Even after an article
on knowledge of religion people still show their lack of knowledge and worship of power, money, and greed.
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.
As one of Jehovah «a Witnesses I am at peoples doors asking questions and I find a great lack of
knowledge of religion in the community where i live, Nashville.
``... 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.»
But since they can not go back behind the secularism which dominates the modern world nor behind the
wider knowledge of religions which characterizes the modern religious consciousness, they find themselves facing most difficult problems, when they attempt to recover the absoluteness of the Bible and the revelation of which it speaks.
I am sad for that professor and have to wonder if in those private moments to come if he will find comfort in his
academic knowledge of religion and doctrine if he could not reflect on meaningful relationships with his family or students?
The fact that I scored 100 % on the little online multiple - guess sub-sample of the test is not a testament to my intelligence, just my
general knowledge of religions.
two hundred - and - fifity in one archdiocese!?!?! I am not catholic, and therefore make no claims to
specific knowledge of the religion nor those in positions of authority.
It is all right for a little girl to learn a little about penguins, but
superficial knowledge of religion and theology among adults is rampant and destructive on the American scene, and even within the American church, not entirely excepting, alas, the clergy.
Just like most of the people on this board who make supid remarks based on
cursory knowledge of religion without even knowing the basic tenets of the myriad number of belief systems.
It is too difficult to cope with such a task if not having some special and
deep knowledge of religion in whole and in Christianity in particular.
The apparent moral weakness and inefficiency of the creedal churches, together with the
wider knowledge of the religions of foreign and ancient peoples, produced in many minds a critical attitude toward the church, comparable in many ways to the situation which had threatened the medieval establishment centuries before.
Since humans are flawed creatures, we must recognize that each one of us is capable of being wrong or bad, so, the consequences of our actions must be consistent or no law and no amount of
knowledge of any religion will matter.
As the co-authors of Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers (not to mention the popular New Monasticism and Jesus for President), Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson - Hartgrove merge
their knowledge of religion and politics to build a basis on social justice and helping out those in need.
Oh yes there are, there are the people who claim to be Christian but have
no knowledge of their religion nor do they really want any... and that is about 95 % of them.
While the questions and the survey are all very interesting I do not think that whether a person knows that Mother Teresa was a Catholic or that the majority of Indonesians are Muslim really say anything at all about either their IQ or
their knowledge of religion.
The survey nor the article are about religion; they are about
the KNOWLEDGE of religion (s).
This article nor the survey were about religion, but rather they were about
the knowledge of religion.
I use
that knowledge of my religion to further empower my thought process so i can have answers for questions like yours.
Point made: even the posters here lack
any knowledge of religion.
You can hold certain religious practices and have
some knowledge of your religion in order to live in such a manner.
In judging the religion of a people one should consider not only
their knowledge of their religion and their practices in living up to it, but also their disposition, their sentiments toward their religion.
Some graduates choose to increase
their knowledge of religion / theology through a postgraduate qualification such as a Masters or PhD.