Sentences with phrase «for religious uses»

Included in this strategic element is the need for ongoing research on the extent to which goals established for religious uses of television are being achieved.

Future planning for religious uses of television should take seriously those insights provided by empirical research both into general television use and effects and into specifically religious television use and effect.

Not exact matches

Whether it be for political reasons («The Great Dictator,» «Zoolander»), religious reasons («The Last Temptation of Christ»), or just because of the use of specific colors («The Simpsons Movie»), all kinds of movies have been blocked from being shown based on some perceived offense.

A senior Turkish official said Turkish intelligence cracked the app earlier this year and was able to use it to trace tens of thousands of members of a religious movement the government blames for last month's failed coup.

Walshe also critically flags how — again, at the point of consent — Facebook's review process deploys examples of the social aspects of its platform (such as how it can use people's information to «suggest groups or other features or products») as a tactic for manipulating people to agree to share religious affiliation data, for example.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act approved expanded use of 529 plans to include tax - free distributions (after December 31, 2017) of up to $ 10,000 per year per student to pay for tuition at elementary or secondary public, private, or religious schools.

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They managed to deliver tax breaks for the rich and oil companies, that's indisputable, but not on any of the «moral» issues they've used since the early 70s to get votes from religious people.

Politicians have used religion to advance their claims to just wars but in truth, they are not religious conflicts, just a facade created by atheists to avoid blame for the evil they cause.

By Vivienne Foley, CNN New York (CNN)- Pastors and their congregants took to the streets of New York on Thursday to protest and to pray for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse a ban on religious groups» use of public schools for worship service, scheduled to go into effect February 12.

If the religious groups are paying a fair rent to use the buildings, I would consider it imprudent for a school district scrambling for funds to disallow it.

CNN: Pastors protest New York ban on religious services Pastors and their congregants took to the streets of New York on Thursday to protest and to pray for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse a ban on religious groups» use of public schools for worship service, scheduled to go into effect February 12.

The problem I have is that these «churches» using these schools are not paying enough to even cover the cost of the overhead of opening the building for them, and that if any group other than a Christian church tried to use the facilities for religious services, they would more than likely be denied.

Robert, the issue is the illegal use of government resources for private religious purposes.

Where I live in Butte, Montana, there are two Catholic Churches, that let other religious faiths use the church for worship, weddings and other functions.

Tell me, if the school charged the actual market value for the use of this space and the use of equipment, etc. and if that market value actually reflected the cost to the public, then the issue might become clearer to you because these religious people would scream at having to pay full price and the cost of any damages they may inflict upon the public property they are using illegally.

They insist on using government resources for private religious purposes and as a subsidy and apparent approval and support by the government of their particular religion.

The use of religious and cultural beliefs to encroach upon sovereign territory for political and militarily strategic placement is the reason, whether it's sanctioned by international policy or not.

Isn't this what so many of us don't like about people who use religious tradition as a means for explaining their behavior... they're not CONSISTENT?

The Christian Right wants public money to be used for private religious education (vouchers), buildings and services to be used for private religious purposes (this article), and they want subsidies in the form of tax breaks, special exemptions of other sorts, and they even want to destroy Aid to Needy Families so they can drive people into seeking help at their private religious «missions» where you are not allowed to eat unless you are a Christian, and so on.

Iron: Will you insist that the majority of all music is religious and use that as an excuse for ignoring all the other, non-religious music that ever existed?

A different result should obtain if the city were to give preference to religious uses, or waive the fee for use of the facility by a religious group, but that does not seem to be the case here.

Mike Huckabee thinks the bill is anti-religious because it can't be used to ``... modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities — used for sectarian instruction, religious worship... or a school or department of divinity; or in which a substantial portion of the functions of the facilities are subsumed in a religious mission.»

The ONLY issue is tax dollars being used to promote a recruitment drive for one religious group.

The problem is that in four different places in an opinion barely five paragraphs long, Justice Stevens used the word «indoctrination» as a synonym for religious education.

