No, I was not inquiring about anything I was commenting about how some Atheists do not have any place
in their belief system for mysteries.
But prior to judging them (and judging them we inevitably will) we need — as investigators of the human political mind — to understand what has to hold
in those belief systems for something to appear as menacing.
Not exact matches
There is strong support
for Canada's supply management
system for dairy and poultry producers despite our strong
belief in the importance of joining the Trans - Pacific Partnership.
Make that cheesecake, because there is still strong support
for Canada's supply management
system for dairy and poultry producers despite Canadians» equally strong
belief in the importance of joining the Trans - Pacific Partnership trade talks.
There are no easy or quick fixes to these complex challenges but women believe
in opportunities
for change — and with
belief follows an ability to rock entire
systems.
Think of the
beliefs of the past — the Earth is the center of the solar
system, the world is flat, you can't break the sound barrier, you can't run the mile
in under four minutes, and there's no need
for a computer
in the home.
Financial industry norms and academic theories — even popular
beliefs — have always assumed assets saved
for retirement would be systematically withdrawn — following the «4 % rule» or some other rule of thumb or
system — by retirees
in order to maintain a consistent standard of living.
As
for me, I want to know and commune with a being that,
in my
belief system, created me and died
for me.
Study the Mormon faith, study Orthodox and Catholic teachings, look
for the root the Abrahmic faiths
in the Torah, and you will learn how differing
beliefs systems yet share a universal, central truth - the knowledge of a benevolent and loving God.
In regards to your comment to OneTrueKinsman, «You believe that «religion should be a private affair
for the adherent, regardless of which
belief system it is», right?
In this world where it preaches tolerance
for all except
for when it comes to true Christian
beliefs, a
belief that goes against the
system will never be given the time of day, even if said
belief is the TRUTH.
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.
It is one thing to believe
in the delusional tenets of religion, but to to believe that anybody can survive death is to reject reality
for a
belief system that should land one
in a funny farm where that person can pose no harm to himself or any other person.
I would guess that any one who professes to «believe
in God»; but places their hope
for transforming individuals and society
in a political ideology either has had very poor theological / spiritual formation or has a formal theological
belief system about God or no first hand experience of God.
I speak out against your ilk and any other group
for that matter when they attempt t use their
belief to dictate rights... LGBT rights; women's rights; education rights (
in a secular country, no single religion has a place
in the school
system - teach about one, teach them all - fair is fair).
The movie served to give me a different platform to discuss faith from, not to argue that my
belief system is right and someone else's is wrong, but instead to point out that the world is hungry
for questions about the soul and what we don't see right
in front of us.
For example Belk reassigning this woman to some other task when they found out her
belief system required her to take no part
in Christmas fanfare.
Hitler,
for a time, advocated
for Germans a form of the Christian faith he called «Positive Christianity», [244][245] a
belief system purged of what he objected to
in orthodox Christianity, and featuring added racist elements.
It's a shame that tf can't understand an alternate view a bit more, because
in the end,
in a general time and a general place,
for key things most of us, regardless of
belief system, I think are often aiming
for the same thing.
a: allegiance to duty or a person: loyalty b (1): fidelity to one's promises (2): sincerity of intentions 2a (1):
belief and trust
in and loyalty to God (2):
belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1): firm
belief in something
for which there is no proof (2): complete trust 3: something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially: a
system of religious
beliefs
I drink on rare occasion, but I would not be a hypocrite
for pointing out you were not living your
beliefs because the consumption of alcohol is permitted
in my
belief system.
Metaphysical realism, understood
in a processive way, requires this triple sense of objectivity: novel human doings
in need of guidance, long - enduring
systems of
belief that provide the schemata of interpretation by which that guiding can be done, and opportunistic skill
in sculpting act and theory, fact and canon, into a coherent, fruitful basis
for intelligent action.
I think that the rigor of the scientific method makes
for less fundamentalist
belief systems because the scientific method is founded
in doubt.
