Sentences with phrase «for superstitious»

We do have cool cat names for trendy cats and for the superstitious we have a selection of names for black kitties that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett and the late Christopher Hitchens all wrote NY Times bestsellers in the last 10 years which encourage readers to publicly mock Christians for their superstitious beliefs.

Not exact matches

I don't know how superstitious the average person is, but I for one supremely enjoy putting undue meaning and power into an indifferent, inanimate object.

For the sceptic the answer is simple — less educated people are more likely to believe in superstitious nonsense.

As modern knowledge advances and hitherto insoluble problems are solved, a good deal of religion will be seen to be based on false premises, to be inadequate for modern conceptions of the universe, or to be little more than a collection of superstitious taboos.

Where the Eternal does not come to heal such a sufferer, what happens, with the aid of cleverness, is about as follows: first, the sufferer lives for some years by an earthly hope; but when this is exhausted and the suffering still continues, then he becomes superstitious, his state of health alternates between drowsiness and burning excitement.

For instance, one of Hamann's works composed in French is a sardonically fawning open letter to Frederick the Great (whose superstitious servility to the mythology of Enlightenment reason Hamann particularly detested) called To the Solomon of Prussia, a text so savage and unrestrained in its mockery that no one would publish it when it was first written for fear of the state censFor instance, one of Hamann's works composed in French is a sardonically fawning open letter to Frederick the Great (whose superstitious servility to the mythology of Enlightenment reason Hamann particularly detested) called To the Solomon of Prussia, a text so savage and unrestrained in its mockery that no one would publish it when it was first written for fear of the state censfor fear of the state censor.

I believe in the power of the blood of Jesus but now this leaves me afraid to admit it, for I'm already pegged as superstitious and into magic — seems no different than the boogyman stories my once conservative church tried to lay on me, that my protection is in their oversight, that if I leave them my life would be destroyed, and more — we must be careful in our ernest seeking after truth that we don't become what we have despised and that we don't put on others our perspectives and understandings.

I believe in the truth of Astrology but now this leaves me afraid to admit it, for I'm already pegged as superstitious and into magic.»

And even if temporal help is the most absurd and unreasonable of all expectations, yet one would sooner whip up his superstitious imagination to hope for it than to lay hold on the Eternal.

Like most non-believers, or superstitious believers for that matter — little or no understanding of the meaning of the word «theology».

There is only one way it could not be, and that is if you decide that it teaches that nihilism is the truth, revealed here by the pointless failure of Davis's career, so that his having to obtain abortions for women he impregnated is just another absurd, annoying, and energy - sapping aspect of that, his irrational guilt instincts causing him to have to scrounge for money, and so that his learning that one of these abortions didn't occur is just another sort of misfortune, saddling him with sentiments that he will have no way to really act upon (it is unlikely the that the mother of the child wants to see him), and probably causing him to draw some kind of superstitious karmic connection between a random coincidence of having hit a cat that looks just like one he abandoned, and his driving by the town his child may be living in.

«Superstitious dread of the corpse of a person» who died of smallpox was common among Pulaya Christians and missionaries found it difficult to secure a «Christian burial» for victims of smallpox.

It seems particularly concerned to condemn superstitious or magical forms of religion; for example, it prohibits «sorcerers and witches» and recommends the re-education of those who practice «phrenology, fortune telling and geomancy.»

Though I believe that a personal God exists... I accept that for many believers, their understanding of Him falls into the realm of superstitious beliefs.

But superstitious hopes for safety abound.

Even your statement that «superstitious hopes for safety abound».

There is no relation between the pure unitarian system, the most perfect and refined ethics of the Holy Book of Islam, and the ignorance, paganism, superstitious idolatry, arrogant materialism, infanticide, prostitution, incest, dowry extortion, oppression of orphans, disregard for the poor, and scorn of the weak which were characteristics of Mecca in those times.

Once sealed, the tombs were perhaps the least likely of all places to be disturbed, for in Egypt as elsewhere, there was a superstitious dread of the dead and anything connected with them.

Just as it surely might have been cleared up in the Logic what «transition» is and means, before going over to write three volumes describing its workings in the categories, astounding the superstitious, and making so difficult the situation of one who would gladly owe much to the superior mind and express his gratitude for what he owes, but nevertheless can not over this forget what Hegel himself must have considered the matter of principal importance.

