Rosemary Ruether put it nicely in The Radical Kingdom (Harper & Row, 1970): «What matters is that
human faith not mutilate any of the dimensions of [humanity] that have been won through faith in God, and that faith in the transcendent God not mutilate faith in the human task.»
Not exact matches
The idea that these grand concepts can
not be scaled up cheaply or quickly due to physics or other severe limitations of Nature is anathema to a
faith in the unconquerable power of
human ingenuity and open markets.
Leaders who are guided by
faith,
not fear, demonstrate through their actions,
not mere words, what their core values are as a
human being.
And while the show set out to reveal the
human side of such families -
not one sexed - up by Hollywood (think HBO's «Big Love») or sullied by allegations of under - aged brides (think the trial of Warren Jeffs)- it kept details about
faith out of episodes.
Unfortunately, we
humans can
not ascertain truth as such, but we can have unwavering
faith in truth.
«Such social doctrine provides directions but, with few exceptions (for instance, the defense of innocent
human life), does
not provide directives of immediate applicability to policy questions on which people of good
faith, guided by reason and conscience, can come to different conclusions.»
There is only One God... I do
not believe that each
faith has different God... there is only One Sir... its
human makes whatever we see around us....
In the end, whether there is or is
not a God, I hope my
faith has allowed me to lead a better life and be a better
human being.
So whether the
human body was specially created or developed, Catholics are required to hold as a matter of Catholic
faith that the
human SOUL is specially created; it did
not evolve, and it is
not inherited from our parents, as our physical bodies are.
This is
not a reflection on the Muslim people or their
faith, but a reflection on the way of all the
human race and their religions, including Christianity.
This is the extreme call of
faith ~ that despite ALL appearances we CHOOSE to believe in a God that loves us and provides for all his creation regardless of what that does or does
not look like to our
human understanding.
Second: The Creation tale is simply a way for early
humans to explain mans creation and «fall» from God's predetermined path... The old testament is full of stuff more related to philosophy and health advice then «Gods word» However, this revelation has
not made me less of a christian... In Contrast to those stuck in «the old ways» regarding
faith (
not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and us.
I frankly believe while there is plenty of need to introduce and reinforce ethics in
human endevours, and to have frank, open discussions of these endevours, religion is at its bottom line a matter of
faith and, while it can be an individual's guiding influence, it is
not something that should be associated with science.
I am
not sure that a practicing believer of any
faith, taking a break from verbosity about their religion, will be any less religious... or gain much insight into the commonality of humanity and
human experience.
Today the peril in Russia to genuine Christian
faith comes
not from tsarism or communism but instead from an emerging global culture that reduces
human life to material acquisition and consumption.
And yet, he can't seem to explain why
humans, as evolved in all our greatness, still have
faith in the first place.
hinduism absurdity of hindu secular s, filthy self entered,
not of
human, but of hindu animals, ignorant self centered, hindu kenjer, secular by
faith.
Why would god create
humans and then punish them for eternity for
not suspending all disbelief and having
faith in something that never appears, never does anything?
Although he often expressed this vision obliquely, he was relentless in his criticism of those who despised
faith as an anachronism: «I am
not afraid to say that a devout and God - fearing man is superior as a
human specimen to a restless mocker who is glad to style himself an «intellectual,» proud of his cleverness in using ideas which he claims as his own though he acquired them in a pawnshop in exchange for simplicity of heart....
I would like to point out to those here who think it is
not possible for Jesuits (or anyone) to hold science and
faith simultaneously, and who invoke «evidence» as the only arbiter of what is real, that
human knowledge is always evolving.
Equal
human rights are for all citizens,
not only for those of the Muslim
faith!
Maybe have a little humility and admit you can't understand, rather than pretend you can demolish — in your mind — a
human legacy that has endured through thousands of years and continues to this day to inspire and transform people from all walks of life and
faiths.
Then there's a local preacher, Matt Jamison, who insists that what happened couldn't be the Rapture because it claimed flawed
humans of all
faiths and ethnicities.
Even so, their
faith rests on a
human sacrifice and even the Resurrection can
not change that.
One thing abt the major religions is that they make U accept a ridiculously impossible thing as the center of one's
faith like the nailing to a cross a
human body &
not having it tear away.
With
faith in your heart, you do
not need to pursue proof or empirical evidence through
human means which you will never find because God Is Spirit, thus, so much greater than mortal men which He created who have limited knowledge.
At the centre of our
faith is this reality that in order to be understood by those identified as His people and perhaps more urgently to be understood by those who weren't yet His people, God became
human.
Many books written for Religion actually touch on the subject which is Love and being NON JUDGMENTAL because there can be no
human that can tell me they know exactly what God is only my
faith and love towards myself and my fellow
Humans is an expression of his love
not the intolerance or hatred that is spewed out in the name of God, God is ABOVE all of that CRAP PERIOD.
the negation of ideology, the political secularization of the doctrine of original sin, the cautious sentiment tempered by prudence, the product of organic, local
human organization observing and reforming its customs, the distaste for a priori principle disassociated from historical experience, the partaking of the mysteries of free will, divine guidance, and
human agency by existing in but
not of the confusions of modern society, no framework of action, no tenet, no theory, and no article of
faith, a distrust of the systems and processes of the idol of self and of the lust for power and status, scorn to all approaches of ideology and meta - narrative.
rea · son — noun / ˈrēzən / a.Think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic —
humans do
not reason entirely from facts b.Find an answer to a problem by considering various possible solutions c.Persuade (someone) with rational argument — I tried to reason with her, but without success» I accept nothing on
faith» can you prove we evolved from primates or that life started by random chance?
