Sentences with phrase «fought over religion»

The seventeenth century would surely count as the height of «religious certitude» in Europe: Wars were fought over religion ¯ or at least over the ecclesiastical form religion took in different national contexts.

More wars have been fought over religion than over anything else.

Neither the less, these wars were not fought over religion.

If we'd all stop fighting over religion, then for the most part, we'd all stop fighting.

Through these accounts, Schmidt intends to give us a popular, social history of American atheism, one that tells stories of local, concrete fights over religion and the public sphere, rather than a grand history of ideas about belief and disbelief.

People fight over religion because they don't understand their religion.

After this conflict, Europe was too exhausted to fight over religion, and, as Gregory argues in his book, this «fundamentally shaped the subsequent course of Western history.»

Not exact matches

What religion was Vietnam fought over?

Keep your @ # $ 3 «ing religion to yourself and stop your @ # @ # «ing fighting and killing over your j @ # $ @» ing religion.

3) factions of the «same» early religions would fight over who had the correct holy book.

The effects of prejudice and racism are all around — constant fighting in Israel and Palestine, wars in the Middle East because of religion and killings in big cities and small towns all over the world because of the color of someone's skin or sexual orientation.

There have been plenty of wars fought over a wide range of reasons, not all wars are over religion, when are you athiests going to get off of your high horse and accept the fact that everyone, religious and non religious cause violence at some time.

I get that you see this outside of religion but my point here, finisher is basically stating that we are wrong by insulting and indirectly fighting for christianity... you don't win people over with hate.

End religion, and we have one less issue to fight over, not the end of all conflict.

If religion was taken out of the picture, all it would be is a fight over the land, which is exactly what it is.

Tthe effects of prejudice and racism are all around — constant fighting in Israel and Palestine, wars in the Middle East because of religion and killings in big cities and small towns all over the world because of the color of someone's skin or sexual orientation.

but, when I see all these extremist bombing all over the world & EXPRESS HATE to American the land WE live in, do we not have a responsibility show up and fight against them — fight for our country USA has nothing to do with Islam — wrong is wrong no matter what religion...

Alan, sadly, if you take religion out of the equation there would probably be allot less to fight over.

and then they are excommunicated and the fight is over... this is a hopeless fight especially when religion is involved... they either fight for rights and lose it all (and essentially go to hell) or give in and listen to their religious leaders... I do not believe in what they do and could care less really but they are in a no win situation and they as nuns should not be worried about birth control or anything of the such... they took the vows..

For thousands of years young men have fought and died in conflicts over religion!

to fight over a couple of holidays for any religion not, just the muslim faith only pushes us farther apart from one another.

If you are such a hollow person that a billboard challenging your religion is reason to fight it is truly a thin veil you wear, and undoubtedly you are over compensating.

In the same book, Peale related the story of a man who had said he had no interest in religion, who was fighting a losing battle over alcoholism, and was persuaded to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

or a war aginst invaders... if smeone enters ur home and starts taking over it u'll try and get them out by any means possible... Jihad is a war fought if ur country is invaded by outside forces... which is a right for any human being... one again before passing judgement yuou might want to get ur facts straight... don't listen to what u're told... God has given u a brain... use it... study a religion..

Iraq is a big land and has many bordering countries and a population of many Races, and many Religions and Faiths that were known or unknown beliefs... all of those lived in harmony during S - adam regime and every body was practicing his rights with out fear or with just a little fear But now having messed up the whole setup and the control of this mixed nation that were under a secular umbrella has cleverly for some ended it to be handed to Religious extremes at all sides of borders who are now fighting each other for taking control over the country or having it divided in to pieces.

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.

He theorized that religious thinking evolved at some point (ironically, you might say) and that in some cases tribe leaders were able to use this to get people to stop fighting and to form bigger, more powerful political units, which in turn won out over isolated tribes, thereby facilitating the spread of a particular religion.

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In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

The world will be a better place when we don't have religion to fight over.

Why does anyone listen to Rubio especially about something as fought over as that.Rubio changes religions like most people change pants and he should just be ignored, plain and simple..

We would just fight to the death over East Coast rap vs West Coast rap without religion to distract us.

It's not religion itself it's difference that we fight over, nation states, color of skin, rich and poor, fat and skinny, man and women, old and young, etc. etc. fighting and death over all these issues.

Come on Bloomberg, Christians, Muslims, and Jews have fought wars over their religions.

He believes, with the Testament, that God created the universe and called it good, that God gave man dominion over the things of nature and expected man to enjoy them, Christianity has fought off these religions and heresies which called creation evil.

Maybe then someday we would stop fighting over my space — my country — my religion & would actually be in a position to achieve the universal goal of one world — one family!

Couples fight over money, children, sex, in - laws and religion, to name the top five.