Hence, his incredible statement that the growth of the superstitious search for and veneration of relics in the Middle Ages «bordered on excess and credulity.»

This may be fine for Protestants who believe that Catholicism simply perpetuates feudal ideas and superstitious belief, but it is not a very helpful point of view when trying to understand the French with sympathy.

Before the «disenchantment of the world,» something for which Protestants generally and Calvinists most especially can be credited or blamed, the presence of the divine in human affairs was everywhere acknowledged, however much some might deplore the more «superstitious» responses to it.

Hartshorne does ask why Anselm chose his formula, «That than which nothing greater...» and answers, «I suppose because he takes it for granted that by «God» is meant the universal object of worship, and if God could have a superior, then only the ignorant or superstitious would worship Him» (p. 26).

Not only has daily life been transformed by science — for example, we no longer look to the realm of the sacred for a framework to organize our lives — even Western religion itself has become more rational, less «superstitious.»

In baseball we are superstitious, so I kept making the same protein ball recipe for the players throughout the playoffs and then the World Series, and we ended up becoming the 2015 MLB World Champions.»

Some superstitious and belief: by eating Tang Yuen, we will be one year older, instead of waiting for the Chinese New Year, where the starts of a new year in a Chinese Calendar.

Anyway, I did one of those superstitious things in my mind where you go «okay, so if I make it to the middle of next week with no pains, I'm good to go for the rest of training.»

When the tomatoes start to disintegrate (with the help of your wooden spoon) add about half a bottle of good Passata (you could of course use either just passata or canned tomatoes but this works for me and I'm superstitious).

The clear path for the Cubs either worries you as a superstitious type, thrills you as a positive type or makes you excited about the huge pile of baseball that somebody is about to step into.

For a whole month it appeared that we have become uniformly superstitious, rather than believing in the fruits of hard work that good training brings and hard work during the game.

It looks like P.K. Subban is very superstitious and the Cup they had on hand for this was actually a replica.

But if it's a superstitious approach Cleveland's taking for Game 2, so be it.

The Europa League draw on the 13th of Friday for those who are superstitious gave Arsenal a ghastly baddest draw against Atletico Madrid.

But scoring was not the aim for anyone (except, maybe, Kevin Streelman, who, if superstitious traditions hold, won't win the real event thanks to his W in the exhibition).

Hey Andy, sorry for getting little superstitious.

For anyone who is superstitious with dates I am happy to relate that in the past twenty years we have played five FA Cup ties on January 6, and haven't lost any of them.

For those who are superstitious, a little like me, you'll probably find yourself a little perturbed with Stoke's love and hate relationship with alternating months this season.

When I was pregnant with Laurel I was superstitious about doing anything too much in advance of her birth, but for many reasons, this time around is different.

If you are not superstitious, you can buy a playpen, a stroller and other things for your children.

But the superstitious part of me didn't want to speak these things aloud for fear that that would make them untrue.

Your personality seems to be an important factor in your choice, for example, whether you are superstitious or not.

But she was deliberate and more than a little superstitious, so she had waited to call for an obstetrician's appointment for fear she would miscarry.

But in Uganda — a deeply religious and superstitious nation infamous for its rampant homophobia — climate change scepticism is nowhere to be seen.

I know some of you are superstitious, but 13 has always been a lucky number for me.

For me this happened big - time during William Friedkin's The Exorcist, when I realized that I was expected to believe the film's superstitious nonsense, that the movie was using its horrors as a sadistic club against sensitive people of faith, especially devout Catholics.

Searching for answers, she learns from a superstitious neighbor that the cursed missile might have brought with it Djinn — malevolent Middle - Eastern spirits that travel on the wind.

Most impressively, Vikings captures the grim reality of these times and the limitations of these characters — barbarous, superstitious creatures that they are — in a manner that draws one into their world without necessarily evoking sympathy for it.

Collaborating to adapt Olga Tokarczuk's novel Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead (not yet in English) and directing with her daughter Kasia Adamik, they powerfully capitalize on the superstitious perception of women being close in touch with nature to call out for environmentalism.

her daughter Kasia Adamik, they powerfully capitalize on the superstitious perception of women being close in touch with nature to call out for environmentalism.