Why do super religious people put such blind
faith in other
humans to tell them the truth, why can't they read the bible and its history and make up their own minds instead of having the same thoughts their parents or preachers do?
you have
FAITH that there is a «god» atheists have
FAITH that there isn't a single god out of the millions created throughout
human history.
Not only that, we are told that we should not question anything in the Bible but to just take on faith that everything written by these other human beings is totally the way that everything wor
Not only that, we are told that we should
not question anything in the Bible but to just take on faith that everything written by these other human beings is totally the way that everything wor
not question anything in the Bible but to just take on
faith that everything written by these other
human beings is totally the way that everything works.
Some
human being telling who and how to worship something also doesn't really help in matters of conversion to your own «
faith».
They are found to be a very Rich & Powerful Groups and Mother of Groups that control lives of Millions... Now Finding Peace means that we should think on how to get those Master Keys or Super Master Keys of Super Powerful Groups that are to be gathered all in one Ring lock that works to getting them to work towards One Purpose only and that is on how to make
Human Life better Globally and that by investing in them human populations worldwide not minding their Race or Faith or Political interests such will work towards Building Bridges between all Nations holding and calling one Message of Love and Sharing in some form of Brotherhood that works towards a Greener Planet Ea
Human Life better Globally and that by investing in them
human populations worldwide not minding their Race or Faith or Political interests such will work towards Building Bridges between all Nations holding and calling one Message of Love and Sharing in some form of Brotherhood that works towards a Greener Planet Ea
human populations worldwide
not minding their Race or
Faith or Political interests such will work towards Building Bridges between all Nations holding and calling one Message of Love and Sharing in some form of Brotherhood that works towards a Greener Planet Earth!?
nobody has a right to mock about others, you are judged by your actions and deeds, it's
not possible to know about every
faith in this world, but how ignorant can
human mankind be especially after innocent Sikhs killed in Oak creek Wisconsin which was very widely covered.
Funny how you atheist proclaim your Religion to
not only be the one true
faith but the one that never violates a
Human right & has no need for a military.
It is a way of
faith that does
not challenge the status quo, for it does
not take the elements of
human life seriously.
Most impressively, none of the characters mentioned above (Rev Lovejoy excepted) are simply stereotypical tropes; they are mature
humans whose
faith is an important part of who they are, but
not the only part.
It is all so outdated for the
human race... I don't understand why so many people need such strong
faith in a biblical text to carry out their lives happily and productively.
Faith hope and love are
not provable concepts, but the mature
human realizes that
not all truth can be empirically proven as so called fact.
Moreover, in keeping with the Church's teachings on subsidiarity, free will and real love, it seems most if
not all the issues raised in the letter questioning Speaker Boehner's
faith would be more efficient, effective, just and respectful of
human dignity if they were left to the individual, family, community or state level.
Humans have been lied to and misled about divinity,
faith and God for so long, they would
not know the truth if it reached up and bit them on the proverbial cheeks.Deception has been a part of the history of mankind from day one.Further changes to the Bible only indicates it is still as strong as ever.The New Testament without Christ is like a riddle without an answer.
For every explanation you offer I can, and on many occasions have, offered an alternative explanation that's consistent with what we know about
human psychology and
human history, yet mine require no leaps of
faith in a God whose existence I can't prove.
Though we
human beings must use concepts to grasp the content of our
faith, in the end God does
not reveal a series of ideas: He reveals the «mystery» of Himself in the person of Christ, who is «the fullness of all revelation».
but if anyone truley had God in thier heart and had
faith in the Lord... simply by folding your hands and asking God to enter your heart... (try it he will be there for you, and you will feel the joy of His love), then they would never do things like this... he obviously was
not a person who loved God because No one with God in thier heart would want to do thing s like that... you HATE sin when you truely love God, No ones perfect though, even those who belive in God we all stray from our beliefs, its
human nature and the devil takes advantage of this.
If one holds that during the course of
human history a process of development and refinement in the Church's understanding of Christ has taken place, this does
not mean that one is rushing headlong into a position of historical relativism that is ultimately corrosive of the objectivity of our
faith.
Whereas the Jansenism of old despaired that anyone could really be loved by God, be good enough to receive Holy Communion, or be saved, its newer version has so little
faith in the power of God to change hearts that it presumes God does
not care for something so insignificant as the
human heart.
According to catholic teaching, the existence of hell, of a state of eternal damnation, is an article of
faith (as indeed, given free will and evil, it is a logical necessity); but that some
human beings are or will be in fact damned is
not an article of
faith (though again logically it must be regarded as a possibility): hence Pere Teilhard's prayer further on in this passage.
The futilities and frustrations of
human experience in any age are so many and so baffling that it is commonly easier to hold a high
faith about God, whom we have
not seen, than about man, whom we have.