Sentences with phrase «made by our beliefs»

God can use those who do not believe, but there are distinctive contributions made by belief.

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Tech companies with no profits (or even much of a business plan) soared to extreme valuations that were justified, in part, by the belief that future profits would be made faster and that equities were less risky than in the past.

The belief that Disney was antisemitic is so widespread that it's been addressed in pop culture, including being spoofed in «Family Guy» and in comments made by Meryl Streep in 2014.

«I will make absolutely certain religious orders like the Little Sisters of Poor are not bullied by the federal government because of their religious beliefs,» Trump wrote in October in a letter to the leaders of Roman Catholic organizations.

That puts us in the awkward position of making ourselves less able by our beliefs than a man whose body is disabled by cerebral palsy.

These impossible standards are secret rules or limiting beliefs we all abide by that direct our work and make it more difficult to complete the tasks we've committed to.

At the time, Ben and I had been investing and operating in the city for over a decade and we were consumed by a belief that we could make a real difference if we stepped away from the traditional model - a model that we felt was dominated by lip service about «hands - on» investing, but that was sorely lacking in GPs who were willing to spend real management company resources to build capabilities that mattered.

Now, my understanding of your position is that you made that original prediction based on the belief that the PRC would be instituting reforms to deleverage aggressively and transfer wealth to the consumer (such that the incorrect prediction was more that you were overly optimistic about the PRC's willingness to head off these systematic risks) and that your current prognosis of ~ 3 % GDP growth has an entirely separate causative element; that is to say, your previous prediction was based on the idea the PRC would be enacting reforms to ward off systematic risks, whereas your current estimation of GDP growth is instead based on the drag produced by these very systematic risks the PRC has failed to deal with.

This retrospective summarizes key models that make psychology - based assumptions about: individual preferences; individual beliefs; and, the process by which individuals make decisions.

With a belief that progress depends on collaboration, we are leveraging this technology by making it an open platform.

The lack of belief in the stock has recently been highlighted by the fact 16 per cent of the share register is sold short, making Syrah the third most shorted stock on the ASX.

In making the forward - looking statements in this release, the Company has applied certain factors and assumptions that are based on the Company's current beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company, including that all conditions to the closing of the Transactions will be satisfied, including receipt of all required approvals, and the Transactions will complete on the terms set out in the APA and the SPA, the acquisition of the NODE40 Business will have the benefits to the Company anticipated by management, the 5,000 Rigs will be successfully ordered and delivered, the 5,000 Rigs will perform as expected by management and the timing, installation and performance of the 770 Rigs will be consistent with management's expectations.

By examining the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, students learn that a belief in one's self can make positive things happen in life.

But to claim that God would bless you by making life harder on another human being, in this case your own son, is beyond belief.

It protects people of ALL faiths or NO faiths by making it illegal for the government to espouse ANY ONE belief system.

This is a nice little piece, well - written, and in the belief blog... but, once you scan down a bit further, the story gets slaughtered by the same - ole, same - ole gang of people making judgements on people's beliefs.

And although their decisions are approved by higher - level administrators after they have been made, approval is unrelated to candidates» religious beliefs.

In many cases, the children about whom the decisions are being made are too young to subscribe to the religious beliefs held by their parents, yet we continue to respect the parents beliefs.

But we do see things consistent with the Bible, To take a concrete example, the Bible states that Israel wold be destroyed as a nation, but after a long period of time would become a nation again, It's a matter of belief whether the Bible made a God - inspired prophecy or a lucky guess, But it's a matter of objective fact that Israel was destroyed by the Romans and became a nation again in 1948.

Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie can make you live forever if you accept a blood sacrifice and symbolically eat his flesh and drink his blood, and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a woman made from a rib was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree: makes perfect sense

I know it is comforting to think that, and by all means, if it makes life for you easier, then fine, believe... but you can not logically argue with Atheists and expect not to look foolish on the subject matter because your belief is not based on logic.

Because the believers try to force their beliefs onto others by making them law.

Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib - woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree... yeah, makes perfect sense.

What happened to you could have been done by a believer or non believer, belief in a deity does not automatically make one amoral.

