As
knowledge of other religious traditions became more important, the easy affirmation of Christian superiority was harder to maintain.
I have little
knowledge of other religious texts, therefore I don't place judgement.
Not exact matches
A mind that is filled with the
knowledge of what
others have said is not a
religious mind.
We tend to have a basic
knowledge of history and know that there is nothing magical or special about the supposed history
of the Jews, gospels, letters, apocalyptic story (Revelations) and
other materials that found their way into the Bible, in that they are largely indistinguishable from the
other mythology and
religious writings
of the Greco - Roman Mediterranean.
On November 29, Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, secretary
of state, wrote to Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal
of Jordan, the chief organizer
of the letter
of the 138, on behalf
of the pope: «Common ground allows us to base dialogue on effective respect for the dignity
of every human person, on objective
knowledge of the religion
of the
other, on the sharing
of religious experience, and, finally, on common commitment to promoting mutual respect and acceptance among the younger generation.
History is full
of examples
of people causing harm to
other people justified by their
religious beliefs and their «personal
knowledge»
of what God wanted them to do.
the
other curious thing is when theists go after the atheists over our
knowledge of scripture, most atheists were once theists so we would have some idea
of scripture like you all however with the onslaught
of attacks from
religious folks in the real world when they discover we're not «one
of them» has the same effect as the villian in the comics unwittingly creating the superhero.
@Cyd Expand your mind and
knowledge read some
of the
other religious tomes.
In the Abbasid period Muslim culture became society - oriented, with emphasis on such subjects as the sciences and engineering and architecture; but no contradiction was felt between these fields and religion, for all scholars combined
religious knowledge with mastery
of other fields
of learning.
Religion is a tool used to shape our world, and the bible and
other religious texts are full
of clues because they we're written by those who guard the
knowledge.
(6) And finally, classical theism is marked by an erroneous conception
of infallible revelation according to which, «The idea
of revelation is the idea
of special
knowledge of God, or
of religious truth, possessed by some people and transmitted by them to
others» (OOTM 5).
Gods will is for us humans today to evolved to a level
of conciousness that will prepare us for the challenges
of our future survival, Scientists now predicts
of hardships in the future due to over population and changes to the natural environment.and that is happening now with activists through out the world are reminding us
of protecting nature.That is why we need a phsychological revolution to hasten the evolution
of consciousness that will address the problems.Ideological and philosophical enlightenment had the past great minds to develop ideas and belief because God sent them to reality in their times.Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and many
other religious leaders to teach humanity the doctrines that God willed to be appropriate and applicable in those periods
of their existence, Also great philosophers in another dimension
of social involvement were born to interprete and connect philosophically as the second element
of our conscience, Kant, Marx and countless
of them also were born.To complete the triangular structure or dimension
of our conscience is
knowledge.
This is not to underestimate the
knowledge of native believers — those who understand their own
religious language and no
others.
well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over
religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings
of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices
of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts
of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all
of all times or
knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth
of knowledge and understanding
of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage
of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put
others into the cloak
of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities
of the present and the potential
of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision
of the future based upon the past?
Though a very intimate
knowledge of one or the
other religion based on thorough
knowledge of the sources is the «admission - ticket» to the workroom
of the historian
of religions, provincialism and the false perspective resulting from it are dangers which he can only avoid by reference to and comparison with typologically different expressions
of religious experience.
Those who look for a deeper understanding
of god and or spirituality and or life itself in their
religious participation — and do not find the
knowledge they seek there — will continue to look until they find what it is that best meets their notion or experience
of a deeper connection to life as it is and can be — finding it within and within just like all
others.
For like Whitehead and Dewey, Kadushin understood that the concept
of organic thinking offered an approach to logic and the foundations
of knowledge that was an alternative to the perversions
of the sort
of blind faith in natural science that had come to dominate the intellectual cultures
of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; an alternative that did not attempt to devalue science or replace it with a nonrational mysticism, but which did attempt to place scientific thought into a broader cultural context in which
other forms
of cultural expression such as
religious and legal reasoning could play important and non-subservient roles.
Thus, the God supposedly proved by Thomas Aquinas turns out to be the Perfect Being
of traditional Christian theology, already well known and unquestioned on the basis
of other sources
of assumed
religious knowledge.
Driving this traffic was the headline that atheists outperformed Christians and
other religious groups in this first - ever national survey
of U.S.
religious knowledge.
For if anything is clear to the average modern Christian with even a casual
knowledge of the New Testament, it is, first, that «radiant» is hardly the word he would think
of to describe his own
religious life or that
of his contemporaries, and secondly, that no
other term characterizes so well the life
of the primitive church.
Other models can be found in the approaches used by chaplains in hospitals, universities and prisons, where contact with unbelievers is part
of the normal day's work, and where a real response can be made based on
knowledge of the state
of people's
religious views and needs.
