Sentences with phrase «in our belief system as»

How is it that people claiming to be Christians are not sure about something as basic and entrenched in our belief system as the doctrine of hell?

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«Émile Durkheim understood religion not as belief in the supernatural (as the popular conception would have it), but as a system of beliefs and practices relating to sacred things.

Many saw it as an aggressive Western attack on femininity and a Russian belief system in which women are encouraged, and expected, to see motherhood as their first priority.

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).

This mistaken belief that American savings are wholly a function of American household preferences arises because most economists — and, it seems, policymakers — can only imagine American households as autonomous economic units, and are seemingly incapable of imaging them as units within a system in which there are certain inflexible constraints.

Modern science is the cornerstone of your belief system, as ancient writings that I consider to be God given, holy inspired and very relevant to modern times (as well as every society that ever was and will be) is the cornerstone of my belief system, because everything about this book has been accurate in every way, unlike modern science.

As for me, I want to know and commune with a being that, in my belief system, created me and died for me.

``... as ancient writings that I consider to be God given, holy inspired and very relevant to modern times (as well as every society that ever was and will be) is the cornerstone of my belief system, because everything about this book has been accurate in every way, unlike modern science.»

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).

It's a law in congress stating everyone should pray, it sure as hell then applies to me, especially when it's my government promoting a specific belief system.

When christianity, as with many belief systems before it, started people lived in tribal like communities.

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.

As I mention above, the issue needs to be raised to believers and non-believers alike: How can a nation of people miss the outright hypocrisy of using a belief system ostensibly predicated on compassion, charity and humility to argue in favour of genocide?

As I don't carry enough theological weight to help my fellow believers in this debate with evidence or valuable dialog, and I was never able to cement myself in mt attempt to be an atheist, I can only say that when I tried to de-construct my belief system and embrace the scientific angle, it fell flat.

then you use faith in your beliefs the same as any religion and yes you do have a belief it is that there is no god, that is not absence of believing that is the presence of a belief system

In another sense, however, conservatism does rest in a system of belief, and is opposed as much to the theory as to the practice of socialist and liberal politicIn another sense, however, conservatism does rest in a system of belief, and is opposed as much to the theory as to the practice of socialist and liberal politicin a system of belief, and is opposed as much to the theory as to the practice of socialist and liberal politics.

If you identify yourself as belonging to a particular group you are then put in the «box» of a particlar belief system, even if you personally do not necessarily agree with all that «group».

Neither qualify as a belief system, though in the sense of western religions.

In the early days, he would only dive into his doctrine (attempts to shock you into his belief system) off - lab when we'd go out to lunch as a group.

And to live in society and even just have friends one must prove he or she is a «moral» person, this morality is just a morality that lacks gods, such as a belief that what is good is what brings about the most happiness or freedom or whatever your ethical system supports.

In most belief systems sacrifices are required, such as foregoing carnal pleasures, donating money, leading an appropriate lifestyle, and so on.

It is our duty as Americans to know and appreciate the systems of belief — the mythic cosmologies, the scientific laws, the common - sense attitudes — that in times past have served to give coherence and purpose to our life together.

My favorite line is to tell them that, in any belief system they decide to get into, ask as many questions as you can — the hardest ones you can find.

A «primary framework» is one «seen as rendering what would otherwise be a meaningless aspect of the scene into something that is meaningful» (FA 21), and the frame for all such primary frameworks, the understandings shared by a group regarding interpretive schemata, their interrelationships, and «the sum total of forces and agents that these [schemata] acknowledge to be loose in the world,» constitute its «belief system» or «cosmology» (FA 27).

Indeed, just as the world is filled with selfappointed salesmen for God, it is also filled with evangelical atheists who are equally determined to convert anyone who will listen to their belief system, their faith in the non-existence of God.

The fanatical belief systems of these fundamentalists is characterised as «medieval» (e.g. in https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/), used here in the sense of being centuries out of date and repressive, contrasted with the «liberated» society in which we live in the West.

As pointed out by Ducati, your atheism is a protected belief system in the UK.

Stripped of any belief in the kind of higher consolation that makes sense of life's inevitable injustices and humdrum frustrations, the demands that people place on the political system «become as infinite as the infinity they have lost.»

