Sentences with phrase «name of a certain religion»

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So how do you go from that reasoning to «Since it wasn't accidental then it must have been this ancient male diety named (fill in blank depending on religion) who loves me and knows me and cares for me and wants me to perform rituals that have nothing to do with morality like prayer, not eating certain things, sabaath and many more just because he said so, even though we have no record of him saying anything, just records of humans who wrote things down that they claim he said, but I want to believe it all so badly I will base my beliefs on no other evidence than «it just can't be accident».

Name calling and denial of civil rights, oppression, and manipulation of people seems to be the hallmark of a certain strain of religion.

Yes, a certain section of extremists, are violent in the name of «Islam» but they aren't truly part of the religion.

Although Lincoln is often praised for this remark by those who oppose the mixing of religion and politics, it contains three of the most controversial ideas in American politics: that it is legitimate to invoke the name of God within the realm of political discourse; that God's existence isn't merely symbolic, but that he is always right; and that since God takes sides on certain issues, some people will be divinely justified while others will stand in opposition not only to their political opponents but to the very Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.

The local Naxi and Lisu ethnic minorities» religions even forbade cutting certain trees and they took the names of local animals — birds, bees and bears — in effect making them their ancestors.