Sentences with phrase «made by religious people»

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The platform us Parkland Students have established is to be shared with every person, black or white, gay or straight, religious or not, who has experienced gun violence, and hand in hand, side by side, We Will Make This Change Together.
«The platform us Parkland Students have established is to be shared with every person, black or white, gay or straight, religious or not, who has experienced gun violence, and hand in hand, side by side, We Will Make This Change Together,» she also wrote on Twitter.
If you want to keep people focused on your religion as a unifying set of moral and practical codes to live by, make attendence to religious services and taking the day off work to attend mandatory or else it is a sin punishable by death.
Zeus, Venus, Satan, Sheva, Krisna, Jesus, Allah... all embraceable man - made myths for people too mentally conditioned to honestly consider their own religious brainwashing, too lazy and / or stupid to actually confront and learn the science of mother nature, and too empowered / deluded by sectarian association to relocate their nose an inch away from the ass end of the sheep they follow in single file.
An implicit apology must be made for the author's faith, an assurance that, yes, this is religious but it can be understood and appreciated by people who are not religious (everyone who is normal and cultured).
The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).
Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...
«god» doesn't exist and is make believe, your religious texts were written by human beings without any kind of «divine inspiration» regardless of what you read in them... written by people who thought the Earth was flat... it isn't.
The distinction the Oliners made between the appropriation of religious traditions by non-rescuers and rescuers comes to mind here: The rescuers tended to understand the inclusiveness and extensiveness of injunctions to love to extend to all persons and groups.
At several junctures I have pointed to the absence of any framework by which the Oliners can distinguish qualitative differences in the ways persons are religious, the ways they make sense of the claims of care, and the ways they interpret what is their duty or obligation.
People like Jon are the reason I will need to stay vigilant long after my children graduate to make sure that they are not poisoned by the «science» of the religious zealots, but so to that my future doctors are not, as well!
Most every decision a person makes throughout their daily lives — at the office, the grocery store, the baseball park, the beach, the shopping mall, wherever — is guided by their religious principles.
By the way, you can try that anytime of the year, you don't have to make it a religious sacrafice to be a good person.
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.
The Dutch people are tolerant, he told me, and hence in Amsterdam, there are no ethnic or religious minorities, an achievement made possible by the fact that although a majority of residents are of Dutch descent, only around 25 percent call themselves Christian.
The Faith Movement is a group of priests, religious and lay people, drawn together by a shared vision of God made Man as the fulfilment of Creation.
This model invites students to see the New Testament as the product of a profoundly human process of experience and interpretation, by which people of another age and place, galvanized by a radical religious experience, sought to understand both that experience and themselves in the light of the symbols made available to them by their culture.
That's one of the things that make this whole issue so absurd — religious people demand the right to government - led prayer (a prayer that meets with their approval, of course), but the things they'll typically ask for in their prayers can't be by accomplished by their god anyway, so it's a lot of unnecessary trouble over nothing.
The decision in the Hobby Lobby case helps prevent progressives from achieving their goal of making religious people into dhimmis, second - class citizens in a society governed by secular values.
Hitler figured out a way to exterminate people based purely on a choice they made by free will (their religious affiliation), he only killed a few million people and he is considered the embodiment of human evil.
So, I sincerely and respectfully ask of individuals who back anti-choice campaigns by citing personal moral or religious reasons this question, which I ask out honest curiosity: how can you recognize the consequences, historically, of legally banning a certain choice a person makes, and maintain that your moral code has not been violated, or even argue that your moral or religious code has been upheld, or elevated?
«We support an executive order making clear that people of religious conviction will not be pushed aside by the federal government as we seek to serve our neighbors, including those who disagree with us.»
If there is one God who made and loves all people and seeks from them an answering love and obedience, then perhaps spiritual experience is that which unites, and the world of religious differences is caused by cultural and historical variations.
Considering atheists are being effected by religion a lot more than the average person (whether self inflicted or not) it makes sense you'd find atheists commenters on religious artcles.
ops sorry i meant Amniculi... blah blah blah about Poe's Law,, its hypocrisy!!!!!! talk trash about Christianity should be able to do the same about Islam, not encourging it just saying do nt be scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do it will its not a felony yet, cause soon you wont be able too... Let me be clear, I meant express your opinions, comments about any religion as you do about Christianity, plus Im not religious, i just believe in jesus christ son of god and the word of the bible which is difference religion is made by people...
In his Stages on Life's Way (SLW), Kierkegaard speaks of irony as the means by which persons make the transition between aesthetic and ethical awareness, and humor as the means for making the transition between ethical and religious awareness.
This requires rocking the boat sometimes... by asking questions, telling stories, and teaching truths that make some religious people uncomfortable or even upset.
They are made to act — and should want to act — as agents of the public fisc who can not rightfully use the tax funds paid under duress of law by all the people — of many faiths and no faith — for the imposition of the religious beliefs or for the institutional advantage or aggrandizement of the sponsoring church.