Christianity: The belief that a big invisible sky wizard chanted magic spells to make the universe and then had to sacrifice himself to himself to save us from a punishment he made himself by exploiting a loop hole in a plan he made himself so he doesn't have to torture you forever and ever in his torture pit.

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.

«Non-believers» can sometimes be angry when fervent believers believe so very fervently that they insist everybody ELSE believe as fervently as THEY do, and then they want our government to enforce that fervent belief by making our kids pray in schools to your concept of a god.

People who are in their final stages don't need self - righteous folks like you making themselves feel better by spouting out their beliefs.

I find it interesting that the apparent atheists who feel the need to make themselves feel better by criticizing the bible and Christianity with snide little comments would even waste their time reading a blog — about belief.

See, Buddha lived before Christ and the two shared the same beliefs, ergo, Jesus, the real McCoy Jesus, not the one made up by the w hores who penned the N.T., was a disciple of the Buddha.

Faith that the sun will rise is more of a resonable expectation than a belief despite evidence — there is a precedent set based on long observation by not only the person making the belief statement, but also by everybody else in the world (except maybe the Inuit).

«Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.»

It is a call for like - minded people of like - faith to UTILIZE the religions freedom established by our forefathers to vote into office a person who... according to our shared beliefs... fits in with our concept of what makes a person «honest, forthright, [and has] a healthy vision for the nations future & its citizens.»

It's to the point with some Christian posters here that any criticism of their actions and religious beliefs garners the immediate judgment that the person doing so is being hateful when, in reality, they are only fulfilling that very same Bible observation made by Jesus.

Why aren't atheists ever swayed into belief by WLC's meanderings about his hypothetical «uncaused caused» (named god) which is made of nothing but poofed everything into existence from its nothingness?

Remember, Christianity is the belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a woman made from a rib was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

Please respect my religious beliefs by making a trivial compromise regarding work uniform.»

but you have no right whatsoever to make people who do not share this belief live by it.

No belief can be proven even the most fundamental (e.g., you say that there are laws of thermodynamics, and I say that we might be in some very intelligent monster's dream and that all the «laws» here are made up by this monster.

The belief that the cartoon is lampooning is that homosexuals are made so by their environment; that is correct; but it does so by implying that this belief necessarily implies that heterosexuals are also made so by their environment.

Your constant insistence in challenging my view that God is real and exists is not just rude in the extreme... but continuing to make an incredible ASS out of yourself while doing it by distorting my words is beyond belief.

I have recently become very disgusted with the way theology makes so many people act when they are confronted by their beliefs, and you have described those reactions perfectly in your description of «shotgun hermenuetics.»

«Even though starting a government meeting with a religious prayer is offensive to many, considered a violation of our const.itution by many, makes many feel ostracized and as if their voice will not be given equal consideration to those who are religions, I think we should still start of government meetings with prayers because this is a country that believes in the free expression of ones beliefs and opinions without fear of percecution.»

By creating a blanket requirement for all fetal death experiences ranging from miscarriage to abortion (as opposed to making these provisions an option), this bill attempts to force women into a belief they may not espouse.

Many people have thought that a belief in destiny implies that everything will happen by itself, whether we wish it or not, and that such a belief will make people apathetic and indifferent toward all progress.

I believe they would see the former as corrupted with certain gnostic beliefs that slander God's character and make Him out to be a liar, while the latter would be seen as so corrupted by paganism that it basically boils down to rude idolatry sprinkled with certain Christian beliefs.

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.

By restricting the activities of foreign organizations and what are seen as non-Russian forms of religious belief, the Russian government has consolidated its religious support and made an intentional (and enforceable) display of Russian cultural unity in the face of the external pressures of consumerism, individualism, and secularism.

If for example the Christian Gospels are considered by themselves without any background of definite belief, or any authoritative norm of interpretation, all sorts of meanings can be put upon the bare words, the more so if the critic is ready and willing to make the early disciples of Christ neurotics, hysterics, or downright liars as the occasion may demand.

Our engagement in the world in an anxious age is made possible by our confidence in the gospel in a pluralistic society where people have profoundly different beliefs.