and that life has never been better!
Although there are many religious folk with good intentions — some selflessly helping others, religions and religious organizations are, as a whole, just big old clubs — each trying to out do each other and inspiring hate and division (often disguised as love) along the way.
as a christian, i agree that i'm tired of the anti-gay anti-choice rhetoric that ties together religion and politics and paints us «religious» folk with one colour... it's time we start moving on to issues we can solve politically, like providing for the poor and reducing corporate corruption
Funny how folks continue to question Obama's religion but are comfortable with a Mormon Bishop that treats women as second class citizens and believed blacks weren't human until 1978...
Funny how folks continue to question Obama's religion but are comfortable with Mormon Bishop that treats women as second class citizens and believed blacks weren't human until 1978...
Morality and ethics, like religion and theology, are observable in this literature, but they can be recovered only with a method capable of identifying moral values in what began as folk or community literature before it was made normative as religious canon.
I come here hoping to have reasonable discussions with folk who like logic and reason and just havn't figured out how they have been lied to and manipulated by organized religion yet.
did anyone take the quiz... there is a question about what is the religion of most people in indonesia... the answer is muslim, yet... the picture that goes along with the question and answer is confused... i think i saw an elephant trunk on the idols face... maybe the folks who put together the quiz and slide show should brush up on thier religious and cultural studies as well...
Appears you could replace the word Muslim with Evangelical in your comment without changing the effect some religions have on everyday folks!
Islam is a religion of peace and most of its practicioners are peaceful folks just trying to make it through life with their families just like christians, Buddhists or other beliefs.
You folks can go back and forth with whose religion is the superior when the fact of the matter is there is only one God.
To murder innocent folks who had absolutely NOTHING to do with a movie which suggests your religion might be violent!!
He contrasts Wright with James Cone, the 1960s proponent of black liberation theology who disparaged a focus on Jesus as Saviour as «Christofascism», along with others who contend that black folk should fnd their primary identity in race rather than religion.
If one has had a bad experience with organized religion, with God - followers who lack a certain grace, then this cartoon just reinforces the opinion that most folks are black and white, post-conversion.
Many liberal churches — perhaps the majority — will take the form of traditional folk religion and will be honored with the same reverence as a good museum.
We are constantly surprised at how many of the street people, the people in the margins know the real deal (Jesus followers) from what I call the «religious folks» who are selling their brand of religion and whatever comes with it.
to J.W. and fred — i think its rather silly to argue anything as fact if its cleary thought based (i.e. lacking proof / evidence) when asked about the where did we come from or how the universe (whatever) i always answer with i don't know, but then i pose an idea — i state openly thats its only an idea... if any one of you religions folks would simple agree to the FACT that what you BELIEVE is real is REALLY only an idea until proven (much like evolution) then i would find much more pleasing conversations beyond the realm of atheists... but alas, i am still waiting — i found some but most are imovible in there beliefs that god is real, provable, and most def.
Isn't that the truth with false religion, folks?
JT - Why do folks act as though religion had nothing to do with the crusades?
This to me is one of the core problems with religion: it gives credit for good acts to a «god» rather than to the good courageous folk themselves, who did these brave acts.
«It is pathetic to read and watch the way the Christian faith is often attacked by some folks in the media and academia relentlessly» Do you mean the say way that those who aren't on board with Christians or any other religion one chooses not to follow is deemed lesser a person and more than often chastised for not being like you?
One of the faults with religion is that most folks apply it in «cafeteria» style, targetting people they «disapprove» of while daring not to turn the microscope on themselves.
Abrahamic religion folks can't imagine religion without the Heaven - Hell option, but lots of other faiths had no trouble with that.
Secondly I don't think you understand the term religion nor have you grasped the idea that religious folks and scientists can get on board with evolution.
Folks talk about the soul as a religious item — that it synonymous with religion — But religions don't really explain what a soul is — because they don't know — only a possible destination — Before you get all huffy, please consider where my concept comes from — I am no longer religious — I studied Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for dozens of years, and determined a different design, for what the glyphs could portend — and found some interesting thought processes hidden within — including what the soul is — for instance: The Ankh symbol represents Life — the charcters for An and kh, I translate as an = thought and kh = soul — Thus Life = the thought of the soul — The soul as described by the AE, is a continuity between 2 or more enti - ties — including the enti - ty Environment — Our environment creates us — some name their environment as god — some believe there is a continuity with their environment — that is soul --
Several folks with different backgrounds and religions dated when newly single again.
Shenism is closely linked to Taoism which combines elements of Hinduism (multiple dieties and festivals) with the ethics of Buddhism (compassion, moderation, humility)- although organized Taoists would, on the whole, distinguish themselves from those who follow folk religions.
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His work is influenced by religious art and metaphysics, and he blends the imaginative and phantasy elements of his artistic process with with Western religion and European folk traditions, a combination that aims to give a mythic dimension and an almost archetypal significance.
[O] ne class of memeplexes folks are familiar with is: «all religions».