If we assume, as I think is reasonable, that the vast majority of these belief systems are the creations of sincere people striving to understand their god or gods, why do they have nothing in common?

«Sadly, it seems to be increasingly acceptable in certain belief systems to kill as many members of the other religious community as possible,» she said.

Since the belief system of a parish includes not only its formal creeds but also the meanings it assigns to itself and its members as finite bodies, to learn about a church's world view — what it believes is really going on in life — one must listen to the church's stories about its own body and those of the members who constitute it.

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Thus, by your logic, you should have no problem with Muslims making up 80 - 90 % of your country's population, voting primarily for Muslim candidates, and constantly striving to make their belief system the law of the land - as is the case with Christians in the United States.

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 hypocrisAs 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 hypocrisas 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!

As Roof points out, their religion affirms: (a) the centrality of ethical principles in their meaning systems; (b) a parsimony of beliefs, few attributions of numinosity; (c) breadth of perspective; (d) piety defined as a personal search for meaning; and (e) license to doubAs Roof points out, their religion affirms: (a) the centrality of ethical principles in their meaning systems; (b) a parsimony of beliefs, few attributions of numinosity; (c) breadth of perspective; (d) piety defined as a personal search for meaning; and (e) license to doubas a personal search for meaning; and (e) license to doubt.

What I can tell about our shared experience with Mormon doctrine is this: Yes, there was a big emphasis on Jesus» ours being a more conventional, fairly trinitarian concept of our Lord» but, as strong as that emphasis was, it never managed to trump the implied and de facto role of Joseph Smith in our belief system.

We as human beings driven by instinctual needs with belief systems we must negotiate even if we don't fully subscribe to them are constantly working in an environment of unknowns.

Someone administering aid to a person afflicted with disease in Africa, for example, may be a representative of a belief system that I believe contributes to the spread of said disease, but I would certainly at least respect the caregiver, as I said, for their actions.

1) That in no way addresses my post 2) I don't believe in sin 3) Eternal condemnation for a finitie «sin» is an unjust and immoral system, as is eternal reward for holding a specific belief instead of a totality of actions taken, and the innermost part of a humans morality.

But, yes, some pretty much are prostelyzing and defending their belief system (or their non-belief systems) as much and in some cases even more than religious people do.

Moreover, both sides, much like the Repubs and Demos in our political system, can not view anything passed the length of our own noses if it is in contrast to the «beliefs» we hold dear to us as humans.

In the world of «belief systems» this is known as a * self - sealing * belief.

I find that Whitehead's exposition is question - begging and seriously misleading.4 The exposition is misleading insofar as it suggests that belief in either a specific or generic causal nexus is adequately justified by a subject's experience of CE alone and not ultimately by systematic considerations, particularly those related to prehension.5 If Whitehead's theory of perception was intended to stand alone without support from the rest of his system, as Ford suggests (EWM 181 - 182), then I claim that it is insufficiently justified insofar as a part of it, the theory of CE, is inadequately justified.

There is just as much foundation and support for the Flying Spaghetti Monster as that is available in your belief system.

either something is wrong with you (as an agent in your system of belief) or something is inherently wrong with the system itself.

or those who have been saying that science is another «belief system» what they don't understand is that while science has many theories, and not as many «laws» is that the rigors that are used to support theories are much more intense than «the man in the clouds spoke to me.»

Scripture is in all belief system so one really can not claim a select scripture as definitive proof.

In the absence of evidence, you must have tremendous faith as an evolutionist in your «belief system»In the absence of evidence, you must have tremendous faith as an evolutionist in your «belief system»in your «belief system».

As a white, middle - class woman living in California, rarely have I faced real pain as a result of complex systems, and strongly held societal, cultural or political traditions and beliefAs a white, middle - class woman living in California, rarely have I faced real pain as a result of complex systems, and strongly held societal, cultural or political traditions and beliefas a result of complex systems, and strongly held societal, cultural or political traditions and beliefs.

If there is a belief system that can be accurately described as childish and immature... it's atheism... like sticking your fingers in your ears in singing «la la I cant hear you I wan na believe what I feel like believing!