Sentences with phrase «less about your faith»

As an atheist, I could care less about your faith.

One cause of this decline in awareness of Buckley's Catholicism may be the fact that he wrote less about his faith than any other major Catholic figure of the twentieth century — at least, if we calculate by sheer percentage of the prose he turned out in his hugely productive lifetime.

I could care less about your faith.

Not exact matches

At the end, people care less about the facts than about a lack of faith and trust.»

I am not sure that a practicing believer of any faith, taking a break from verbosity about their religion, will be any less religious... or gain much insight into the commonality of humanity and human experience.

I don't know about you, but for me my faith is LESS about getting into heaven and MORE about what I do with this life I have been given.

Our son's family are members of a community church (Southern Baptist, more or less), where, last Sunday, the pastor preached on putting faith into practice, and pointed out that there are about 250 orphans living in our area.

This may all be less problematic with simple, concrete objects («chair»), but is far more difficult with abstract concepts and ideas, particularly about God, religion, politics, metaphysics, etc. («love», «faith», «nature», «sacrifice», «purity», «freedom»).

Plus, in the modern of era of music, «worship» has become less about a genre and more about the song itself, with artists from a variety of backgrounds performing stripped - down spiritual odes about God and faith.

The funny thing about # 6, asking for more faith, is that you end up getting less faith, but more knowledge and understanding.

I think rather that what he is saying is this: Revolutionary violence is to such a degree the only possible expression of the Christian faith that, if I suspect that my faith is leading me to become less violent, I am mistaken about the content of the faith and must abandon it; because, having decided for violence, I am sure that I am in the true Christian succession.

but as there are not, the g.ay lobby is instead fighting the greater underpinning of conservatives» faith — which begins to feel less like a «hey, let's think about our same Jesus together» to a «hey, your Jesus su.cks; come let me replace your entire faith with my version.»

It wasn't just about the subject matter — although it's tricky to write about such a tender and intimate time in a person's life, to tell your own story while still holding space for stories that are so different than your own, to attempt to shepherd people well in the liminal spaces of their faith journeys — but it was also just the season of life with being pregnant with our fourth and then giving birth and suddenly having four tinies between the ages of 9 and newborn meant I had a lot less time with a lot less energy (and even less sleep!)

So a Christian could be extremely knowledgeable about their own faith, but less so about others, and would be unlikely to do well on this survey.

Other factors God has used to bring about today's Muslim movements were less intuitive, yet equally prominent in the testimonies of Muslims coming to faith in Christ.

Laymen also make comments which show that they feel the need of more direct address in preaching and less talking about the faith as if it were only a set of optional ideas.

I just worry about Christians, who already doubt their faith on their own (we all do from time to time), getting any help in the doubt department with ideas that God really doesn't exist... from clergy no less.

I find I am continually being drawn towards a faith that is less about rewards and punishment (read: heaven and hell) and more about developing a relationship with God here and now.

I've witnessed literally to thousands of college students in one - on - one discussions and when it comes down to it, most of them could care less about the excellent historical, scientific, and textual evidence we have for our faith.

I recently attended a event where a Mormon and a Baptist engaged in this kind of civil and respectful dialogue about their respective faiths and similar to your feelings I came away with the stronger conviction that we need more real dialogue and less the perpetuations of stereotypes and religious polemic.

So far our comments have been largely a contrast of stances toward human existence: a plea for a more truly dialectical, less dualistic understanding of the relation between form and energy, a plea for a similar openness toward the past, a question about the future to the effect that the incompleteness of the present ought not to frustrate Dr. Altizer into insisting that the total reversal promised by the glimpsed eschatological future be the only standard or norm of faith.

How about we just settle on «Morons»... given that it is only one less letter that Romney's crackpot faith.

Hence, faith in revelation's word about the ultimately trustworthy character of reality is no less rational than is the trust in truth, goodness, and beauty that makes all academic pursuits possible.

I agree that it would be a disservice to yourself and your children to be anything less than authentic and honest about what your faith means and doesn't mean to you.

Emphatic that «faith is personal and honorable and uncorrupted by political influence,» Mondale is less clear about how religious and moral meaning should enter into the public forum.

