It is simply impossible to understand a people without
knowing about their beliefs be they religious or political.
Since I assume you don't have the diaries of those first - rate philosophers, what
we know about their belief in God is contained in their writings.
One of my hopes is that people can start to think about not only their beliefs but also about how they know what
they know about their beliefs.
People act according to what they believe about different topics, so if you want to change a group's perceptions, you have to
know about their beliefs.
I knew nothing about Christian Science except the few times someone of their faith hits the newspapers for doing something that is totally unorthodox in contemporary society...
I know about the beliefs in healing in other faiths but information about Paul was not developed enough for me to believe or not believe.
The remaining treatment options are restricted to symptomatic treatment, like careful attention to sleeping habits and nutrition.16 Although health behaviour seems the focus of treatment, very little is
known about the beliefs that determine health behaviour in adolescents with CFS, either as predisposing or as maintaining factors.
Not exact matches
«I could
no longer represent [Trump] personally and remain faithful to my
beliefs about what makes America truly great.»
Other sources of information, informal observations, trial and error, and your personal values and
beliefs will
no doubt continue to deeply inform your choices
about how to raise your kids.
Fox hosts are on very different pages
about the Giuliani revelation - «They better have an explanation» - «No one cares
about Stormy Daniels» - «I sort of
knew that the president
knew it and paid it back» - Giuliani's story is «is unworthy of
belief «https://t.co/GrJDWQhoZq pic.twitter.com/jOCl0GRta 4
If you'd like to
know more
about the traits and
beliefs of successful entrepreneurs (and compare them to your own), take the Are You Ready to Start a Business?
FLANNERY: I think, fundamentally, you
know, my
belief is over time, people are rational
about what is in their collective best interest.
These models allowed us to predict the way individuals would vote - even if we didn't
know about their political
beliefs.
But in the real world, I think atheists and people of varying faiths probably work together on various things for the good of mankind — often not really
knowing fully
about each others»
beliefs, yet still accomplishing good things together.
Other than that, do as you wish, you want to serve a false god, do it, you want to believe in
no god, believe it, just everybody shut up
about your stupid
beliefs, neither side can prove crap.
I personally hear the atheists I
know complain more than the religious people
about others talking
about their
beliefs, could just be the people I
know though.
No, I think he meant the
belief that suffering is a «kiss from Jesus», that women can't make decisions
about their own bodies, that the RCC's wealth, power and reputation are more important than doing what is right, and that children are there for the pleasure of the clergy.
If you
know anything
about the history of the bible you
know it was created by many writers, compiled and edited by Roman emperors, added to, translated, interpreted and actually pretty much ignored — except for a few sentences that sound old fashioned that people use to justify their
beliefs and actions.
Even when I did not
know or care
about other gods there was a difference between Santa Clause and
beliefs in gods.
Your
beliefs about god are
no more real than your silly contention that gays are intent on driving religion out of the US.
Not all Jews believe this, BTW, but in Judaism I have yet to run across someone who believe that G - d would punish anyone for their «
beliefs» and not their «deeds» (take a good look at the Tanach... the contract with the Jews (
known as the «teachings of G - d», not «the law») is all
about behaviour; and while many Christians have been raised to view «the teachings of G - d» (the law) as something to be «freed» from... one has to ask the simple question..
Lol, Marky, your irrational
belief is kooky (and you
know it) so you'll talk
about anything but that, won't you?
They are talking
about love — something that all people feel
no matter what their spiritual
beliefs are.
Jesus foreshadowed the emotional pain of a loss even though you may «
know» someone is in Heaven with the story
about Lazarus and his sisters; being the one who set the ball in motion for Jesus» crucifixion wore heavily on Judas (if their
beliefs were correct, he still had to do with the physical loss of Jesus; had they been wrong
about the «divinity» of Jesus, he helped get his friend killed).
Well, you
know, this «is» a discussion board
about «
beliefs» which are definitely open for discussion and debate.
anyway, if you heard an atheist ask you a question
about any type of
belief and really try to make your answer seem wrong then they are wrong, they can not nor will not ever be able to discuss any type of
belief due to what they
know.
They were persecuted
no doubt
about it, jesus followers decided to rise up for there
beliefs (not impose there
beliefs on people, they werent allowed to have
beliefs at that time) and were slaughtered for it.