Tyagi Bill supported by the Prime Minister Desai restricting religious conversion and also the discrimination of scheduled caste converts to Christianity in the special benefits to people of the scheduled caste background, may be mentioned as violations of the covenant on the part of the State; and the Christian people have been unhappy at giving up minority communal safeguards and many efforts to organize Christian political parties off and on have been made in several states especially in the South by Christians.
People refusing medical treatment because they think they can pray disease away, The demoralizing way religion makes you feel about yourself (I am a wretch, a sinner, a bad person by nature), the religious wars that have been fought for millenia, the self righteous passing laws based on THEIR beliefs (change to the pledge of allegience which now excludes anyone who does not believe in a fairy godfather, the change to the national motto that turned it into the lie «in god we trust», the bigotry that «my religion is the right one and you are wrong so I'll pray for you» kind of crap... don't you realize that it is insulting to me when someone says they will pray for me... its the same as saying I'm going to do something for you but there won't be any effect, so it is just a waste of time.
A more reflective reading of the Gospels makes it very clear that it was not the Father God who demanded the death of Jesus; but the Religious and Political elites whose power was being challenged by the Gospel message that Jesus was preaching to the common people.
«We have no government armed in power capable of contending in human passions unbridled by morality and religion... Our Consti - tution was made only for a moral and religious people.
This was, there is no need for hand - outs by the church goers, for there is nothing to fix... in the religious persons eyes, if the outside is god made then it is perfect yet they all go inside to worship... rather silly.
In the Genesis narratives, for example, Abraham is depicted neither as a religious philosopher nor as a reformer but as someone whom God «makes his own» and ordains to be the progenitor of a family - nation that would serve as a pilot - people for humanity by keeping God's way — the avoidance of violence and the practice of justice under law (Genesis 18:19).
The dynamics of such nursing and biting by immature persons makes it clear that pastoral or religious services to inmates must support a redirection of hostility as well as meeting their needs.
We (religious people) like to commit violence and then justify it by blaming God for it, which makes it infinitely more evil.
The most obvious example is every time there is an article about religion made by CNN or any others on the internet, atheists are there first posting their filthy comments way before any religious people even commented.
And all of this... is being attempted by virtue of the fact of the very things you claimed to hate earlier in your posting where you said:» What I absolutely detest is the divisive nature of religious mind control that makes good people do horrible things without question based on fear.
Shouldn't logic and reason be held with higher regard then belief for a god which based on our laws should have no impact on choices made by that person??? Why then do people vote on a religious basis and not merit, honor, and integrity?
One of the participants at the research conference, an electronic church broadcaster, summed up all of the data by stating, «It looks like the research is saying that all that religious TV is doing is to make people feel good and to get them to keep on doing what they're doing!»
Other models can be found in the approaches used by chaplains in hospitals, universities and prisons, where contact with unbelievers is part of the normal day's work, and where a real response can be made based on knowledge of the state of people's religious views and needs.
At the press conference announcing the Annenberg - Gallup study, a member of the audience, himself an electronic - church broadcaster, summed up the report by commenting, rather wistfully, «It looks like the research is saying that all that religious TV is doing is to make people feel good and to get them to keep on doing what they «re doing!»
Colin, stop making people aware of God, Lucifer and Religious BOGUS stories to used by those with over active imaginations to make the stories «stick» over generations along with abuse, torture and indoctrinations of helpless minds.
Our rationale was that any mature commitment that intelligent young people might make to a religious faith should be critically tested by the very best opponents.
Jeff: This is what causes division as we go about doing even good things, out of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to set up another sect out of our carnal nature; above is the outcome; Jesus came to cause division among men that tries to become their own god and sets up camp, even for them that call themselves Christian, for them that have went from Him and His Words, even that are not of His Spirit: Jesus said; the Words that I speak are Spirit and Life, That means the Words of man can only bring forth death: Therefore; if we do not have His Spirit in us, then we too can only speak forth death: This is what it is to be a believer, we truly believe our Lord: I can see what the Catholic church and her daughters are doing to form a religious Babylonian city: Even as God caused a division in Babylon in the past because the peoples became great, so to is it now with all of the man made sects of religion: But when we are filled with the Spirit of God then we can not help but to live for God: It is written; those who are led by His spirit are His children: Thank - you Jeff: Those who are of His Spirit will know these truths, those who are not of His Spirit truly believe a believer is as they and can not know what we speak, because they live in unbelief: Thank - you again Jeff; In Jesus Name Alexandria: P.S..
Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz
When a person begins to make accommodations in their religious world view for salvation by means other than Jesus and the teachings of the Bible, they have effectively denied one of the primary tenets of their faith.
It is only religious people who «believe in» things as if they were little children making another little child levitate by putting their index fingers on her and saying, «Light as a feather, stiff as a board» over and over again.
Look at any comment page made by either CNN or any others about a religious subject, the first post made are by Atheists babbling their mouths at religious people way before any believers make a post.
The views of a visiting pope, respected by Catholics and many non-Catholics alike as a moral and spiritual leader of great prominence, will not make persons now unconcerned about global warming suddenly begin to grow concerned, nor even make skeptics of religious freedom begin to take its claims more seriously.
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