Sentences with phrase «freedom from»

He has worked with the Center for Inquiry and the Secular Coalition for America, received scholarships from American Atheists and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and now serves on the board of directors forFoundation Beyond Belief (a charity organization targeting non-theistic donors) and is the former chair of the board of the Secular Student Alliance (which creates and supports college atheist groups nationwide).

For sure, if taken literally, what has men ruling over women got anything to do with the kind of freedom from oppression that Jesus talks of?

The Nickles bill was introduced in March (CT, May 18, 1998, p. 20) after the U.S. House had already considered passage of the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act, commonly known as the Wolf - Specter bill after its cosponsors Rep. Frank Wolf (R. - Va.)

And, as my brothers, the United States Bishops, have reminded us, all are called to be vigilant, precisely as good citizens, to preserve and defend that freedom from everything that would threaten or compromise it.»

While Jesus did proclaim freedom from sin, He did not do so on the basis of the sacrificial system (or even His own sacrifice), but simply on the basis of God's limitless love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness.

I don't think you'll find an atheist here that is against the freedom of religion as well as freedom from religion, as you imply in your first paragraph.

As an atheist I would of course welcome a «freedom from religion» holiday but I am willing to fore go that as long as the religious peddlers do the same.

Freedom from passion doesn't mean what, say, Eldridge, would say it means.

But in our kind of society it may be that the adolescent can win the necessary emotional freedom from his parents only if, for the time being, he is permitted some distance from them.

There one might well argue that freedom from love was very much the goal.

Or in our case, freedom from religion.

So for our «natural rights» libertarians the natural standard is freedom, and that means freedom from nature.

The subject of this discourse is freedom, freedom from sin (8:34) and death (8:51).

Where is the ACLU and Freedom FROM Religon people on this one?

The possibility of its occurrence consists in a freedom from the sickness of self - preoccupation, and, hence, the prior relation of the other to the self can not be relevant.

They meant for us to have freedom OF religion and worship as we choose, not freedom FROM religion, which is what you want.

We have been blessed with freedom FROM religion in America, but the American Taliban wants to change that.

It is a message to others that FREEDOM from bondage to a religious system is possible.

I would fight to the bitter end to keep religious freedom in this country, but we also have freedom from religion in this country.

In verses 52 - 53, they misunderstand his reference to eternal life, thinking he means that it involves freedom from natural death.

For almost 80 years, Mercer County Public Schools have offered a Bible class to elementary school students and now, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is fighting to remove them.

Religion fills basic human needs for companionship, belonging, ego - reinforcement, and freedom from fear.

i remember now seeing this one movie with mid-east people drama in it — don't remember to much about the movie except this one scene of men in mid-east dress advancing in protest in mass upon these soldier guards over something these people in mass thought was rightfully theirs (a freedom from violence was one of these things they thought was rightfully theirs).

It would make possible the strong encouragement of ecologically sound farming methods and increasing freedom from petroleum products.

Existentialism is an understandable attempt to save human freedom from being snuffed out by mechanism and determinism.

There was friction between «the strong» who exercised their freedom from superstition by eating meat that had been offered to idols and «the weak» who felt compromised in their faith by eating (8:1 - 13).

And we all should know by now that it is «Freedom of Reliegion not Freedom from Religion» there is a big difference.

One of the things this country stand foe is religious freedom or freedom from religion.

Those needs include a need for belonging and a need for safety / security / freedom from fear.

People also need to feel freedom from fear.

Through Christ, I'm finding freedom from this bitter way of viewing the world.

This is supposed to be a nation with freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

A Christian view of the parental role offers freedom from the psychological determinism of child - rearing literature that assigns God - like powers to parental influence.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter threatening legal action because it considers the discount illegal under federal civil rights laws.

When did freedom of religion become freedom from Christianity??

Annie Laurie Gaylor, of the Freedom From Religion Foundation said that it is illegal «to charge an atheist more than a Christian.»

As a result he knows no inner restraint, and his very freedom from restraint gives him a magical influence over his followers.

religious freedom from what..

On a closing note, the earlier church did struggle somewhat with the question of freedom from the Law.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter threatening legal...

Acknowledging that the American system of advanced learning, with its openness, diversity, freedom from suffocating ideology and unmatched vitality, is the envy of the world, Boyer, through extensive research, nevertheless confirms what every informed observer already knows: «the undergraduate college, the very heart of higher learning, is a troubled institution» (p. 2) One's first thought is, Here comes ammunition for the next barrage by William Bennett!

What is essential is not freedom from neurotic conflicts, but a core of inner strength «upon or against which the pupil may begin to build his own firm attitudes.»

It's certainly a step up from being a junkie, but it's far from freedom from addiction.

The average person associates recreation with freedom from responsibility, with having fun, with doing what one wants to do.

Freedom from believing in god is a wonderful liberating experience.

In Christ, we've been called to the truest freedom of all: freedom from sin.

Or freedom from religion, but there was once an article that had Texas» Board of Education trying to make Thomas Jefferson vanish from the history books, and was he not the one who believed in «separation between church and state» as well... anyone not believing me is free to spend a few seconds to do some web searches... the articles are out there... or people can remain in ignorance, but then they still won't feel any more blissful or happier...

Clearly specified among these rights was the privilege of independent administration - not of heresy, or of separation, but of freedom from outside jurisdiction.

But they do point to an abiding reality known by those who have become able, thanks to God's working in Christ, to find freedom from a damaging past and to live toward an en - graced future.

The doctrine emphasizes Mary's freedom from moral corruption — not, and this is the crucial point, what she is in herself but what she is by the grace of God.