Sentences with phrase «many religious use»

A different result should obtain if the city were to give preference to religious uses, or waive the fee for use of the facility by a religious group, but that does not seem to be the case here.

Funny how these same religious used their religion to back SLAVERY,..

If sincere religious use of mind - altering drugs is constitutionally exempt from the criminal law, then the courts must pass on all these claims to religious exemption.

The judicial question is this: if the Constitution protects the religious use of wine when legislatures believe that wine is so dangerous it has to be banned, does the Constitution also protect religious use of peyote at a time when legislatures believe peyote must be banned?

Without admitting the charge, the employer changed its absolute rule against religious use of drugs, and it paid Smith and Black some of their lost pay.

It should inquire into dangerousness only in the narrow context of religious use.

Why is it that the religious use of wine was exempt everywhere during Prohibition, but the religious use of peyote is exempt in only half the states today?

It may be that as a practical matter religious use of mind - altering drugs will be limited to groups that can point to some substantial tradition and that limit the use of drugs to structured worship service.

«Philosophical and Religious Uses of «God.»»

Since God is internally related to the world, divine knowledge is an immediate, sympathetic awareness (see, e.g., Hartshorne, «Philosophical and Religious Uses of «God» «in Process Theology: Basic Writings, edited by Ewert Cousins, page 109; also see Schubert Ogden, «The Reality of God,» p. 123 of the same volume and Jantzen 1984, 81 ff.).

It seems to me, then, that even though Tillich's theory of symbols dwells on religious uses, and his theological method starts from existential questions, his formal discussion of God is more strongly indebted to idealist philosophy than to either religious experience or the biblical tradition.

Thus Tillich's theory of symbols stresses their religious use in expressing and evoking experience, and their role as vehicles of commitment and devotion.

To be sure, as Schmidt's chapter on the poor but prolific cartoonist Watson Heston notes, evangelical Christians pioneered the religious use of comic books and religious cartoons.

Louis Fisher surveys the full sweep of U.S. history» from colonial debates about religious liberty to modern judicial, legislative, and executive positions on the status of conscientious objection, compulsory flag salutes, school prayer, Indian religious practices, and the religious use of peyote.

The religious use of biblical language about masters and servants and slaves and redemption and bought with a price and bondservant and lord and service and unquestioning obedience, etcetera, all come from an age when slavery was an assumed, acceptable and even enviable way of life.

The second objection to the religious use of mass media from within the church arises out of concern for the implications of the organization of the mass media themselves.

Future planning for religious uses of television should take seriously those insights provided by empirical research both into general television use and effects and into specifically religious television use and effect.

Given the dominant functions of television in status conferral and image creation, religious uses of television may more effectively be achieved through secular programming than through religious programming.

Included in this strategic element is the need for ongoing research on the extent to which goals established for religious uses of television are being achieved.

Part II provides a survey of empirical research relevant to the various issues in religious television and through this survey clarifies many of the questions which have been raised in relation to the religious use of television.

A review of the history of religious uses of television suggests that religious television at present is at a crossroads in its development.

(14) Similarly Carl Henry, the leading, distinguished evangelical theologian, sees the current upsurge in the religious use of mass media as «a des - tructive trend which neglects a systematic presentation of Christian truth.»

The religious use of television must restore emphasis on its role as a service function to the church, with an articulated strategy indicating how its various activities and objectives are related to the general functions of the church.

It is significant in this regard that most discussion about religious uses of television takes place in print, while the actual practice continues in electronics.

What can be seen from a study of religious uses of television in America is that over the past several years there has developed a marked imbalance in the presentation of American religious faith and culture.

@really: No, he's just using the exact same technique the religious use to indoctrinate their children, only in a highly compressed format.

His understanding of the major elements of contemporary philosophy, his careful and penetrating analysis of the multidimensional nature of the religious use of language, and his grasp of the tacit and mediated character of religious awareness and knowledge all exhibit a kind of thinking badly needed in religious circles today.

Again very typical religious use of purple velvet the color of royalty.

Essential oils have enhanced lives for thousands of years, offering a variety of benefits from cosmetic and dietary purposes to spiritual and religious use.

He also distinguished between religious status and religious use, noting that Missouri discriminated against Trinity Lutheran simply because it was a church not because of what it proposed to do with the old tires.

«We do not address religious uses of funding or other forms of discrimination.»

It is difficult, if not impossible for an outsider to identify the religious user and religious use because religious use is barely distinguishable from recreational use.

Or what would have said if presented evidence that recreational use is religious use?

He has been involved in RLUIPA cases across the country concerning the permitting of a mosque, a rabbinical college, cemetery, and other religious uses.

They discuss lessons learned in their experience and provide a handful of tips for land use agencies reviewing applications for proposed religious uses.

From the perspective of establishing a legally recognized religious entity and appealing for exemptions to the Controlled Substances Act on the grounds of religious use, what steps need to be taken?

Not exact matches

Whether it be for political reasons («The Great Dictator,» «Zoolander»), religious reasons («The Last Temptation of Christ»), or just because of the use of specific colors («The Simpsons Movie»), all kinds of movies have been blocked from being shown based on some perceived offense.

Faced with boycott threats from giant businesses, including Nike, Apple, Angie's List and Salesforce.com, Indiana's Governor Mike Pence has vowed to alter the language of a controversial, religious freedom bill he signed into law just last week, to ensure businesses can't use it to discriminate against LGBT customers.

You don't need to be a religious fanatic or even believe in a particular god to use prayer effectively in business.

Using the found - footage style, Ti West evokes the horrors of the Jonestown massacre to create a thrilling story that follows Vice reporters as they go to a religious community and find it isn't the sanctuary its residents have made it out to be.

Taboola's policy prohibits working with sites that have «politically religious agendas» or use hate speech.

They can predict your religious and political views, whether your parents are separated, how happy you are and even whether you use addictive substances.

The companies join gay - rights and human rights groups as well as the American Civil Liberties Union in attacking the law over its broad language, which could be used by business owners to use religious objections to deny same - sex couples wedding.

A senior Turkish official said Turkish intelligence cracked the app earlier this year and was able to use it to trace tens of thousands of members of a religious movement the government blames for last month's failed coup.

The practice of using first names, surnames, titles, university degrees, or religious designations varies from country to country, so learn what is appropriate.

Walshe also critically flags how — again, at the point of consent — Facebook's review process deploys examples of the social aspects of its platform (such as how it can use people's information to «suggest groups or other features or products») as a tactic for manipulating people to agree to share religious affiliation data, for example.

Last year, he used the day to announce his plan to rescind the Johnson Amendment, the provision that prohibits religious institutions from directly endorsing political candidates lest they lose their 501 (3)(c) nonprofit status.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act approved expanded use of 529 plans to include tax - free distributions (after December 31, 2017) of up to $ 10,000 per year per student to pay for tuition at elementary or secondary public, private, or religious schools.

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Pointing to Natural Law to justify the relationship between faith and policy is just the typical circular reasoning used by religious nutbags.