What some are fighting against are the harmful actions that turn into laws that flow
from said beliefs.
Not exact matches
This recommendation comes
from finance professor Anat Admati, who
says: «Economists tend to think that
beliefs and behavior are guided by incentives and rational processing of information, but I know that there is more to it than this simple model, and that other disciplines have much to
say.
And yet millions of people,
from students to entrepreneurs, give up those hours in the misguided
belief that they have more important things to do, Huffington
said.
That could prove a perilous prospect for the ACA, based on the High Court's recent ruling in Hobby Lobby, which
said that closely - held companies can exempt themselves
from key parts of their coverage requirements, such as for birth control products and services, based on their religious
beliefs.
She might have
said something like, «I can understand why people who have been struggling might blame people
from different countries, or those who have different
beliefs from their own.
Much of the resistance to putting hard numbers on diversity comes
from the
belief that «goals equal quotas, and quotas will lower the talent bar,»
says Emerson.
That decision stems in part
from a
belief at JPMorgan, the people close to the bank
said, that the government is punishing it for practices that did not occur under its watch.
«Most people are buying Bitcoin, not because of a
belief in its future as a global currency, but because they expect it to rise in value,» a note
from economists at Capital Economics
said on Wednesday.
From the beginning, Barna
said, the
belief has been that the best way to improve trucking's image is to first improve its self - image.
The HRC maintained the prevailing compensation program for named executives primarily based on its
belief that the major compensation - mix adjustments made in 2010 would continue to be successful in furthering the Compensation Principles in 2011 and information received
from the Company's major stockholders, including stockholders» over 96 % approval of the
Say - on - Pay resolution at our 2011 annual stockholders» meeting.
(One difference: Harper's selfless
belief in fixed election dates, which, MacDonald
says for the umpteenth time, take much valuable leverage away
from the Prime Minister.)
«It exuded
from her personality, this
belief and trust in all the good in people,» he
said.
I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but
from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many
beliefs out of curiosity but could not
belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all
belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it
says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..
In reading some of the comments, I would just like to
say that I would rather take a chance of being wrong in my
belief in God as well as my faith in Jesus Christ as to be one that
says there is no God only to stand before Him in the final judgement to hear the words «depart
from me» and be cast into the lake of fire...
Jesus
said; I will show you my faith by my works: Faith without works is dead: (There is no life) = If we have the Faith of Christ (a gift
from God) then we will have the works that go with it that is evident of our faith; the works will testify to our faith, then do we produce fruit that will remain: If our heart does not convict us to do what is right according the written word, then we are not in faith: Our hearts are far
from the life of Words of our Lord penetrating into our hearts because our hearts are wicked; even Paul who
said; follow me as I am of Christ; how was that??? In and by the Holy Spirit, even Spirit of truth as Paul takes us through the Words of the Lord to have us established in the truth: The Word of our Lord is as refined silver, 7 times in the fire: Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith, to them who believe: In the Bible one's «
belief» and one's «behavior» are often compared.
So how do you go
from that reasoning to «Since it wasn't accidental then it must have been this ancient male diety named (fill in blank depending on religion) who loves me and knows me and cares for me and wants me to perform rituals that have nothing to do with morality like prayer, not eating certain things, sabaath and many more just because he
said so, even though we have no record of him
saying anything, just records of humans who wrote things down that they claim he
said, but I want to believe it all so badly I will base my
beliefs on no other evidence than «it just can't be accident».
Hi, my name is Neji and I quote
from my own bronze age book of
beliefs to prove
said beliefs.
Now, please note what I'm not
saying: I'm not calling for anyone to abandon their religious convictions or political affiliations, and I'm not calling for religious believers of any stripe to extricate their religious
beliefs from their political views (as though that were possible).
So it's fairer to
say that her confidence in her method — and her
belief that it could be the source of purpose — keep her
from critically examining her real purpose, giving her that unjustified confidence that her knowledge of numbers was evidence that she was right about justice.
He
said that the latest study (Professor Jordan Grafman,
from the US National Inst - itute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda,) suggests the brain is inherently sensitive to believing in almost anything if there are grounds for doing so, but when there is a mystery about something, the same neural machinery is co-opted in the formulation of religious
belief.
You
said: «People have faith when there is no actual evidence or logic to support their
beliefs, so I doubt you'll get any cogent ideas
from Anglican.»
I don't care if you agree with me as long as you can honestly
say that you have assessed your own
beliefs and hold them up to the mirror
from time to time.
Kevin your right personal
beliefs and or religion does not belong in law, and I am not
saying that what this atheist organization is doing is wrong or anything, I think what there doing is a good thing, I just think this particular message could have been done
from a different perspective, this message makes them appear like the self righteous ones, and it might give out the wrong kind of message, instead it should have
said something like you believe in god fine, but don't put it in our laws.
