Sentences with phrase «from lack of belief»

The deception stems not from a lack of belief in the «correctness» of their Cause, but from the weakness in their scientific positions and the weakness of the links between their Truth - Problem - Solution constructs.

The folks asserting that «atheism» naturally arises from the lack of a belief in a God are simply mixing up their definitions.

Not exact matches

I would like to point out that those from both sides of the argument on belief have one similarity... the lack of tolerance.

However, I do not think that a person's religion or lack of religious belief should exclude him or her from political office.

I think you're unwilling to tolerate differences in opinions, practices, or beliefs (intolerant), strongly partial to your own group, religion, race, and politics and intolerant of those who differ from you (bigot), and lacking knowledge and information (ignorant) in our laws and why they exist.

Trying convert someone to «your» belief system is simply wrong, it demonstrates a lack of tolerance and understanding for those who are different from you.

I don't have a belief on the situation one way or the other, my grounding in the question of any God or gods comes from the lack of evidence for or against.

But if you lack that bias of wanting to believe from the outset you'll want some evidence showing the belief system in question is anything more then the product of some creative imaginations.

I'm working on a hypothesis that atheism at root has nothing to do with belief or lack of belief, but rather results from refusing to engage with certain modes of cognition and behavior.

This objection is, for the lack of a better name, nothing more than «egg mysticism»: the belief that eggs are somehow so potently driven to create zygotes that no scientific manipulation will prove capable of deflecting the egg from its preordained path.

What a giant leap to go from an atheist (lack of belief in a deity for lack of evidence) to not only a belief in a deity but the Christian god and then become a member of a human created cult and Catholic at that.

I don't know how one goes from lacking a belief in a deity to the mammoth leap to adopting a set of obvious myths.

I think that (and this is where I would like input from a greek scholar) Romans 1:5 and Romans 10:16 link belief as a agreement of the report, and then also links belief in the Gospel report as obedience, which would then be for lack of a better term - the lowest common denominator of faith.

When we lack the ability to control our own desires, especially ones of a sexual nature, we not only damage our credibility, we reinforce the belief that our age prevents us from being ready to lead in the Kingdom of God.

I've been sober in AA for quite a few years and have felt that I had to hide or defend my lack of belief in a higher power, but I think much of that discomfort comes from my need to fit in.

«My religion prevents me from hurting you for your lack of belief in my hateful god, but you better watch out because (other, less - cowardly religious people, angry jesus at judgment day, etc.) will get you!»

«In some cases, those that would not speak to Pii conveyed a lack of trust due to ABWE's early termination of the GRACE investigation and stated beliefs that Pii was not fully independent from ABWE.»

The reason you're still sticking to it is simple — either you busied yourself too much away from a true philosophical understanding of your own beliefs or you lack the mental or empathetical faculties necessary.

to J.W. and fred — i think its rather silly to argue anything as fact if its cleary thought based (i.e. lacking proof / evidence) when asked about the where did we come from or how the universe (whatever) i always answer with i don't know, but then i pose an idea — i state openly thats its only an idea... if any one of you religions folks would simple agree to the FACT that what you BELIEVE is real is REALLY only an idea until proven (much like evolution) then i would find much more pleasing conversations beyond the realm of atheists... but alas, i am still waiting — i found some but most are imovible in there beliefs that god is real, provable, and most def.

There is no belief in the inner superiority of spirit over nature, no conception of struggle between spirit and nature, nor of the inner growth which man can win in the battle with nature; there is lacking also the specifically modern pessimistic estimate of the world such as has received poetic expression from Strindberg or Spitteler.

you'd think if god was truly the god spoken of then faith would be unneeded and belief a thing of the past — yet — people will believe whatever they wish no matter the proof or lack there of and its truly sad to consider that this delusion type mass brainwashing is going on right now and has been for over 2000 years... please don't let the time in which this sm.ut has been around make you think its worth its wieght in salt — i bid Lot's wife its not — in ALL early man stories from around the globe people have created GRAND stories about the start and end of times — its that simple.

The point from my perspective is that whether you are a believer or non-believer, trying to convince others to accept your belief may indicate a lack of humility which means, get back to working on yourself.

Furthermore, by removing the training from the regular program of the student, released - time training seemed to emphasize the lack of a genuine relationship between religious beliefs and practices and all the other educational pursuits.

It's usually our beliefs that keep us from being able to trust, not our lack of belief.

When a person's belief drives them to take a man's children away from him for no reason other than who he loves, or drives them to rape a lesbian woman to make her straight, when a person's faith tells them it is good and right to kill another person because of their faith or lack thereof... these are harmful.

