«Good people» who happen to be be Christian prove nothing about the origins of a man -
made belief system.
And it probably has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity or any other man
made belief system.
i wonder whih god will be more pleased with its slave — the one who murdered a man for his beliefs or the one who allowed his follower to die for his faith either way — god is a man
made belief system that is only a few thousand years old — and in that time, no one single thing has killed more humans, than a man claiming to know the will of some kind of god Faith is good thing, faith in one's self.
That has
made belief systems and arguments about facts far more important than they were in Jesus» day.
Thus, by your logic, you should have no problem with Muslims making up 80 - 90 % of your country's population, voting primarily for Muslim candidates, and constantly striving to
make their belief system the law of the land - as is the case with Christians in the United States.
Just because a country has a majority doesn't
make the belief system for that majority any more true, it simply means that enough fools have been fooled.
Not exact matches
Make that cheesecake, because there is still strong support for Canada's supply management
system for dairy and poultry producers despite Canadians» equally strong
belief in the importance of joining the Trans - Pacific Partnership trade talks.
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Apparently, it's not very easy to admit that one's entire
belief system has been entirely false and it
makes a person feel like a fool.
For now there are many religious sects / denominations due to man -
made doctrines and people who believe but are too lazy to read the word and seek God for themselves so they hook themselves to a sect / denomination and are taught the leaders
belief system instead of the pure word.
Its your
belief system that is
making us all go down the drain.
they are orthodox and live in ancient idiotic
belief system, what
make them think they have any business using technology?
It protects people of ALL faiths or NO faiths by
making it illegal for the government to espouse ANY ONE
belief system.
«I think I am right» des not
make you right, that is why you have such a limited
belief system because everything comes down to «I think I am right» therefore I can and do reject all knowledge that does not agree with my
beliefs.
Regardless of your
beliefs and views, is it not tasteless for CNN to run this as their lead story on Easter morning??? Americans are appalled by anything done to insult Islam believers, so why is this felt to be appropriate??? There is nothing wrong with the article, but its timing
makes it a poor and inflammatory choice of journalism, and would be taken as «persecution» if was directed toward any other
belief system.
On another note if I
make up my own stupid, irrational
belief system do I get to write about it on the front page of a «news» site too?
This author is not someone committed to a set a
beliefs, but is rather someone concerned with how a religious
system can
make them feel.
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.
Instead of reading about a
make -
belief - «Mormon war» — I encourage all to rent the movie, «September Dawn» starring Jon Voight if you really want a history on the Mormon
belief system.
You are taking what he did say and massively misrepresenting it, portraying it according to your warped delusional
belief system, in a failed attempt to
make some seemingly important, at least to you, point.
At this level you not only are able to critique the texts and doctrines and their relationship to one another, but you are able to
make judgments about the whole thought
system and
belief system altogether.
Just because he believes in his Baptist nonsense and can project that onto people that reject his
belief system makes him a judgemental creep.
Even within the context of their
belief system, I can't see how that
makes sense.
Sadly that is not likely to happen... topher has
made it very clear that they hope to homeschool... that poor babe is doomed to repeat the cycle... it's exactly how the
belief system has lasted so long.
They exist to teach a certain set of doctrines /
beliefs to people who want to be indoctrinated in that
system, which will convince certain types of churches that they are «experts» in doctrine and perhaps Bible and therefore should
make a valued employee who will perpetuate the
beliefs of the group.
Gary: I had thought that you were
making a statement about your own
belief system, which I find interesting.
I think that the rigor of the scientific method
makes for less fundamentalist
belief systems because the scientific method is founded in doubt.
Or, if you were an Amish man who shaved it would not
make me a hypocrite to point out that you were a hypocrite because shaving is permitted in my
belief system.
Schooling serves to
make common sense explicit where this is thought necessary, but also to correct common sense with respect to the technical
beliefs and institutional practices that constitute the reigning science, criticism, and legal
system of the culture.
I believe those were the points he was trying to
make, and if you've read through even just 1 page on this forum, you're bound to find a theist who openly advertises the fact that that is one of, if not the sole factor in his
belief system.
If people are
making up religious
belief systems entirely out of their imaginations it only stands to reason that what one group of people in one part of the world come up with will be different than what a different group in some other part of the world come up with independently.
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.»
You don't like Christians having to change their
belief system to fit into the current worldview around them; to you it seems like they are trying to please those same people (
make them feel comfortable) and at the same time dis - honoring God (changing His word).
Leonie Caldecott writes in a style and with assumptions that
make her offerings interesting and acceptable to people who have been brought up to believe in a market - place idea of religion, that it's «all about choice» and that we need to evaluate
belief -
systems in the light of our own knowledge and skills, or what we imagine to be our own knowledge and skills.
There is NO WAY that a single
belief system is correct, particularly if said religion was
made up tens of thousands of years after modern man arrived on the earth, and the assumption is that this religion is the only way man can be «saved».
Btwn this issue and illegal immigration, these issues show how immature so many are in this country, how even after all that education, resort to barbaric
belief systems that should have faded centuries ago, yet
make the basis of an entire political movement.
I'll get you back on assuming you know what my
belief system is by the fact I defended the comments of a person who
made their
beliefs known.
The entire basis of any religion is for a select few to try to enterpret events and the words of others to
make it fit within the context of a given religion /
belief system.
Hey, It'd suit me just fine if I could
make up my own religion... but all I would have is a counterfeit
belief system based on the latest color of the day.
Since religion is a worldview, the minority group probably wants to read further and
make sure they are sound in their
belief system, my guess only.
It isn't atheists who are wanting to
make laws to support their
belief system and keep power.
It was evident that the conversion move was
made after deep and continued consideration of the implications related to their pre-existing
system of
belief.
I
made my decision based on my assessment of the facts I gathered and understanding of my own need for a
belief system.
In what follows, since we can not consider all these things at once, we shall
make our keynote the need to impart to the people a true and vital
system of Christian
belief.
The marvelous flexibility of our economy, our
belief that «change» is a good word, our constant striving for innovation were and are factors that
make ours an economic
system that can compete with — and beat — any other.
It is correct that they believe the holy trinity are three different people, which in their
belief system makes Jesus Christ our brother, and God is actually the Father, who does have a holy partner, his wife.
One ideological difference does stand out between Protestant America and Catholic Mexico; it is the difference in those
belief systems that Max Weber
made explicit.
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.
That's why I don't need to fabricate a complicated
belief system that
makes the claim that I will live forever in paradise if I obey all the rules.
Just because you can rationalize your hatred and intolerance in order to scare others into your
belief system, does not
make it real.