Sentences with phrase «holy books»

Perhaps all the Holy Books of this world have been updated throughout history but as there was less power & prosperity involved for the religious leaders, they weren't seen as such.

What really impressed me about the Bible, when I compared it with the other holy books, is that it's the only one that commanded objective testing: «test everything; hold fast what is good» Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5:21 (ESV), and actually you see how the Bible not only tells you to test, it shows you how to do it.

Many believe that Mormons — who, unlike traditional Christians, believe in holy books beyond the Bible and practice customs like posthumous proxy baptism — belong to a cult.

What has belief done but produce more religions, followers, temples and holy books?

The Church's doctrinal boundaries began to take on a more definite shape when, in response to the need to determine what falls within and what without the pale of authentic faith, it authorized a canon of Holy Books which it holds to be inspired by the Spirit of Jesus and his God.

I agree that religious belief of any flavor may appear flawed for the holy books of each faith were composed through interpretation by men.

Most holy books read as anything but.

I personally have only been faced couple alternatives to Christianity and yet even they utilize the Jewish and Christian Bibles as either the sole basis or one of their holy books.

And I think that's why this campaign could have teeth, if in addition to pointing out the despi - cable parts of the various holy books, it pointed out the parts that humanists also consider worthy.

And when taken in the context of the whole of Scripture, they provide the dialectical nuance that gives even more substance to the central message of the holy books, namely, that God is one who makes and keeps promises.

Other faiths have taken worse hits and just kept chugging along, reinterpreting their holy books and whatnot.

It is clear in our Holy Books.

And is not Islam strong enough to withstand an insignificantly small group of people burning a few holy books?

Seen about Parents in Holy Books as a Start?!

The campaign features violent or sexist quotes from holy books, contrasted with more compassionate quotes from humanist thinkers, including physicist Albert Einstein.

While we hear other Jews say holy books mentioned it as being the forbidden land for the Jews and not being the God given promised land as those under the cloth claim?

In what ways is the bible time tested, as opposed to other holy books?

Unfortunately, as a former Christian, well acquainted with sin and confession and the whole bloody business of sacrifice to appease Someone who thinks that shows «love,» I question the whole ancient story, all the animals killed, all the trees cut down (for temples and churches and crosses and «holy books») and all the human beings left to feel separated again and again from the universe, Nature, each other and their «gods.»

Some how it's felt that values, morals, virtues are not there in a secular world only faceless solid lifeless laws of men rather than what has been relayed by Holy books that calls for good deeds and reject bad deeds and to build a faithful societies, communities, nations since communications among nations or even among the nations of mixed cultures and beliefs... Laws or God and universe are to be prepared by some thing that is equivalent to UN but built on nations beliefs to achieve the code of understanding among nations but as can see now it is build on groundless bases if not of words of God to faiths... in addition to those non spiritual secular beliefs to make decisions of faith but at the moment the secular world make and take the decisions while the beliefs and faiths has to pay for it when it becomes a war between all faiths or religions outside your world, it would become back into your inside among the mixed culture and beliefs of the nation or nations under one country flag...!

I think it would be interesting to see the answers to some harder questions about holy books and about science (as it relates to theology).

Meanwhile Thomas had long left for India to start churches there using a Book of the Hebrews not found in the bible; and it would seem the other disciples may have went off on similar tangents, since there ended up so many varieties of Christianity and its Holy Books.

If what you mean to think is that there are many «holy books», yes, there are many different «holy books» from different religions, but there is only one book called the Bible, which belongs to Christianity.

Atheists can not disprove the existence of gods, but we can prove that the holy books of the world (most especially the Bible) are loaded with inaccuracies and falsehoods.

Oh, I wanted to thank you for your post a few days ago where you noted Jesus message on the Golden rule was kindness in contrast to the other negative presentations of the same rule from all other holy books.

Supporters of religions are especially insidious in that they conveniently use as evidence the very same questionable holy books that are the point of the question.

