Sentences with phrase «majority of adherents»

Now, I know the vast majority of adherents to religion are good decent, rational people.

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By AD 353 the Christian community in Edessa was divided by the rift between the bishop and his adherents on the one hand and the school of Edessa and the majority of the Christians on the other.

It provides a base for new coalitions between Roman Catholics and Protestants (witness the ecumenical character of its adherents), liberals and conservatives (witness the continuing concerns of the World Council of Churches and the evangelicals» Chicago Declaration), «majorities» and «minorities» (witness the numerous theological works written from black, feminist, Latin American and Anglo perspectives), and therefore can become an acceptable, sound theological foundation for church education.

A perfect counter-example is Hinduism, which by construction is more spiritual than religious — it's adherents do not have strict rules or norms, and there is incredible diversity of norms within one umbrella (some who believe in caste system, even though a large majority of urbanites study in Christian missionary schools; some who believe cows are sacred though 2/3 of Indians are actually non-vegetarian).

But a lot of the blame for the fear should go to terrorist groups and radicals who are soiling my faith and crippling the voices of the overwhelming majority of peaceful adherents.

As lawsuits multiply and partisans continue to squabble over President Donald Trump's executive order banning migration from six majority - Muslim nations, liberals in the mainstream media have been pushing the line that America's historic tolerance of religious diversity no longer extends to adherents of the Islamic faith.

Mass adherents of collective deceptions are typically passionate and honest, and while more intense and biassed at the deeper end, are still not employing intentional deceit in the vast majority of cases.