Perhaps, but I can't help but believe that when people
in a position to defend a
belief system for this they have no evidence after a while there must be some shred of doubt that sneaks
in.
I finally understood this after reading Keith Green's biography where he tried a lot of different
belief systems looking
for the deepest satisfaction and finally settled into Christ
in the hippie years because it held
for him the depth and strength to satisfy his spiritual longings.
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.
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.
Most significantly, Duddington argues against the charge that permitting an increasing role
for religion
in the legal and political (i.e., public) spheres would necessitate the imposition of one
system of
belief upon another, by re-emphasising the argument that Christianity does not serve to generate a moral code, but rather provides a vehicle through which it may be discovered.
What religion offers: — The opportunity to avoid eternal punishment
for not worshiping / believing
in my god (not worried enough to care)-- An explanation
for the universe and why we are here (I'll take the knowledge gained from the application of the scientific method, but thanks)-- Living forever
in heavenly bliss (I am content with this life)-- The opportunity to divide humanity based upon different
belief systems (There is enough dividing us already)-- Purpose, a code of ethics, and fulfillment (I have that already, without religion)-- Develop a personal relationship with god (I've never seen or heard from any gods nor have I seen any independantly verified scientifically collected peer reviewed proof.
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.
but if your parents told you, from the day you were brought home from the hospital, that the Bible was the literal truth, and everyone — EVERYONE around you continually reinforced that
belief —
in school, at home, at your friends» houses, and you were
in that 24/7/365 from the day you were born, you can start to see — and have sympathy —
for these people when other people appear to be attacking their core conditional
belief system.
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 doubt.
«And there is salvation
in no one else;
for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men [Jesus] by which we must be saved» — Acts Crossan is saying he's willing to give up any
belief system that declares itself to be true?
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.
The atheist hypocrisy is much bigger, since they pretend to be moral and
in the same time they support a
system of
beliefs that has no place
for moral.
There is just as much foundation and support
for the Flying Spaghetti Monster as that is available
in your
belief system.
I understand why you would say Atheism isn't healthy
for kids, but
in that same school of thought, you would have to deduce that NO
belief system is healthy
for children.
I don't know why you think I do, because I'm not the one who follows a
belief system that promises eternal life
in exchange
for your soul.
While we are interested
in bearing witness to the gospel of Jesus, our mission is not to recruit people from one religious institution or
belief system for another; nor to give them new laws, dogmas and rituals; but rather to persuade all to change our lives and ways, and adopt a new way of seeing, doing and being.
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.
The important implication of this is that television
in particular and the mass media
in general (particularly the commercial media) are presenting a consistent and integrated
system of
belief and social interpretation as a pattern
for social understanding and development.
Mock them
for their stupidity; their murderous past; their unbelievable
belief system; but let them mourn their dead
in their own way.
i wonder whih god will be more pleased with its slave — the one who murdered a man
for his
beliefs or the one who allowed his follower to die
for his faith either way — god is a man made
belief system that is only a few thousand years old — and
in that time, no one single thing has killed more humans, than a man claiming to know the will of some kind of god Faith is good thing, faith
in one's self.
The American political
system has
in fact shown a remarkable ability,
for two centuries, to find such accommodations and to allow room
for minority
beliefs and opinions to flourish.
Ads like the above are beginning to showcase Atheist with all the trademark qualities of a bad religion, intolerance
for others choice
in a private
belief system and the subsequent almost christian like Proselytism.
If you need other people to validate your religious
beliefs, then that is on you... I make no apologies
for being comfortable enough
in my own skin to not feel as if I need to pay a religion to validate my
belief system.
(Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community, pp. 126 - 128) Hence, the Porchers should want to move from the current
system to one
in which a) the habits and
beliefs of certain Porcher influenced or protected communities, and b) the hard - fought -
for legislative prerogatives and jurisdictions of said communities (vis - a-vis national and state authority — esp.
It's hard to argue with an Atheist who's entire
belief system is built on a basic scientific law failing
in order
for their own existence and «religion».