Sentences with phrase «most religious people think»

Thesis idea 5: Most religious people think they've discovered the meaning of life, but the effect of this is that they consider anyone who isn't part of their religion beneath them.

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Dawkins argues that while there appear to be plenty of individuals that would place themselves as «1» due to the strictness of religious doctrine against doubt, most atheists do not consider themselves «7» because atheism arises from a lack of evidence and evidence can always change a thinking person's mind.

You can't «believe in» God because you don't know for sure whether God exist (by most religious people's own admission, I think, though I coud be wrong, but either way its a fact that the existence of God has not been proven).

I am not the most religious of people, but I do believe in God, and Jesus... but many people seem to forget that God's SON sacrificied himself for our sins... in my book, a SON is part of a FAMILY... God put us on this earth to be of free will and to make our own way... Love being the biggest part of that way... we love God and we love Jesus... but we are also all part of his FAMILY... He made us all to be part of a unit that has hope and faith and love... we were meant to procreate... so what does it matter if a person who is dying does not automatically think of God, but of their loved ones?

I think it's that, similarly to most vocal religious people, most vocal Athiests are d - bags.

Now in Africa, most people are rural, religious, and fairly conservative when it comes to sexual behavior, despite lurid stereotypes of oversexed African men forcing themselves on women and girls without a thought.

I am for the elimination of hate, fear and control, religion is just the catalyst that people use to hate, fear and control, getting rid of religion won't solve the problem, its like putting a band aid on a severe cut, its temporary, and it just hits the surface, instead we need to go deeper than that to the root cause, I know lots of religious people who don't hate, fear or control, there are also many beliefs such as paganism, Buddism, Taoism, which doesn't use hate fear, and self righteousness to condemn others, I think if maybe more of the most major religions followed there teachings then we wouldn't have as much problems as we do.

I agree with your logic, however, I think in reality, most religious people are pretending to believe in god / their religion.

However, I have lived most of my life in more populated / diverse areas and most of the religious people I know seem to think the stories in the bible are just as crazy as I do.

Most people know that religious beliefs (surrender, powerlessness, higher powers) aren't literally true, but they think the beliefs add value to their lives.

What concerns me the most about the mindset of these people is that they think sports are important enough to warrant a prayer — if they're that certain prayer works, shouldn't they be embarrassed about not using their religious fervour to pray for more important matters?

I think most of our evangelism methods, particularly many of the seeker - movement methods from the 80s and 90s really appealed to people's religious memory.

Either way, religion has zero answers to those questions, since most religious texts are from a time where people thought that our planet was the center of the entire cosmos.

== If you post billboards calling people's most deeply held religious beliefs nonsense and ridiculing them, you are a «free thinking hero == Ah.

If you post billboards calling people's most deeply held religious beliefs nonsense and ridiculing them, you are a «free thinking hero».

Theology is important, but formal analytical thought — the splendeur et misère of Roman Catholicism — is not the primary means by which most people experience, accept, or reject a religious faith.

did anyone take the quiz... there is a question about what is the religion of most people in indonesia... the answer is muslim, yet... the picture that goes along with the question and answer is confused... i think i saw an elephant trunk on the idols face... maybe the folks who put together the quiz and slide show should brush up on thier religious and cultural studies as well...

well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?

if the answer is not, just shut up you religious people, and go away, don't use God and the Bible to spit hate and division, it is the most host and pathetic think people can do, use the Bible and God to spit hate and division

I think that most of the people who are self - identified as «spiritual but not religious» have come to the realization deep inside that they don't really believe in God, but they are unwilling to let go, for two reasons:

If, indeed, the word «religion» signifies anything at all, then we should take its most salient characteristic to be the provision of a complete and unsurpassable context for everything that a religious person does, thinks, and is.

Most atheists have a superiority complex because they think only religious people do evil.

A religious person thinks this n most anti-theist Atheists r. Spiritual people know that any spirit, including ur own can give u a message.