If one claims to be «
religious» but has no
knowledge of what their or any
other religion is, then what are they claiming?
Many people think catechesis is only about
knowledge,
others think it is only about a
religious experience: the Church is always richer in her thinking than any one
of us, and asks us to participate in this integral, objective and personal handing on.
Such a view
of the role
of technical scientific
knowledge, broadly conceived to include the social sciences and most
other disciplines, in effect cleared a huge area
of academic inquiry in which
religious considerations would not be expected to appear.
Knowledge of the existence
of a vital third (organic) tradition — the
others being Aristotelianism and mechanism — in the seventeenth century,
of its early success in promoting scientific discoveries, and
of the dubious reasons for its defeat, may help embolden some theologians to revive this tradition, in purified form, in a way that would be beneficial both to the
religious life
of humanity and its «scientific» understanding
of the reality in which it finds itself (p. 41)
Interestingly, we can see now that major developments in the character
of scientific
knowledge today help to make possible this synthesis
of cosmic belonging on the one hand and
religious wandering or sojourning on the
other.
Let all
of us believe in our own religion and gain
knowledge from
other religions that can help us individually become a world wide people who do not judge each
other for our
religious beliefs.
The Universe, known and unknown, is possibly not the most used definition
of God, at least in the western world... but it is the Pantheistic version that jives so much more with science and is not a misappropriation
of the smaller definitions
of God, merely an unfamiliar definition to those with less
knowledge of various more advanced
religious and philosophic thought, within and outside those religions... The idea
of Pantheism also thoughtfully considers why there is, rather than ridiculing, such a wide range
of philosophical and ritual beliefs from a scientific perspective... without having to classify large groups
of people, as senseless idiots from one end or destined for hell from the
other.
One may wonder whether Duméry does not in fact compromise them through his own attempts to surpass
others, either in belittling the importance
of the positive data through insufficient information or in compromising the results
of phenomenology by a reduction which risks bringing us back to an immanentism
of religious knowledge, which is really a transcendence
of religious reality.
Through them many Greek classics were translated into Latin, and
other works,
religious and secular, were copied or compiled and were a means
of transmitting to posterity much
of the Greek and Roman
knowledge that might otherwise have been lost.
The
other uses
religious belief to provide freedom from oppression, seeks justice as restoration, strives to improve human relations and the quality
of life, and welcomes questions, discussions, debates, and increased
knowledge.
by Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt Brazos, 320 pages, $ 29.99 Frederick Bauerschmidt provides a valuable service to
religious - studies teachers and instructors
of other disciplines that require some
knowledge of Catholic theology.
Religious or «faith» knowledge, on the other hand, should be subject to quite different tests: the understanding of ultimate reality it mediates, the kind of religious experience it inspires, the quality of personal and communal life it makes possible, a
Religious or «faith»
knowledge, on the
other hand, should be subject to quite different tests: the understanding
of ultimate reality it mediates, the kind
of religious experience it inspires, the quality of personal and communal life it makes possible, a
religious experience it inspires, the quality
of personal and communal life it makes possible, and so on.
Those
other independent predictors
of people's views include
religious affiliation, age, level
of education, specific science
knowledge and gender.
It illustrates the strength
of connection between political affiliation and opinion, and it shows issues for which
other factors — such as educational attainment,
knowledge about science,
religious affiliation or demographic characteristics — are strongly tied to the public's views.
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other religious material); a passage describing the use of sailboats for racing (or any «luxuries»); and a video of a dancer requiring knowledge of ba
other religious material); a passage describing the use
of sailboats for racing (or any «luxuries»); and a video
of a dancer requiring
knowledge of ballet.
In addition to providing a well - rounded, comprehensive education, it is important, as argued in the submission by the Australian Association for
Religious Education, in an increasingly multi-faith, multi-cultural Australia that students «have
knowledge and understanding
of others».
A spokesperson for the DfE said: «The reformed GCSE in
religious studies is designed to increase pupils»
knowledge of other faiths by ensuring all students study the beliefs, teachings and sources
of wisdom
of at least two religions for the first half
of their GCSE.
Though they may deprecate religion, they are as bad as the worst
of the
religious in not listening to the views
of the
other side — after all, they have the
knowledge that few do.
Pastoral counseling has evolved from
religious counseling to pastoral psychotherapy, which integrates theology and
other faith tradition
knowledge, spirituality, the resources
of faith communities, the behavioral sciences, and in recent years, systemic theory.
The reasons for negative attitudes towards and rejection
of «mixed» couple relationships are largely based on deep - rooted assumptions and stereotypes about «mixed» families, and limited
knowledge about
other people's racial, ethnic and
religious backgrounds.
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