Sentences with phrase «less devout»

They will rise into the sky leaving unbelievers, those who are less devout, and sinners behind.

The less devout, however, may conclude that in this case more is less, and fidelity not always a virtue.

Large numbers of more or less devout people, and even certain branches of the church, cling to beliefs and practices which are essentially magical and hence deny the supremacy of God.

He's studied the religious patterns of immigrants into Canada and found that when people migrate into a Western society — for example, Buddhists from Southeast Asia — they either become much more devout or much less devout.

I'm not widely known as a good person, much less a devout Chris tian.

Not exact matches

So, to me, the real question becomes do you, as a devout Christian, vote for someone that has rejected the Bible and its Christian tenets in favor of a different path to salvation, or someone that actually does believe in the Bible and its Christian tenets but interprets those tenets in a less literal way that seems to run counter to your more literal beliefs?

The adherents of those religions are no less sincere or devout than you and they have exactly the same amount of evidence to support their beliefs.

If you are devout in a particular religion, it makes you much less likely to want to learn about other religions.

And this, for the devout, was, on its highest level, the experience of salvation: not deliverance or welfare or the like — though these are comprised within the scope of the term — but most of all an assurance of God's gracious attitude and concern toward the individual, not less than toward the nation.

This is less to do with immigration to the UK, which is extremely stringent, than it does to do with the fact that Muslims name their kids after a single person, as often as devout Christians named their kids after a whole host of saints.

A new study shows that many devout Americans know less about religion than do atheists.

How is it that rigorous, academic «discipline and commitment» leads a devout chappie into feeling less close to God?

Probably most of the others in the group are also less than devout.

Though her career spans an extraordinary sixty years, Doris Roberts seems certain to forever be identified solely as Marie Barone or «the mother from «Everybody Loves Raymond»» for less than devout viewers of that highly - rated, long - running CBS sitcom.

Koch introduces seven deleted scenes as well as the section for them, where we uncover a less incoherent version of the film's car alarm set - piece, as well as one «Three's Company» scenario too many as Paul, wired for eavesdropping, fakes being a devout Christian to get out of sex with Karen.

Governor Bobby Jindal, a conservative Republican and a devout Catholic, is even less disposed to resurrect the old regime.

In this sense, the very people who should have been most enthusiastic about Catholic schools — the clergy and devout parents — had less and less incentive to save them.

What is so interesting about this post from a reportedly devout Christian is that the content of her books speaks to a less - than - devout audience, including one book co-written under both of her names that features gods from Greek mythology, something that is outside the teachings of Christianity.

She also has another dog: my less - than - devout step - sister, Tammy, who is another rescue and a complete pain in the ass.

Hopefully, both Crews and his devout gaming fans will find solace in the fact that even if he'll never be the epic Doomfist we wanted, he can still become the (less cool) Commander Jaxon.

BBD, As relieved as we are a devout «believer» such as yourself is finally stumbling towards a grasp of the basic principles of radiative physics etc, you need to now start thinking about joining the adult discussions on vastly less clear problems like the * size * of the AGW effect of AGW compared to natural forces, feedbacks etc..