I ask this for three reasons: 1) Warfield begins the chapter with Edward Gibbon's conversion to Catholicism, which was related to Gibbon's
belief in the continuation of the miraculous; 2) he spends several pages in the same chapter critiquing another famous convert to Catholicism, John Henry Newman, noting what he sees as Newman's shift toward the miraculous; 3) even though he
knows that Gregory of Nyssa, Athanasius, and Jerome all wrote
about saints in which the miraculous was prominent, he still makes the claim that these «saints» lives» follow other Christian romances and thus represent an infusion of Heathenism into the church.
I'd like to think that I
know what I'm talking
about, although I need to be vigilant
about policing my assumptions and «
beliefs».
Also, Herndon was overstating what he
knew about Lincoln's
beliefs.
In other words with all the things going on in the world this long winded ambiguous rant
about the religious
beliefs of a horror writer whose name I've barely heard mentioned in the last decade is being presented as the most important information people need to
know at this particular time.
Although they were constantly making hate filled remarks, I never said a word
about my
beliefs because I
knew that I would absolutely be fired if they
knew I was an Atheist.
If she got an answer to that prayer and others she could believe in Jesus Christ, His atonement, His resurrection, His call to share what you
know about His gospel, to serve, feed, support others regardless of their
beliefs.
Plus,
knowing a little
about the Jehovah Witness
beliefs, If I were an employer, I wouldn't have put her in such a position.
... i
know your book says don't believe anything else before or after to protect its place in history, but just as you would read greek mythology and have incredulous thoughts
about multigods ruling the earth water and the undergrounds, those who are not stuck on your wavelength, read your mythology and think how anyone in their right minds could ever fall for those idolatric stories... your
belief in your creationist god is as unfathomable as an adult looking up the chimney and feeling the power of Santa Clause in them... does the power of Santa Clause compel you?
I don't
know a lot
about his
belief, but he totally reshaped that Nine - Inch Nails song and knocked it out of the park.
I refer to Minoa who asserts that «Herndon was overstating what he
knew about Lincoln's
beliefs.
Unlike Superman whose creation can actually be traced back to a couple of young Jewish men in 1938 for the purpose of providing a sellable fictional story line to Detective Comics, there is no such evidence in regards to religious
belief; especially since in this case being that this is
about a God who does not want to be made
known but who would rather have us develop our faith.
I am looking for authenticity, relevancy, no ovewhelming bands that take away from the experience of worship, clergy who are willing to answer my hard questions, who understand doubt is a stepping stone to deepening my
belief, who accept everyone as Jesus did (and we
know Jesus was a rebel who accepted and led all sorts of people), who don't feel the need to try to be hip, who speak
about things without inserting politics, who are wiling to trash the temple to bring us back to the truth, who will step out of the box of comfort and be real.
The very essence of religion is the fixed
belief that all the answers are either already
known or the sole and mysterious property of some god who must not be questioned
about them.
While some scientists have expressed opinions
about the validity of religious
beliefs, I don't
know that many, if any, have attempted to prove or disprove religion using the scientific method.
I'd love to
know more
about what you believe and what drives that
belief.
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.
The majority of christians have no idea
about their faith or what it is to be christian, you see them spout nonsense from a bible they have never read and judge or even hate others who do not believe their
beliefs, all the while not
knowing they are going against its teachings.
It's not that I do nt believe there is possibly anything, a force, something, but I feel slightly uncomfortable
about absolute
belief to some guy, or «just
know jesus loves you..»
I
know that wherever we are in our personal
beliefs about the nature of Christ, he will draw all who praise him and accept his sacrifice into a perfect bond of union then everything will be clear (1 Corinthians 13:12)
Their problem is that they don't like what they
know about God and believe that they can rebel against God and win (this is where their
beliefs are wrong).
Like Oden, I do not share the
belief of some of my contemporaries that constructive Christian thinking — that is, theology --- is
no longer possible, and that play is all that is humanly supportable.4 Nor do I care to become «deliciously irresponsible» and merely produce fantasies
about fun and frolics on the beach or in the bedroom, of leisure filled with ecstasy and laughter5 Rather, my concern in this book is to inquire on behalf of the Christian community
about the significance of play.
No doubt there is some justification for their
belief that the lessening of knowledge and conviction
about these doctrines has left a void that leads to lack of evangelical fervor in the church as a whole.
No, or if they do, their just as insecure
about their
beliefs as mormons are.
The
belief in a world beyond, where the souls of the dead go, is an attempt to answer the question
about the status of what has been but
no longer is.