And when skepticism challenges wildly improbable (or impossible) stories found in the bible, the Qur «an and other holy books, the religious wail, «Why can't you just leave us alone?»

If you honestly evaluate religion, including yours, you will come to the inevitable conclusion that the holy books are nothing bu ancient folklore.

workingcopy12 Would you accept supernatural accounts coming from some other ancient source, like Roman historians, Egyptian holy books, or Hindu scriptures?

That happens a lot with holy books, it seems.

Since they are not stoning people to death for working on the sabbath I don't see why they feel the need to follow any of the other ridiculous rules of their so - called holy books.

It is said by God Allah that only good people will inherit earth and did not say white or Black and did not say Muslim or not Muslim but said believers: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful And indeed We have written in Az - Zabûr [i.e. all the revealed Holy Books — the Taurât (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), the Psalms, the Qur «ân] after (We have already written in) Al - Lauh Al - Mahfûz (the Book, that is in the heaven with Allâh), that My righteous slaves shall inherit the land (earth)(105) Sura 21:105

Please every one open ur minds, if u ask any Muslim in the middle east or the US they will tell u Islam continuously preaches Peace, the Quran is a beautiful book just like all the other holy books.

The fact of the matter is that specific passages cherry - picked out of these «Holy Books» counts for exactly nothing.

Atheists tend to be more inclusive of others because they are not hindered by the crap in alleged holy books such as The Babble.

Christians and Jews tend to ignore the parts of their holy books that tell them to kill people for things that were unacceptable two thousand years ago to goat herders and camel jockeys in the middle east.

tf: Did you once consider that maybe the reason it appears we speak out more against your god than other gods is because it is your gods believers that seem to be at the center of so much in this world??? I don't see Pagan's standing on street corners or attempting to use their holy books to deny equal rights.

So drinking blood and eating flesh, doing that all been condemned as wrong in Holy Books and in the end expect to be saved because you had killed some body to take your sins??

But moreover, because I am confident that I have led a good life, I am comfortable with who I am, and because I am quite certain that if there are gods who kick - started this universe, they are nothing like the gods from the «holy books».

Amanda Spielman, head of the non-ministerial department said new laws and powers to protect children who mostly study religious holy books such as the bible, the Sunday Times reports.

It's a little less boring than some holy books, more than others, but never struck me as special.

Your holy books are mythological hybrids.

Dalahäst Depends on whether it's actually still «wisdom» that the ancients included in their holy books, right?

Because you know that other religions, such as Bahai, Rastafarians, Muslims, and others claim all of these things for their own religious holy books.

Other «holy books» of other religions claim to be inspired.

When we objectively examine these purported «holy books», applying our God - given reason to them, we see they all fall far short of any type of true meaningful morality.

Yes, those who like to say that there are moral absolutes inherent in people, places, or things are clearly shown to be wrong by the simple existence of an unstable and diverse and contradictory bunch of «holy books».

In all holy books there must be some percentage of truth not been corrupted but we have to ask and look which are and which aren't..

Not to speak for HAA and also with respect, it's not «God» in government that scares folks, it's the people who believe they know what «He» wants based on their preferred holy books and see no problem in trying to advance their sectarian faith positions utilizing government powers.

Therefore shouldn't all the holy books be screened and see on what they agree and what they disagree to unable us realize false from truth to satisfy our doubts rather than denying all..?

(14) So unto this (religion of Islâm alone and this Qur» ân) then invite (people)(O Muhammad SAW), and stand firm [on Islâmic Monotheism by performing all that is ordained by Allâh (good deeds), and by abstaining from all that is forbidden by Allâh (sins and evil deeds)-RSB-, as you are commanded, and follow not their desires but say: «I believe in whatsoever Allâh has sent down of the Book [all the holy Books, — this Qur» ân and the Books of the old from the Taurât (Torah), or the Injeel (Gospel) or the Pages of Ibrâhîm (Abraham)-RSB- and I am commanded to do justice among you.