Missionary dating, dating someone of another faith, marrying someone of another faith... these things all come about because trusting God is extremely difficult when life becomes less than we expected, when frustration sets in because things aren't happening the way we think they are supposed to.

The takeaway is clear: Young people simply care less about someone's faith tradition, or their belief in God, when considering national identity.

But it is possible to hold to different faiths and support a move towards a more or less consensus about cultural and moral values through rational dialogue among faiths, and reinforce that consensus from different faith - standpoints.

... wow, lot's of mis - statements here by people speculating about the Bible and Jesus, including those of you who think the books of the Bible were written a few hundred years ago (Moses penned it around 1400BC)... the Bible is a collection of the most investigated writings of all time, so there is a tremendous amount of credible archeological and scientific material in this world available for review rooted in verifiable investigations... my response, read the Bible, do your own investigation, determine the Truth for yourself... hopefully, anne rice's denouncement of faith in the God of the Bible (it's difficult for me to believe she ever had Saving Faith in the first place) will bring some readers to investigate and find the Truth... God will call the Elect, not one more, not one lefaith in the God of the Bible (it's difficult for me to believe she ever had Saving Faith in the first place) will bring some readers to investigate and find the Truth... God will call the Elect, not one more, not one leFaith in the first place) will bring some readers to investigate and find the Truth... God will call the Elect, not one more, not one less...

But it is possible to hold to different Faiths and support a move towards a more or less consensus about cultural and moral values through rational dialogue among Faiths, and reinforce that consensus from different faith - standpoints.

Most Catholics don't know their faith that well and know even less about Protestantism.

Those who do practise often function at a fairly minimal level, and are unfamiliar with the great Catholic writers — or even with the lesser ones — and have no sense of zeal or excitement about imparting knowledge of the Faith, much less devotion to it.

And even if it were the case that in the past we spent less time defending and discussing specific dogmas, there seems to me to be a much more plausible explanation than «no one really used to care about dogma», which is this: it's not that we didn't care about dogma, but rather that the truths of faith have come under unprecedented scrutiny and attack in the modern period, not least fromdissenters within the Church, so it has become essential that we do talk about what we actually believe.

More (or less) thoughts about faith and doubt?

Furthermore, missionaries in - training literally learn EVERYTHING there is to know about your faith in less than 6 months & are «elders».

The pastors are not staying out of politics as it is so they should probably be involved in a way that lines up with their faith... you know, all of that help the less fortunate stuff that seems to be ignored in favor of getting angry about what people do in their bedrooms.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

But reading and writing about racism is starting to destroy my faith in humanity, so let's talk about a Twitter splurge less notable, less important, but perhaps more interesting once you get down to it.

Hamilton might well worry about any environment less holy than her household, or her Faith Tabernacle Church, where she is pastor to «100 faithfuls.»

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

I do think the counter-claims do often demonstrate that is not very much clarity about what the faith or secularism question is about, still less a settled majority view on how to resolve it.

Those references were less about true faith and more about overty differentiating «God - fearing» Americans from the «godless» Communists.

Climatologists, who study longer timescales and are used to working with incomplete records, have more faith in the data, yet know less about the day - to - day dynamics of hurricanes.

So if you're feeling less - than - stellar about your resolutions, look to your support system to restore faith in your journey.

This blog is an effort to better understand the church and how I feel about it with the further hope to help me become less skeptical and have more faith.

It's a survival tale at its core, only less about resourcefulness and perseverance than it is about how desperate circumstances challenge our moral compass and our belief systems — such as notions of faith, compassion, forgiveness, and trust.

A great film about greatness, the story of the horse and the no less brave woman who had faith in him.

It's one thing to shift to avoid an obvious box office killer like a superhero movie, but the January - December move this year is less a show of faith and more about accommodating reshoots.

It would restore my faith in the world if faith schools thought more about educating children and less about pleasing the parents.

But what belies the emphasis on risk is much less extant threats than a distrust of people — a loss of faith in the idea that people can manage their own risks to themselves, to others, and can made decisions about how they are governed.