Sentences with phrase «for most religious people»

He further has said that science and faith pose no conflict for most religious people, including more than 12,000 Christian leaders who have signed the Clergy Letter Project in support of teaching evolution.

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For years, I watched in horror as most of the most remarkable, honest, hard working, compassionate, productive, contributing & patriotic; people one could ever hope to know in life & have the privilege of calling friends; die a slow, agonizing, disfiguring & vastly premature death, amidst the muted joy & exaltation of conservative religious groups & individuals.

(For debated reasons, high fertility correlates with stronger religious commitment, and recent immigrants in America are among the most likely people to be devout.)

You can't «believe in» God because you don't know for sure whether God exist (by most religious people's own admission, I think, though I coud be wrong, but either way its a fact that the existence of God has not been proven).

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

A very large part of most religious beliefs involves free will and people are free to work towards affording healthcare, people and people can adopt healthy lifestyles which minimize the need for healthcare and of course, people can choose to help others through donations.

I am not the most religious of people, but I do believe in God, and Jesus... but many people seem to forget that God's SON sacrificied himself for our sins... in my book, a SON is part of a FAMILY... God put us on this earth to be of free will and to make our own way... Love being the biggest part of that way... we love God and we love Jesus... but we are also all part of his FAMILY... He made us all to be part of a unit that has hope and faith and love... we were meant to procreate... so what does it matter if a person who is dying does not automatically think of God, but of their loved ones?

I am for the elimination of hate, fear and control, religion is just the catalyst that people use to hate, fear and control, getting rid of religion won't solve the problem, its like putting a band aid on a severe cut, its temporary, and it just hits the surface, instead we need to go deeper than that to the root cause, I know lots of religious people who don't hate, fear or control, there are also many beliefs such as paganism, Buddism, Taoism, which doesn't use hate fear, and self righteousness to condemn others, I think if maybe more of the most major religions followed there teachings then we wouldn't have as much problems as we do.

«For the sake of no more blood shed, people of all faiths and religious beliefs, including Muslims, would be most wise to acknowledge that what Jehovah God has ordained in His... etc»

For the sake of no more blood shed, people of all faiths and religious beliefs, including Muslims, would be most wise to acknowledge that what Jehovah God has ordained in His «times and seasons» (get down to the truth), has and will, contnue to happen.

If God is truly love, and Jesus truly said «treat others as you would have them treat you», that the «religionists» are the ones who hate and condemn the most and those who are not religious preach brotherhood and consideration for all people?

No, he acted pretty normal, and did what most religious people of his day wanted him to do... to accuse Jesus of being a false Messiah and give Him over to the Roman officials for crucifixion.

The most recent survey to make headlines comes from the Public Religion Research Institute, which found that for people ages 18 - 33, religious progressives outnumber religious conservatives.

What concerns me the most about the mindset of these people is that they think sports are important enough to warrant a prayer — if they're that certain prayer works, shouldn't they be embarrassed about not using their religious fervour to pray for more important matters?

Specifically, it's far less common to hear about how a student who finds their way to or from Christianity, Islam, or Judaism (or even Atheism for that matter) while attending a university.Taking classes and sharing experiences alongside classmates from varying backgrounds can cause even the most religious or nonreligious person to inspect, analyze, and even question their beliefs.

But I do have a question for all the religious people here: Q) why is it that all these «prophets» had visions of God, or God's messengers, most times in the middle of the night, and when no one else is around?

When a patient's problems are related to religious or moral conflict, the staff clergyman would be the most likely person for the patient to see because of his authority in this area and because he may be perceived by the patient to be the most appropriate person to deal with these problems.

As Christians, our most «deeply held religious belief» is that Jesus Christ died on the cross for sinful people, and that in imitation of that, we are called to love God, to love our neighbors, and to love even our enemies to the point of death.

The common people accepted as a matter of course the control of these political and religious groups, save for chronic grumblings against those who touched their pocketbooks most directly, the hated publicans or tax - collectors.

For most people religious ideas are derived from and justified by appeal to such authorities.

Except, of course, for the very most religious people (Jesus, John the Baptist, most of the disciples, the pope, priests, nuns, monks, etc.) and then they are praised for «not multiplying».

For reasons utilitarians might wish to explain, many of the people who create the most utility are deeply religious.

Most religious people simply believe whatever their parents picked for them when they were 8.

In a new industrial district, for example, only a single church can be built for all, yet it has to be used by people of the most heterogeneous artistic taste, so that to one a crucifix may seem blasphemous which others find a most genuine expression of their religious feelings.

