Scripture is
in all belief system so one really can not claim a select scripture as definitive proof.
Not exact matches
Loyola keeping a Catholic identity helps promote real intellectual diversity
in American public life (and, again, I'd say the same as to other religious universities; I can imagine some religious
belief systems that are
so pernicious that, while they must be constitutionally protected, we can still say they hurt American life more than they help it, but I think that most of the traditions that found universities do have a good deal to contribute).
So, using simple logic that I assume you would be able to perform (since you feel you are superior), atheism can be defined as a religion,
in that it is a
belief system and worldview (i.e: a religion).
Unless it was meant for us as a new
system to drop Republican
systems for the Royalist
systems that are taking place now that Jordan and Morocco both Royelists are planed to join GCC as one with a change to the name of the GCC since the Royalist empire will be extending to countries outer of the Arabian Gulf Countries... What ever it is all we need is freedom of rights, justice, peace, equality and to live
in prosperity... Egypt is not
in the heart of Egyptions only but as well
in the heart of every Arabic nation, Egyptions were our teachers
in our schools and Egypt was the university of our Yemeni students... Egypt was the source of islamic educations, Egypt was the face of all arts, books, papers, TV plays and movies to all of Arabian speaking countries... Egypt is our Arabian Icon
so please please other nations are becoming larger and stronger
in the area on your account as a living icon for the Arabian Unity what ever our faiths or
beliefs are we are brothers
in blood, culture and language, God Bless to All.Amen.
1rst, the definition of cult according to the dictionary
in this case Webster «Cult: formal religious veneration: worship 2: a
system of religious
beliefs and ritual; also: its body of adherents»
so anyone involved
in a church is
in a cult period.
In most
belief systems sacrifices are required, such as foregoing carnal pleasures, donating money, leading an appropriate lifestyle, and
so on.
The stuff I've written on topics like getting to know neighbors and being the church
in the community doesn't seem to connect with church people, who usually think church is about sermons, a
belief system, music, political causes to be for or against and
so on.
People
in the US often think they are radical but tend to be
so entrenched
in a
belief in the
system that they don't understand it is the
system that is the problem.
But then again, his entire
belief system requires a suspension of
belief in reality,
so I guess I am not especially surprised at how moronic he is being on this issue.
As much as you're not
so much offering a product, you are trying to sell your fallacious
belief system and
in turn recruit... silly Christian showing hypocrisy!
Sometimes it gets me down to see
so many inflammatory comments saying that everyone
in my
belief system is «hateful» «weak minded» «believes
in fairy tales» «is a joke» etc..
Btwn this issue and illegal immigration, these issues show how immature
so many are
in this country, how even after all that education, resort to barbaric
belief systems that should have faded centuries ago, yet make the basis of an entire political movement.
Luke and Camian's study reveals that religious boundaries at the level of
belief systems and rituals are not
so marked
in the minds of the people
in villages.
The ultimate problem is not the obvious facts that evolution occurred and the Earth is not
so young, it is how do you develop a
belief system that Mankind is special and has to behave
in a special manner because of that.
But... religions are based on
belief systems, not facts,
so they clearly belong
in churches, not schools.
After all these years of study, of experience, of seeing others change, and becoming a different person myself, my
belief system has gone a long way from «because the bible says
so» to lets see everything the bible has to say about it, what was going on then, who it was said to, and what it means
in the context of life today.
Perhaps
so, but that conclusion flies
in the face of a long tradition of sociological research that has shown relationships between specific types of
beliefs and variations
in social class, region, family structure, and political
system.
Try as they might, the proponents of a sorry
belief system that for
so long held the world back are going to find that the proliferation of information and knowledge
in this age will see their bigoted views reduced to the margins of history.
So long as the prevailing view is that they are not necessarily wrong, public policy
in a pluralistic
system must be indifferent to any
beliefs that can not be independently supported by rational (utilitarian) argument.
I generally put this down to very religious people (who have been raised with the concept that God is personally invested
in them and is a central force
in their life) experiencing the thought of a person without a religious
belief system as being close to someone soul-less: without morals and without any fear of punishment (hell),
so obviously less trustworthy than religious people who have a spiritual Big Brother and religious community watching their every move.
Religious people have made it perfectly clear that logic and reason are not important factors
in their OWN
belief systems,
so why waste money trying to convince them of ours?
So in «certain
belief systems» moral restraint is shown by minimizing the number of deaths
in a terrorist attack?
The fact that
so many
so called people of faith are determined to make the world comfortable for themselves and
so many atheists are doing the same does not
in anyway support the faith biases, yes atheism is a
belief system, it just makes the puveyers annoying.
That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his
beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction
in the vast death of the solar
system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe
in ruins — all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet
so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.
So we know he is intentionally trying to lead Christians
in the wrong direction or simply attack their
belief system.
Atheism is as justifiable a
belief system and perhaps more
so than the Abrahmaic religions
in general and the rights of an individual to express themselves must not be allowed to be infringed upon by anyone lest their actions create the very environment they sought to escape.
