Sentences with phrase «living system of belief»

Yet, in my view, a living system of belief requires doubts to birth research, concerns that give way to rethinking, and exploration of our own deep assumptions that let us realize our own humanness and limitations.

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Beliefs are like the root system of our lives.

Loyola keeping a Catholic identity helps promote real intellectual diversity in American public life (and, again, I'd say the same as to other religious universities; I can imagine some religious belief systems that are so pernicious that, while they must be constitutionally protected, we can still say they hurt American life more than they help it, but I think that most of the traditions that found universities do have a good deal to contribute).

Financial industry norms and academic theories — even popular beliefs — have always assumed assets saved for retirement would be systematically withdrawn — following the «4 % rule» or some other rule of thumb or system — by retirees in order to maintain a consistent standard of living.

If your belief system is based on bringing misery into the lives of others who are not in your church, then that's a sad way to live your life.

They do not like to call it their god but it is the core of their belief system and directs their journey in life.

it's good if it gets more people to stop following these ridiculous belief systems that have zero grounding in the realities of life that we now know to be axiomatic to existence.

Unless it was meant for us as a new system to drop Republican systems for the Royalist systems that are taking place now that Jordan and Morocco both Royelists are planed to join GCC as one with a change to the name of the GCC since the Royalist empire will be extending to countries outer of the Arabian Gulf Countries... What ever it is all we need is freedom of rights, justice, peace, equality and to live in prosperity... Egypt is not in the heart of Egyptions only but as well in the heart of every Arabic nation, Egyptions were our teachers in our schools and Egypt was the university of our Yemeni students... Egypt was the source of islamic educations, Egypt was the face of all arts, books, papers, TV plays and movies to all of Arabian speaking countries... Egypt is our Arabian Icon so please please other nations are becoming larger and stronger in the area on your account as a living icon for the Arabian Unity what ever our faiths or beliefs are we are brothers in blood, culture and language, God Bless to All.Amen.

To Ephriam: Yes, my belief system is made up of a living trinity with God at the head; Jesus at the right hand and the Holy Spirit in an intrinsic spot.

Get your belief system out of my government, off of my currency, out of my pledge, off of my courthouse steps, and we can live and let live.

Some of us believe in «live and let live» until others try to ram their belief systems down our / our childrens» throats.

I drink on rare occasion, but I would not be a hypocrite for pointing out you were not living your beliefs because the consumption of alcohol is permitted in my belief system.

It is our duty as Americans to know and appreciate the systems of belief — the mythic cosmologies, the scientific laws, the common - sense attitudes — that in times past have served to give coherence and purpose to our life together.

What religion offers: — The opportunity to avoid eternal punishment for not worshiping / believing in my god (not worried enough to care)-- An explanation for the universe and why we are here (I'll take the knowledge gained from the application of the scientific method, but thanks)-- Living forever in heavenly bliss (I am content with this life)-- The opportunity to divide humanity based upon different belief systems (There is enough dividing us already)-- Purpose, a code of ethics, and fulfillment (I have that already, without religion)-- Develop a personal relationship with god (I've never seen or heard from any gods nor have I seen any independantly verified scientifically collected peer reviewed proof.

The fanatical belief systems of these fundamentalists is characterised as «medieval» (e.g. in https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/), used here in the sense of being centuries out of date and repressive, contrasted with the «liberated» society in which we live in the West.

Stripped of any belief in the kind of higher consolation that makes sense of life's inevitable injustices and humdrum frustrations, the demands that people place on the political system «become as infinite as the infinity they have lost.»

Since the belief system of a parish includes not only its formal creeds but also the meanings it assigns to itself and its members as finite bodies, to learn about a church's world view — what it believes is really going on in life — one must listen to the church's stories about its own body and those of the members who constitute it.

It is my conviction that America's continued belief in a work - dominated value system has obscured her vision of life's possibilities.

America's continued belief in a work - dominated value system has obscured its vision of life's possibilities.

Even if those checks and balances seem to go against your beliefs, if you still respect the system itself along with the other groups there is still a better chance to live in relative peace then just pushing some sort of movement to eradicate religion altogether.

Those of us who do not share a particular belief system should be respectful of others who have such a value in their lives.

In an essay on «The Theology of Religion» (I.T.C. Journal, I / 1, 1974), I have argued that a theologian can have his life and thought enriched by this experience precisely because he views the faith of other persons from within his own system of belief and thought.

The basis of your belief system appears to be that, you will go to a place of eternal fire and torture, unless you accept that 2000 years ago god sent a piece of himself to Earth in human form (Jesus) knowing in advance that this Jesus would live, be crucified, died, then come alive again, then ascend to heaven to rejoin himself, and that this was the only way that humans could be cleansed of the evil that is inherent in them because a rib woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat an apple.

