I just posted this on another topic... change a few words, youll get the point: In an ideal situation, «World Religions» would be part of a «World History» class, unfortunately, in the USA, there are far too many conservative Christians with power to rewrite history, make whole groups of people second class citizens by
making laws against them, and travel the world trying to convert non-Christians through our Military, Politicians, humanitarian efforts and more.
For Paul we escape the power of sin, not by
making laws against it but by participating in the faithfulness, the death, and, eventually, the resurrection of Jesus.
Like I said, should we be
making laws against it?
Can't believe they allow people to
make laws against a minority group based on some book that was written by men thousands of years ago (and revised countless times).
I have a hard time believing that «god» would be so traumatized about a guy getting punched in the wiener to actually
make a law against it... unless the person who actually wrote this was a guy who got punched in the wiener.
That makes laws against them sensible and reasonable.
The States and local municipalities, on the other hand, have the authority to
make laws against it, but I don't think they should.
If you don't want anyone killing you, and society recognizes that everybody feels this way, then
they make a law against murder..
When people follow Jesus, they will follow the Bible which says «do not forsake the assembly of yourselves» and the government can certainly
make a law against public meeting.
Solon, the ancient Athenian lawgiver,
made no law against patricide because he thought it impossible that anyone could commit so unnatural a crime.
Not exact matches
The employer should
make sure that they have a legitimate case
against the employee in this instance because many situations are covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and other
laws that protect employees.
The
law recognizes the corporation as a separate legal entity and any claims that are
made against the corporation can only be paid from corporate assets.
It's actually
against the
law to
make money — that is the job of the government, which over the last decade has been more and more willing to manufacture money in unjustified amounts.
Under a 1991 Federal Act, it's
against the
law to
make these calls to cellphones without the recipient's okay.
And while that's not illegal, it is
against the
law to
make false claims about the nature of the service or lie about being affiliated with the government's Direct Loan Program.
During recent decades, the federal
laws against sex discrimination have
made it easier for women to enter the workplace.
NYU
Law professor Harry First says the DOJ suit
against the AT&T - Time Warner deal may
make other companies reconsider competitive effects of future deals.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to rescind an Obama - era directive that
made enforcing marijuana
laws against companies that comply with state
laws a «low priority» raised ire in both parties and stoked uncertainty in states where the drug is legal.
2.Right - to - work is generally defined as a state where it is
against the
law for a union to be a so - called «closed shop,» requiring all employees to join a union and pay dues.The Michigan
laws would
make membership in a union and payment of dues voluntary and would cover both the private and public sector, except for fire and police unions.
Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, the most prominent openly gay executive, assailed a new Indiana
law that critics say could
make it legal for businesses there to discriminate
against gays and lesbians.
If you had an active shooter situation, could you start stacking furniture
against your office door to
make it harder to get inside until
law enforcement gets there?
While business groups in Indiana, such as the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, have come out decisively
against the
law, Indianapolis, the center of business conference activity in the state, is now fighting to
make sure that businesses don't abandon the city's vital convention industry.
Making a criminal threat is
against the
law but threats are difficult to prosecute generally,» Levin said.
The CFPB in March 2013 released guidance holding lenders responsible for «unlawful, discriminatory pricing» in auto loans, outlining how to comply with a 1970s
law that
makes it illegal for creditors to discriminate
against applications.
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After the Supreme Court in 1911 struck down the form of resale price maintenance enabled by fair trade
laws, 59 Congress in 1937 carved out an exception for state fair trade
laws through the Miller - Tydings Act.60 When the Supreme Court in 1951 ruled that producers could enforce minimum prices only
against those retailers that had signed contracts agreeing to do so, 61 Congress responded with a
law making minimum prices enforceable
against nonsigners too.62
Although in Egypt the top Islamic cleric had issued a «fatwa» (edict)
against bitcoin so
making sure its permissible by local
law is recommended.
The Ohio
laws against discrimination require that all creditors
make credit equally available to all creditworthy customers, and that credit reporting agencies maintain separate credit histories on each individual upon request.
Notice to Ohio Residents: The Ohio
laws against discrimination require that all creditors
make credit equally available to all credit worthy customers, and that credit reporting agencies maintain separate credit histories on each individual upon request.
The Gujarat Police CID Crime division spent two weeks investigating the complaint that was
made against nine members of
law enforcement and two other individuals.
2:
Make no graven image — NOT A
LAW = > intellectual property is a God to many, we have tones of
laws protecting
against false copies (Irrelevent.
