Your silly notion of simply assuming I only ignore the passages that don't fit my beliefs is also very typical of pharisees... er... fundamentalists.
Blind to any reality that doesn't fit his beliefs.
«You can't decide the facts are different because they don't fit your beliefs,» Griffin says in regards to Cox's statements.
And «single storms can't be attributed» doesn't fit your belief, so you ignore that part.
As they accuse skeptics of rejecting science, they reject all science that does
not fit their belief systems.
It is important to think for yourself and not be swayed by others who may be threatened by your relationship because it doesn't fit their belief system.
Not exact matches
Contrary to popular
belief, the fact that someone has entered your property without permission does
not grant you free reign to deal with them as you see
fit.
Stripped down to the basics, they call themselves skeptical, but are generally only skeptical of theories and
beliefs that do
not fit in their very narrow reductionist
belief system.
I realize that your
beliefs are very important to you but the Bible does contain some portrayals of God that don't
fit the image of the loving God that is portrayed by many Evangelicals.
And in the nicest possible way, this is what you are doing ALREADY... you are trying to «spin» this story and to «justify» it to
fit with your current
belief schema instead of just recognizing the overly obvious that it isn't real.
- Doesn't
fit considering there aren't a set of
beliefs and practices that all atheists agree upon, the only thing that all atheists agree upon is disbelief in god, thats it, nothing else.
Christians have voted to put their God's name on everyones money, add «Under God» to the flag salute, force schools to teach intelligent design with absolutely no scientific basis along side the sciences, voted to write their moral laws on the fronts of public courthouses and tax funded buildings, voted to ban certain people from living together, being intimate or raising children because their orientation didn't
fit with their bible
beliefs.
I'm
not sure my god is the same as other's but that's what mine is telling me, so please everyone, respect my
beliefs and let me practice them as I, sorry, my god, sees
fit.
«and the handful who are
not I believe are desparately trying to
fit their theology with their science and are willing to ignore peer reviewed studies in favor of their personaly held
beliefs.»
If you are concerned about someone
not being a good
fit, it isn't probably helpful to ask them their
beliefs, so much as to state yours, and ask if they are comfortable working with you in the framework of your
beliefs.
This has always been the emphasis of the Church: she does
not insist on
belief regardless of whether it seems to make sense or
fit in with other forms of knowledge.
You don't like Christians having to change their
belief system to
fit into the current worldview around them; to you it seems like they are trying to please those same people (make them feel comfortable) and at the same time dis - honoring God (changing His word).
You demand evidence for God that
fits your standards yet the evidence of your own
belief can
not fit the demands you established.
I know pacifism isn't the issue pre se here but I find many principles of either pacifism or NVR are giving with examples that seem to
fit that particular
belief and men are lauded who successfully utilized it - but rarely are those circumstances repeated.
The atheists I know did seem to just
not give more than a passing glance to the weirdness and when it was pointed out they could
not fit it into their
belief system.
Not all pastors and other religious leaders automatically define sin by specific definition as a disease, and it doesn't actually
fit my
belief as to what sin is, which is an act to knowingly and willfully disobey a commandment from God.
This so - called «scientist» writing the article makes a claim because of her indoctrination that she has modified in order to
fit the facts, which is
not science, it is wishing on a genie in a bottle for your already held
beliefs to be true.
They can't support their
beliefs by any reasonable means, yet they deem themselves
fit to judge others from those
beliefs or attempt to put others in the midst of their religious infighting.
It's my
belief that God's word is perfect and you shouldn't form your own interpretation and try to work Scripture so that it
fits what you believe.
Paul's new religion did
not fit well with the Jewish
beliefs held by the followers of Jesus (led after the crucifixion by Jesus» brother James).
This is
not the mere expression of one's
belief while giving other people the liberty to live their life as they see
fit.
And especially if it doesn't
fit with their
belief system.
More should speak out against ignorance and those who would suppress select knowledge because it does
not fit with a
belief system to which one might subscribe.
And it's a weak argument at best, twisting words to
fit an agenda but
not addressing a false prophecy that disproves your
belief and quantifies it as myth alongside other religions.
If you don't like reality, FOX news will be a perfect
fit to share your delusions but coming to a
belief blog full of Atheists is asking for your feelings to be hurt.
Thirdly, the two - tier structure of African cosmology does
not fit the Malayarayan's pre-existing
belief system which was an integrated whole.
Firstly, the two - tier structure of African cosmology does
not fit the Pulayas» pre-existing
belief system which was multi-tiered, incorporating an hierarchy of gods.
Just as with common sense, when our faith turns out to be inconsistent with our experience of reality, when the
beliefs implicit in our faith just don't
fit, then our faith must undergo some adjustments.
Or are you going to dogmatically reject what I've said merely because it doesn't
fit within your preconceived
beliefs about the world?
Isn't that what you're doing Bill, only opposite to make it
fit your
beliefs?
What is missing in the story is, it doesn't
fit your nice
belief that other countries systems are superior to ours.
Stop redefining definitions to
fit your delusions... your
belief system is
not something to be proud of.
In no way should someone criticize another's
beliefs because they don't
fit mainstream trains of thought.
The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science
fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated,
not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's
beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed
not to exist.
Now i don't believe in any of this, but i think that if you choose to then you should know
not one but all the differing versions of the creeds to better understand where you truly
fit in in your
beliefs.
Are you so insecure in your
belief that you need to destroy any thought that doesn't
fit your narrow view of scripture?
Nothing is necessarily wrong with this except for the fact that you conservative Christians are trying to justify and spin her philosophy to
fit your
beliefs and it doesn't work that way.
My point about Hindus is that they manage to
fit their gods into the natural universe just as easily as Christians do, which tells me that there really isn't anything in science favouring the
belief in God particularly.
Again, God is sovereign, he doesn't have to
fit into your
beliefs of right and wrong.
That's why I don't like Darwinfish — I'm going to put an Atheist Atom symbol on my car — it's a positive symbol discussing what we do believe, and it
fits my
beliefs, rather than a negative defining us as an offshoot or parody of religion.
It is easy to stand and prophecy that in the future there will be strange new religions, that people will do things foreign to our understanding, and swear that our gods will
not be pleased... and be correct... because it is the nature of human beings to change, to modify our
beliefs to
fit our experience, to seek out new understanding, change the way we dress and do our hair, and unfortunately, it is in our nature to fight over stupid crap like land and religion.
, Pol Pot (1 - 2 mil)... Power is dangerous in the hands of any leader, Christian or
not but when there is a lack of
belief in accountablilty to a higher power (here or in the afterlife) and a
belief in the «survival of the
fittest», the results have been horrific.
Science proves that the literal translations can
not be true (all of those animals could
not fit in the ark)... But instead of those simpleton congregations admitting their
beliefs are mistaken, they attack the science that exposes their misleading dogma and make ludicrous statments (dinosaurs didn't exist) when the fact is, science can
not prove god does
not exist.
I am always amazed at people who call themselves Christian becoming so full of spite at any mention of God that doesn't
fit with their personal
beliefs.
Shouldn't we be free to practice our own
belief system as we see
fit (provided it infringes on no one else.)