The bible was written by a nation of people who believed a certain way and used those writings to encourage their people to stay with a belief system that worked for them and their way of life.

All I'm simply stating is, at the end of our journey in life, whether if come naturally, forcefully, or spiritually, we will see whose belief system was right.

Most atheists are willing to live and let live, but as soon as anyone expresses disbelief here they are excoriated by believers and their motives questioned as being part of a movement or a system of beliefs.

After all these years of study, of experience, of seeing others change, and becoming a different person myself, my belief system has gone a long way from «because the bible says so» to lets see everything the bible has to say about it, what was going on then, who it was said to, and what it means in the context of life today.

As a white, middle - class woman living in California, rarely have I faced real pain as a result of complex systems, and strongly held societal, cultural or political traditions and beliefs.

While we are interested in bearing witness to the gospel of Jesus, our mission is not to recruit people from one religious institution or belief system for another; nor to give them new laws, dogmas and rituals; but rather to persuade all to change our lives and ways, and adopt a new way of seeing, doing and being.

Somehow, a belief system that teaches people that they are the center of all the universe, created in the image of the most perfect being imaginable, strikes me as a bit more of an ego trip than accepting that we aren't destined to live forever because of our «specialness», but that we live our short lifetimes and die like every other living thing on the planet, our bodies decomposing and ultimately entering the food chain once again, on a tiny speck of a planet in an ordinary, remote backwater of the universe.

This daily exposure to alternate hero systems threatens our belief that our particular cultural heroics, our way of life are eternal and timeless.

Shawn: Since you do not believe in the meaning of the Cross, nor any other symbols of belief, perhaps you should stop using our money, using our legal system, living under US law, using the protection of our laws as they were set up under God.

In return, I ask others to respect me as a human being who lives a very moral life just because that is also part of my belief system.

The mature believer does not base his or her faith on a theological belief system; but on the experience of a transformed life that has resulted from taking a leap of trust / faith in God.

It seems the state of man across all systems that we have these sorts of people that need their orthodoxies to be pure, and yet, if we all were to be honest with ourselves we'd have to truly know our assumptions, the assumptions that we each make as we come to our faith and belief and living statements.

The people living at that time had become disillusioned with certain beliefs of Hinduism including the caste system, which had grown extremely complex.

The claim of Christian belief is not first and foremost that it offers the only accurate system of thought, as against all other competitors; it is that, by standing in the place of Christ, it is possible to live in such intimacy with God that no fear or failure can ever break God's commitment to us, and to live in such a degree of mutual gift and understanding that no human conflict or division need bring us to uncontrollable violence and mutual damage.

What I've decided to do is live freely myself while challenge all ideas, beliefs, traditions, powers and systems that threaten the well - being and liberty of all people everywhere.

Instead of saying all those belief systems need to go away or that it is somehow harmful to have a belief such as that, I propose we agree to disagree in life and understand that diversity means respecting those whose beliefs with which we disagree.

Driven by personal tragedy... and a desire to convert every single human on the planet to his misguided, sectarian belief system, man builds wooden symbols of Jew who may have lived 2000 years ago.

What emerges in a given situation as «operant religion» will differ considerably from the «formal religion» of the historic creeds, and more concern with the former is essential to understanding how belief systems function in people's daily lives.»

I generally put this down to very religious people (who have been raised with the concept that God is personally invested in them and is a central force in their life) experiencing the thought of a person without a religious belief system as being close to someone soul-less: without morals and without any fear of punishment (hell), so obviously less trustworthy than religious people who have a spiritual Big Brother and religious community watching their every move.

That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins — all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.

But religion, unfounded self - reinforcing systems of belief that can have powerful, often negative influences over virtually all parts of our lives, shouldn't have a place any more than mal - ware has a place on our computers.

Since atheism has no such codified belief system, and system of living, as religion does, it is NOT a religion.

If there is any kind of higher life form and / or consiousness that is responsible for «everything» it seems likely that «it» is either incapable or unwilling to come right out and tell us all which of the many religous belief systems has got it 100 % right.

When a person becomes a Christian, they do so through the saving KNOWLEDGE of Christ which get incorporated into their faith and belief system, and through Baptism and infusion of the Holy Spirit continues to cause regeneration in the life of a person until they die, and inherit eternal life.

Morals do not come from your belief system and are common amongst all walks of life regardless of belief / disbelief.

A person's system of belief so annoys you that it actually dictates they way you live?

In their quest for righteousness, they often become self righteous, using their belief system as a weapon, to bash over the heads of others, rather than as a tool to improve their own lives and to become a living example of what true christians should be like or what truly compassionate humans should be like, it's very sad, that so many christians don't have a clue how to act like decent people, and that they are hypocrites and full of hate.