When different Christians are going to judge groups of people
in drastically different ways, yet both (or all) do
so from their differing interpretation of their supposedly common «Scripture», then they are going to continue to be called out as a conflicted
belief system.
Aannnd because they're
SO secure
in the infinite wisdom of their god and the infallibility of their
belief system, they post under others» screen names when they get upset.
For Taylor as for MacIntyre, our traditions are not
so much a
system of
beliefs for which we can make an argument as the language
in which we must frame questions and answers for ourselves.
When a person becomes a Christian, they do
so through the saving KNOWLEDGE of Christ which get incorporated into their faith and
belief system, and through Baptism and infusion of the Holy Spirit continues to cause regeneration
in the life of a person until they die, and inherit eternal life.
So many settled planks
in his
belief system had come loose!
In their quest for righteousness, they often become self righteous, using their
belief system as a weapon, to bash over the heads of others, rather than as a tool to improve their own lives and to become a living example of what true christians should be like or what truly compassionate humans should be like, it's very sad, that
so many christians don't have a clue how to act like decent people, and that they are hypocrites and full of hate.
That man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his
beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental concatenations of atoms; that no force, no heroism, no intensity of thought or feeling, can presume an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labors of the age, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noon - day brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction
in the vast death of the solar
system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe
in ruin... all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet
so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.
Whether formulated by Durkheim (a
system of
beliefs and practices related to sacred things), by Weber (that which finally makes events meaningful), or by Tillich (whatever is of ultimate concern) religion
in its «classical» sense refers not
so much to labels on a church building as to the imagery (myth, theology, and
so forth) by which people make sense of their lives — their «moral architecture,» if you will.6 That human beings differ
in their sensitivity to and success
in this matter of «establishing meaning» there can be no doubt.
One of the central tenets of their
belief system is that God judges nations as well as men,
so they absolutely claim the right to force others into their own
belief to forestall God's judgment on the nation they live
in.
So, what if your kid came out of his / her basketball experiences with this life skill embedded
in his / her
belief system: Follow through and commitment.
It was the moment Festinger had been waiting for: How would people
so emotionally invested
in a
belief system react, now that it had been soundly refuted?
And as I said the scales fell off from my eyes; I read every chapter with enormous fascination and I was also fascinated by the fact, this was Martin's second edition, and
in his preface to it, he said that when the first edition it come out he was inundated by letters from enthusiastic people who said to him that they loved every chapter of his book except for one, and they would always pick [out] the ones that, their favorite crackpot
belief system was being attacked, and then they would say they were
so happy to see all the others destroyed.
An individual's
beliefs are influenced by
beliefs of those
in their social network,
so that individuals collectively form a communal
belief system.
Do we have enough presence to practice,
in an active way, the very values and
belief systems that we
so ardently say we subscribe to?
A lot of the work
in the «NEW Age Movement» has to do with rewiring our
belief systems, learning to let go of the old agreements that unfortunately have been reinforced over time and now are
so hard to get rid of.
So, it's hardly surprising that when Aladeen lands
in New York City and finds his
belief systems and attitudes challenged, the movie really takes off.
But we must start by recognizing two clear realities,
so well outlined by Charles Barone and Mac LeBuhn of Democrats for Education Reform: (1) those who want to overhaul public education are taking on a culture, a philosophy, and a
belief system that has been
in place for over a century.
Only a corporate
belief system would think it's okay to hand off our kids» education to another company created
so recently that if it were a recently laid off teacher seeking unemployment benefits, it would still be
in its waiting period before claims could be disbursed.
I always wonder why people are
so adamant
in their
beliefs about change, when that change is created by profiteers, only interested
in their biz and not the echo -
system their a part of?
It was the best of ports, it was the worst of ports, it was a game of wisdom, it was a game of foolishness, it was the combat
system of
belief, it was the combat
system of incredulity, it was released during the holiday season of Light, it was released during the holiday season of Darkness, its price
in the spring will give hope, its price
in the winter brings despair, it has everything going for it, it has nothing going for it, it will go straight to GOTY lists, it will go direct
in the other way —
in short the game is
so like the previous game that some of its noisiest authorities insist on its being recieved, for good or for evil,
in the superlative degree of comparison only.
«It's been seven years —
in some
belief systems, they say that's a full life cycle,
so right now I'm totally... neutral.»
While the growth of interest
in art and
in its value (
in all senses of the word) is truly sensational — it is a fulfillment of
belief in the creative power of art — the market has become
so damn efficient that it is suffocating a crucial sector of the gallery
system as we have known it, the part that has nurtured and financed whole generations of artists who were never big money — makers.
Some of the world's most powerful
belief systems are at odds, some of which openly seek the dissolution of the material world and all things
in it, while others hold the exact opposite view; some place a divine premium on achieving the overarching ambitions of the faithful to the extent of utterly disdaining truth or fact, while others hold no regard for the ambitions of any person or people
so long as fact is held supreme.
If there is dogma
in the sckeptic / dinier world it is,
so to speak, egoistic - dogma on
belief system Dogma (with the capital D).