In Pakistan, the report cited the government for using a blasphemy law that to prosecute religious minorities and, in some cases, Muslims who promote tolerance or to settle personal vendettas.

Often times they use their religious stature for personal gain, living lavish lifestyles that are obviously contradictory to what they preach.

Unlike Humanae Vitae for Catholics, evangelicals generally do not have a religious command or theology regarding the use of birth control.

Legally, the county's moratorium may violate a federal law — the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act — which makes it illegal for local governments to place a «substantial burden» on houses of worship and their function.

If someone doesn't feel comfortable using birth control for any reason, religious or any then don't do it.

But Mr. Hayward you use her article as a jumping off point for your own projections on how «religious» people see you SBNR types — liberal, educated, open minded, etc. which doesn't even come from her but from the Shambala Sun!

Wesley Trowel «signs for those who uses their intellectuals to accept» Yo, dude, no wonder your religious myth only dominates in third world countries with high birthrates and poor education.

The problem is not that Justice Stevens took the position that educational vouchers paid to parents and available for use in either secular or religious schools amounted to an establishment of religion.

Well I sometimes use the Christian label so as not to be oppressed by people like you — for example, when filling out religious preferences for organizations like the Boy Scouts.

Religious fanatics are the source of most evil today, and to use your experiences as some kind of support for worshipping invisible and non-existent deities does a disservice to humanity.

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 example, we have an atheist Prime Minister — and no one cares because this is personal (it is not about her politics)-- just as public schools are used for general education and religious education is served by your place of worship, associated community, family, etFor example, we have an atheist Prime Minister — and no one cares because this is personal (it is not about her politics)-- just as public schools are used for general education and religious education is served by your place of worship, associated community, family, etfor general education and religious education is served by your place of worship, associated community, family, etc..

(Jefferson originally had used the word sacred for these truths, but Franklin convinced him to use the less religious term self - evident.)

For any religious person to crow about having the majority on their side and worse to actually use this as justification for their religious claims is grossly ignorant and WROFor any religious person to crow about having the majority on their side and worse to actually use this as justification for their religious claims is grossly ignorant and WROfor their religious claims is grossly ignorant and WRONG.

For centuries, rulers have used religion as a tool to control citizens, to raise armies, to keep the peace through fear of hell and religious wrath.

The American Search for Peace: Moral Reasoning, Religious Hope, and National Security edited by George Weigel and John R. Langan Georgetown University Press, 281 pages, $ 30 The «correlation of forces,» as the Marxists used to say, has dramatically transformed the international arena in the last few years, and some of these essays may not take that adequately into account.

What Jesus said about the evil shepherds and other individuals, who were using the flock for their own selfish gratification, could also be said today of many of our religious leaders and our political leaders.

Same story when trained the Q - aida and Tali - ban to fight the so - vi - et troops who were considered non religious or infidels at that time and it was the pr - opa - ganda that was used to recruit islamic worriers from all over the Islamic world until they were driven out of afghani lands and until there was no use from them the plot was made to eliminate their presence and to pave the way for a new invasion by the west for those areas with out any fight but seems it did not work out as was hoped for and that's why their troops are deep down in the...!?

I used to live in the south and used to work for a company that was mostly comprised of very religious people.

And so now, the religious leaders get their heads together again for another theological question, namely, how they can use the law to kill someone.

I've always thought it funny that religious people use the term «humanist» as a label for reality - based philosophies.

While the resolution is relatively toothless, it provides cover for domestic blasphemy laws used to restrict proselytism and religious speech around the world.

For example, there are people in all religions who use it to convince themselves they have evidence their religious beliefs are correct, even when their beliefs conflict with those of other religions, whose followers also claim they have evidence their beliefs are correct.

According the Catholic League, this decision means religious organizations would basically be paying for contraceptives even if they do not use them.

The fact that Whitehead makes so little use of the consequent nature in most of Process and Reality can be explained by his assumption this was not a topic for general metaphysics (depending upon the special insights of religious experience) and so could not be employed in any purely metaphysical investigation.