1: Have no other gods — NOT A
LAW = > In God we trust is on our legal currency 2: Make no graven image — NOT A LAW = > intellectual property is a God to many, we have tones of laws protecting against false copies 3: Don't take the name in vain — NOT A LAW = > false testimony is a crime as is swearing in some states 4: Honor the Sabbath — NOT A LAW = > employment law in many states prohibits forced labor on religious days 5: Honor thy father and mother — NOT A LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under
LAW = > In God we trust is on our legal currency 2:
Make no graven image — NOT A
LAW = > intellectual property is a God to many, we have tones of laws protecting against false copies 3: Don't take the name in vain — NOT A LAW = > false testimony is a crime as is swearing in some states 4: Honor the Sabbath — NOT A LAW = > employment law in many states prohibits forced labor on religious days 5: Honor thy father and mother — NOT A LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under
LAW = > intellectual property is a God to many, we have tones of
laws protecting
against false copies 3: Don't take the name in vain — NOT A
LAW = > false testimony is a crime as is swearing in some states 4: Honor the Sabbath — NOT A LAW = > employment law in many states prohibits forced labor on religious days 5: Honor thy father and mother — NOT A LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under
LAW = > false testimony is a crime as is swearing in some states 4: Honor the Sabbath — NOT A
LAW = > employment law in many states prohibits forced labor on religious days 5: Honor thy father and mother — NOT A LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under
LAW = > employment
law in many states prohibits forced labor on religious days 5: Honor thy father and mother — NOT A LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under
law in many states prohibits forced labor on religious days 5: Honor thy father and mother — NOT A
LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under
LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under 19.
It's about time the men stop discriminating
against women, stop abusing little boys, and whittle down Canon
Law so it
makes sense.
Alabama's immigration
law, still unsettled, «
makes it illegal for a Catholic priest to baptize, hear the confession of, celebrate the anointing of the sick with, or preach the word of God to, an undocumented immigrant,» as the Archbishop of Mobile, Thomas Rodi, said last year when he joined a suit
against the
law.
My conservative friends want Muslims to dial down the Sharia (religious
law), but to be allies for the good in moral causes, preserving a rigorous view of truth
against liberals who
make so much a matter of feelings.
Scripture
makes clear there are certain actions we can take that have NO
laws against them — and it is possible to live that way.
Try to
make all of the
laws you want
against it, NO STATE SPONSORED RELIGION!!!
The proposed
law wouldn't
make conversion therapy itself illegal; but, it does
make profiting from it
against the
law, labeling it a «fraudulent business practice.»
Mothers
Against Drunk Driving protested the game for giving players the option to drive under the influence (intoxication affects the driving mechanics,
making it harder to steer and obey traffic
laws), and demanded it be barred from retail.
Make wh0rin around
against the
law.
As for your seriously off base torture comparison, if we saw a drastic increase in violent crimes, and there was a public outcry for harsher punishments to try and serve as a deterrent, and the Bill was drafted,
made open to the public, and the solid majority of the population didn't turn
against it with protests, signatures, and contacting their representatives; maybe a torture
law could
make it (though it would never get past the Supreme Court as the Consttution is now, but we'll let that slide as a hypothetical).
What ever it is it became clear that we went and still are going wrong for having left behind
laws and judgments given to us by God Allah and replaced it with
laws and judgments
made by men that are
against what we were instructed to follow up but followed the vain desires of some diverging from the truth although we were warned not to..?
Laws against polygamy (Morill
Laws) were
made a requirement for entry into the Union and it was only then, after 5 failed attempts, that the LDS «prophets» had their divine revelation about polygamy being bad — but even then, it was reluctant.
For in my inner being I delight in God's
law; but I see another
law at work in me, waging war
against the
law of my mind and
making me a prisoner of the
law of sin at work within me.
He did not know whether any allowance was
made for the age of the accused nor «whether pardon is given to those who repent» nor «whether punishment attaches to the mere name apart from secret crimes, or to the secret crimes connected with the name».3 In reply, Trajan wrote that Christians «are not to be sought out, but if they are accused and convicted, they must be punished — yet on this condition, that whoso denies himself to be a Christian, and
makes the fact plain by his action, that is by worshipping our gods, shall obtain pardon on his repentance, however suspicious his past conduct may be».4 The Emperor Hadrian (76 - 138; ruled 117 - 138)
made clear that slanderous accusations
against Christians were unacceptable and that it had to be proved that they had acted contrary to the
laws.
I would like everyone consider something that is growing in this country that has already occurred in Canada a
Law that is passed by
making it a criminal offense to use the bible
against any sexual orientation.
You mean, kind of like it's wrong to impose traffic
laws on people, and it's wrong to
make it
against the
law to murder other people, and it's wrong to beat people up?
In fact, I've been taught that homosexuality is just about the worst kind of sin that there is, one we ought to protest
against and
make laws about.
is simply too ingrained, too much a part of what sin is all about, for us not to feel vexed when reminders come of the opposite reality, which it is precisely the office of religion to provide: «Accordingly, it has always been the office of Religion to protest
against the sophistry of Satan, and to preserve the memory of those truths which the unbelieving heart corrupts: both the freedom and the responsibility of man, the sovereignty of the Creator, the supremacy of the
law of conscience as His representative within us, and the irrelevancy of external circumstances in the judgment which is ultimately to be
made upon our conduct and character.»
Rom 7:22 For I joyfully concur with the
law of God in the inner man, Rom 7:23 but I see a different
law in the members of my body, waging war
against the
law of my mind and
making me a prisoner of the
law of sin which is in my members.