You
said «She was fired not because of her religious
beliefs, but because she disobeyed a directive
from her supervisor.
I
say the new book should include the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, Psalms, Proverbs, writings
from Confucious, Socrates, Plato, Epicurus, Pythagoras, Descartes, Jefferson etc so as to give a well rounded perspective of human history and
beliefs.
Just pointing out that considering the mistranslations and following incorrect
beliefs there is very little in the bible that you can take for granted, or as having been given «directly
from god», many priests / pastors take this statement and run with it
saying that that is where you have to have «faith».
You paint yourself into a corner by disallowing yourself
from saying «no» to ideas, opinions,
beliefs, and behaviors.
Writing on Twitter, the US President
said 22 year old Otto Warmbier
from Ohio was «tortured beyond
belief» during his time in detention.
If an adult continued with these
beliefs despite the real world around them and education, then we would have to
say they are either suffering
from a mental illness or delusional.
Hiriyanna
says that, «its essential features were
belief in a single personal god, Vasudeva, and in salvation as resulting
from an unswerving devotion to him.
We're just following what he's already done in our lives for us,» he
said, referring to the Christian
belief that Jesus saved all mankind
from slavery and sin.
There is something very powerful about pulling up a seat to the table across
from someone who has a different interpretation, a different lifestyle, a different
belief all together, and just
saying, «My aim here is not to be heard and to be right, my aim is to listen to you and try to understand you.»
To borrow
from Socrates»
saying, «the unexamined life is not worth living,» I would challenge Christians that «the unexamined
belief is not worth believing.»
• After Germaine Greer
said that freedom is the world's most dangerous idea, and sex columnist Dan Savage picked population control, newspaper columnist Peter (brother of Christopher) Hitchens declared on Australian TV that «the most dangerous idea in human history and philosophy remains the
belief that Jesus Christ was the son of God and rose
from the dead.»
Now, if the material in the gospels has been used and to some extent adapted to the changing needs of the early Christian community and it is written in the light of the
belief that God had raised Jesus
from the dead, there is room for much difference of opinion about what Jesus actually
said and did.
This emphasis on the primacy of
belief was the first message of Muhammad to the Arabs, just as it was the message of all apostles and prophets; as the Qur» an
says, «
Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the Prophets received
from their Lord.
When
said in churches, they establish the common creed of core
beliefs that identify one faith group
from others.
She discusses Lawrence's
belief that there is the intrinsically redemptive power of sexual love when it springs
from tenderness, and is sustained by the true union of hearts and minds.31 Miss Krook
says the church denies what Lawrence is contending for.
My
belief comes
from a Bible verse that
says that God makes each person an individual before they are born.
Thank you for giving me the chance to express out but still I am hurt and a nice word will cool it of and guide me if wrong and about quitting I would because what I am doing now at CNN is taking almost my whole time since the Quran burnning issue and would out doubt I will go back to it and that's why I mentioned earlier that we back here worry about our daily bread and water for family support but needed
from you in the free world to notice us out there and have your
say on behalf of all heavenly
beliefs that what is happening is wrong, One Nation Calamities to other nations benefit, profit?!
Second, are you
saying that anyone who claims to get their
beliefs from Scripture must therefore be right?
As late as 1931 Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes was
saying that «the essence of religion is
belief in a relation to God involving duties superior to those arising
from any human relation.»
Although, when you mix in a religion that has scripture verses that
says whole categories of people are going to hell coupled with the
belief that these scripture verses come
from God almighty, then you have the situation where some additional percentage of people (
say y %) will also tend to be mean and nasty (who otherwise may not have been) because they think that is what God wants them to be.
Sixteen percent of respondents
said that Obama's views were somewhat different
from their own, and 35 percent
said his
beliefs were very different.
It doesn't apply to a
belief in God, either - there's still the question of where God came
from, unless you cut the Gordian knot by
saying God is an effect without a cause, as believers have done for thousands of years.
... all I can
say to respond to Mr. Nye is...
belief in creation has not prevented the US
from growing to be one of the top developed nation in the world....
You
Said:» If gays want the respect of everybody, then they need to respect the opinions and
beliefs of others even if it differs
from theirs.»
It would just bring a major impact
say if half the Americans were gay over a long period of time, sure it might solve a few problems with the decline
from the billions, but in the end it... you should join speech & debate my friend, just my opinion they shouldn't allow gay marriage, they can have their relationships all they want, just my
belief about it, I respect your
beliefs as long as you respect mine.
Offer love and acceptance to those who don't share your
belief and refrain
from preaching, prosthelytizing, doom
saying or condemning this and that
from a fiery pulpit.
In recent years the
belief in hell has waned among Protestants partly because of the difficulty of locating it in space but more
from the conviction that a loving God would not want to condemn anyone — even a hardened sinner, to
say nothing of a kind and highly moral person who is not a Christian — to endless torment.