He writes, The term «individualism» was coined by the Saint - Simonians to characterize the condition of men in nineteenth - century society - their uprootedness, their lack of ideals and common beliefs, their fragmentation, and their ruthless competitive and exploitative attitudes which evolved from this legitimized anarchy.»

Its pretty sad that someone who chose to immigrate to a christian country is now trying to remove crosses from their schools because of their beliefs, or lack of.

====== From http://atheists.org/atheism Atheism is the lack of belief in a deity, which implies that nothing exists but natural phenomena (matter), that thought is a property or function of matter, and that death irreversibly and totally terminates individual organic units.

Using the known laws of physics I can't prove that naturally the pen on the floor moved to top of my desk, but although I lack proof I can reasonable belief that someone or thing did move it from the floor up to the desk.

just sayin: Prof. Dawkins (not high priest of atheism since it's a lack of belief, hence no dogmas, creed, etc) would probably accept that Jesus was myth if presented the case from those biblical authors.

More along the lines of closet agnostics who fear the consequences from their own religious community were they to openly acknowledge their lack of belief in that particular cult.

From this starting point, Anselm is said to have shown that if believers understand their faith, they «are the only ones who do understand it» (p. 22), from which it would follow that it is only lack of understanding which leads a person to reject theistic belFrom this starting point, Anselm is said to have shown that if believers understand their faith, they «are the only ones who do understand it» (p. 22), from which it would follow that it is only lack of understanding which leads a person to reject theistic belfrom which it would follow that it is only lack of understanding which leads a person to reject theistic belief.

Lastly perhaps he has also seen what Sanchez and Ozil have been seeing and being the reason for stalling their contract, which is a lack of ambition from the people upstairs and a lack of belief that this team and club in it's shot - term has a chance at achieving anything better than that being offered at Chelsea.

Team selection was abysmal and there was a total lack of belief from most players.

There was a lack of belief from the start from a Roma side missing Radja Nainggolan and Cengiz Under through injury.

Everything from living situations, a lack of sleeping spaces, and cultural beliefs and traditions can all contribute to co-sleeping.

These include: cultural beliefs and pressures (e.g. anxiety about breastfeeding in public, beliefs about adequacy of milk supply); lack of availability of trained support; legislation to protect women who are breastfeeding; and commercial pressures from marketing and advertising of formula by manufacturers (Save the Children 2013).

The report noted that while the common belief is that sexual disinterest after birth stems from a lack of attraction or breast - feeding status, it's more because new parents are just plain wiped out.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

This stems from the government belief the lack of affordable housing has been caused by a shortage of housing stock.

Next to this they suffered from megalobusinesscitis, which is risk aversion, lack of innovation, slow reaction to market changes, and the belief that creativity can be achieved by acquisitions.

Then they winnowed the list down to the three factors most likely to explain gendered patterns in the six STEM fields — a lack of pre-college experience, gender gaps in belief in one's abilities and a masculine culture that discourages women from participating.

Reasons given for this misconduct vary from pressure to achieve, belief they won't be caught or and a lack of understanding.

In their article asking where atheists come from, Lois Lee and Stephen Bullivant suggest that a lack of belief is...

Our beliefs about differences between the sexes have an impact on society vastly out of proportion to the magnitude of those differences, from female scientists defending their mathematical and technical expertise to boys accused of lacking the communication and emotional skills to succeed at school.

A great deal of the confusion surrounding the issue of temperature trends in the upper troposphere comes from the mistaken belief that the presence or lack of amplification of surface warming in the upper troposphere has some bearing on the attribution of global warming to man - made causes.

What can be gleaned from available research and data is that patterns of giving have shifted in recent decades to include more efforts to fund disruptive or innovative approaches, signaling a belief among funders that problems in K - 12 education are not solely an issue of a lack of resources but also of a need to use existing resources differently.

The belief is that unknown authors with no publishing sales histories are a gamble because the lack of name recognition creates a hurdle that may keep the book from finding its audience — hence the tendency to publish the same famous names over and over again.

From a lack of quality control to bad design decisions done to exploit players or artificially extend the play time beyond belief, it seems a lot of the same issues come up over and over again, and often wreck even the best quality video games in the process.

Saying a lack of software variety at E3 was «a revelation of creative immaturity on our part as creators in the video game industry,» Miyamoto referred to former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi's belief «that in the entertainment business, only one can become strong and all of the others will become weak,» because «if you create something unprecedented... consumers do not think it is necessary to purchase products from others.»