@@@@@ WIMPY WASP explained it when earthquakes and floods and famine hit really hard then most crazy broke really religious people who don't have a job go crazy like you.you religious people don't give back in my last three years I given back too helping the poor more then $ 20,000 dallors of my own money how much you so called chicken heads crazy religious people given out of your own income wait you crazy religious people got ta pay your light bill.by the way I own my own commercial health base buisness in Arizona.you still working for a pay check I write employees paychecks.

If one takes the i'm - not - religious stance it's generally way too uncomfortable for most people to bear who practice some theological system.

If all we can say of Jesus and of God is that Jesus is God — all the God of God there is — then we have effectively ruled out all other attempts of the human spirit to glimpse the mystery of the ultimate; and this is all the more conspicuously the case when our understanding of «Jesus,» in the first place, is really a dogmatic reduction of his person, his «thou - ness,» to the «it - ness» of christological propositions that, most of them, enshrine little more than our own religious bid for authority.

@swordfish Sorry, but multiple studies have found that, for the most part, non-religious people are more intelligent than religious people.

I'm not convinced that it's much of a «choice» for most people in the world because the only religious options many people grow up with are dependant on where you are born.

What would this look like for this minority view to also become known, by religious and secular people alike, as the most life - giving view?

Maybe some people came to this new land to avoid religious persecution, but most came because either they were criminals or things really sucked for them economically.

Western society, while still giving lip - service to religion, has evolved past the point where (for most people anyways) a satire or insult about jebus, the pope, or any other religious or political figure is reason enough to drawn down and start shooting.

But if he did, and he's infallible as you claim, and he created us as you claim, and he gave us free will as every religious person I've met claims, then we most certainly can blame god for free will.

«Today, Christianity has become the most persecuted religion, where out of five people killed [for] religious reasons, four of them are Christians,» Catholic News Agency (CNA) quoted Hungary's Minister for Human Resources, Zoltan Balog, as saying.

The question may sound paradoxical, for we consider worship and prayer the most important activities that distinguishes a religious person from a non-religious one.

Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, called the legislation «a vital step toward protecting conscience freedom for millions of the world's most vulnerable, most oppressed people.»

What I want to know is why Christians who reject science will push for their brain dead relative to be kept on a ventilator, a medical device (i.e. Science), why are the most religious states the ones where the most people use antidepressants?

I think that most of the people who are self - identified as «spiritual but not religious» have come to the realization deep inside that they don't really believe in God, but they are unwilling to let go, for two reasons:

If, indeed, the word «religion» signifies anything at all, then we should take its most salient characteristic to be the provision of a complete and unsurpassable context for everything that a religious person does, thinks, and is.

Most «spiritual, but not religious» people I know (and I was one for a while myself) do believe in some sort of higher, constructive, organizing, power than themselves.

What I came to realize is that no religious ideology holds up to close intellectual scrutiny and the people with the deepest faith are usually the most flawed or damaged and trying to compensate for it.

So who cares about religious people, you can't convince someone of reality when they fabricate their own, they fabricate their proof, their facts, best thing is just do your thing and stay way from them as much possible, most of the times they turn more people into atheists than atheists themselves by the things they say and do anyway, lol so no need for us to do it.

@ Salero: seems to me Jesus spent a lot more time slamming people on the religious right (people like me) for not getting it than those on the left (from whom — for the most part — he didn't expect more).

It would be disastrous if every scientist with religious concern deserted his field to enter the ministry; for these may be precisely the persons who can be most influential in redirecting a technological civilization to serve human values.

The Reformation may have familiarized the world with the concept of religious choice, but that choice became a reality for most people only with the advent of cheap and easy means of private transportation.

Renew in all our people a profound respect for religious liberty: the first, most cherished freedom bequeathed upon us at our Founding.

If you consider the fact that the Bible is still the most widely read book in the world, touching the lives of millions of people every day, and that it has served humanity as a guide for living for the past 3,000 years, it becomes clear that religious institutions could take a powerful leadership role in environmental repair.

Today, most people (including most Christians) just think it is some slightly odd religious ritual that we do for the sake of tradition.

For some reason, otherwise smart, articulate people accept the most bizzare supernatural nonsense under the guise of «religious beliefs».

For the Islamic people to see that the most prominent religious leader call for peace and mutual understanding is a fantastic thing to behoFor the Islamic people to see that the most prominent religious leader call for peace and mutual understanding is a fantastic thing to behofor peace and mutual understanding is a fantastic thing to behold.