New research conducted at York University, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, may shed some light on religion's actual
influence on believers — and the news is positive.
Not exact matches
I am surprised at the amount of derision and down right hatred directed at
believers in God here based
on nothing but media
influenced bigotry.
-- to correct
believer bullsh!t — to argue against religion driven laws and
influence — to keep an eye
on the crazies that want to put the USA and Canada
on the road to becoming a theocracy — to
influence undecideds away from joining any religious cult (and all religios are cults)-- for the humor of the nuttiness of things
believers believe, say and do
The problem with Santa Claus theology is that the same polls which show a high percentage of the population to be
believers also show that this belief has no significant
influence on the values and practices of daily life.
As creative of the community, the sacrament leaves its
influence on the faith of the
believers and the process of the Church, whether it is performed well or poorly.
Those
influenced by Rousseau often begin with a bias against civil religion
on the grounds that it is or easily can be an idolatrous fraud perpetrated
on naive
believers.
Atheists may get frustrated when
believers try to impose their religious beliefs
on others in society, and try to
influence governments and lawmakers to bend the laws to conform with those beliefs.
A theological tradition which «believes in Jesus» encourages the
believer to construct the faith - image of this Jesus, an image made up as a result of many different
influences: the preaching and teaching of the Church, the reading of the gospels and of devotional literature, the lives and ideals of influential individuals, and so
on.
She is a strong
believer in the positive
influence sport can have
on all aspects of life, and is keen to raise the profile of sport in Oxford both for elite athletes and at a recreational level.
Upon his arrival, Klopp talked about turning doubters into
believers and for the most part he's been a positive
influence on what was a fractured fan base.
The immense
influence TSRC has had
on his scientific development since he was a young scientist has made him a staunch
believer in keeping the Telluride workshops financially accessible to graduate students and postdocs.
MH: I'm a firm
believer that 80 percent of this business is based
on agents» connections (who they know and what they know), and the other 10 - 15 percent of the business is based
on relocation and other types of outside
influences.