So wait you aren't going to blame what was obviously Politics on Religious Wars lets not forget that there were a few things involved in these «Wars of Religion» and I am sure most historians will agree with me, firstly the Crusades weren't thought up as some ideological crusade to protect Christians from some horde of Muslims coming from the east, they were in - fact land grabbing and trying to stave off the eventual fall of what is now known as Istanbul, secondly I highly doubt that most of the average religious person had any idea just how politicized the church became during this time period or up until probably John Paul the II took over, I mean the Thirty Years War could have been called a Religious war under this Videos silly assReligious Wars lets not forget that there were a few things involved in these «Wars of Religion» and I am sure most historians will agree with me, firstly the Crusades weren't thought up as some ideological crusade to protect Christians from some horde of Muslims coming from the east, they were in - fact land grabbing and trying to stave off the eventual fall of what is now known as Istanbul, secondly I highly doubt that most of the average religious person had any idea just how politicized the church became during this time period or up until probably John Paul the II took over, I mean the Thirty Years War could have been called a Religious war under this Videos silly assreligious person had any idea just how politicized the church became during this time period or up until probably John Paul the II took over, I mean the Thirty Years War could have been called a Religious war under this Videos silly assReligious war under this Videos silly assumptions.

Anyway, since most people think of the first kind when talking about religion, it is easier to say «I'm not religious» than to say, «I am religious, but here is what I mean by that...»

Today, most people (including most Christians) just think it is some slightly odd religious ritual that we do for the sake of tradition.

While many across the world no longer believe in a lot of religious concepts, and while the roots of quite a bit of morality could possibly have proliferated because of religion, a core of that morality persists, and I think it will continue, because people who don't follow that morality are at a disadvantage (most people don't want to be around someone who steals or kills or lies).

The Universe, known and unknown, is possibly not the most used definition of God, at least in the western world... but it is the Pantheistic version that jives so much more with science and is not a misappropriation of the smaller definitions of God, merely an unfamiliar definition to those with less knowledge of various more advanced religious and philosophic thought, within and outside those religions... The idea of Pantheism also thoughtfully considers why there is, rather than ridiculing, such a wide range of philosophical and ritual beliefs from a scientific perspective... without having to classify large groups of people, as senseless idiots from one end or destined for hell from the other.

Atheists logic is very flawed considering how most think only religious people do evil.

I personally think most religious people fall into the category or childlike innocence.

Most religious people were not given a chence to utilize there thinking capability when they were growing up.

I had a theory that Washington was more religious than most people thought, but I was basing this only on his public, official statements as General and President.

What I find so funny about it is that most religious persons who pray in their head to their version of God point the finger at atheists and say «You think you are your own God!

I think the majority of Christians, and most religious people, are absolutely crazy.

For example, most people in the sphere of dominance of the Abrahamic faiths, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, think of worship of a Supreme Being or deity as a religious trait.

But there is a strange paradox in that most (not all) deeply religious people, do not think.

On the contrary, and I think most atheists will agree with me, we're quicker to say «I don't know» quicker than religious people.

I understand that many conservatives believe LGBTQs are asking for special treatment, but as one of our gay friends said «Most of us don't really care what religious people think of us....

It has at times carried a distinctly religious flavour, and many of its most significant politicians were people of faith (Hardie the obvious example, but think also of Arthur Henderson, Stafford Cripps, Tom Mann, George Lansbury — or John Smith, or Tony Blair).

Most people usually think that fasting is only a religious practice.

At the same time, he is genuinely interested in rituals, not just as historical ceremonies, but as ways of bringing people and thoughts together, just as he is sincere in his approach to incantation and religious music, testing even the most secular members of his audience to reconsider their ambivalence about the «spiritual» in art.

Most religious people do not think that their belief requires them to do illicit favours for their co-religionists, and indeed many may feel a religious obligation to be fair and honest.