Steve, those us of us who don't accept religion see its long history of repression, of blacks, of women, of gays and others.
I lean toward liberal, believe in a creator but do
not accept any religions concept of the creator.
Not exact matches
Well, yeah... and I mean if what someone is really trying to achieve with this is to reduce practices that in any way, shape or form could indicate that someone bears them or their faith ill will... I don't think publicly humiliating people who would take the time to look up your dead ancestor's name and then take the time to drive to a temple and then get immersed in water on their behalf so that they (by their belief) have the option to
accept your
religion post mortem is really misguided and contrary to the spirit of freedom of
religion in what it advocates.
Science is
not a
religion; either you
accept science or you don't.
This prejudice favouring traditional
religions demonstrates a degree of imperial ethics... Sometimes, while
not based on established jurisprudence, the perception is that we are prepared to challenge in the courts a newer
religion with different belief structures but are prepared to
accept the more established
religions.
And he did
not say this to defend
religion, he said it to get people to
accept science.
Obamas
religion however is straight up christian and it won't really do much good to follow him around with a moving billboard that lists death tolls from christian persecution or other things about the dogma that people already know and either don't care or already
accept.
A number of the major
religions have even
accepted this as you're
not actually worshiping Buddha, just following his examples and teachings as to how to be a better person in life.
Unless world - wide Islam leeaders don't appologise to the world and the shut down their extremists internally America will never
accept this
religion and its followers as peace loving.
The church = Oldest criminal organization in the world;
Accepted because people can
not accept their own death; Still people are going to be dead when dead; No
religion will get you past that fact.
Maybe
not quite similar, because the
religion you
accept does depend on some arbitrary factors out of our control, such as the country of our birth.
Circular religious logic will still never fully justify the fact that
religion asks for special rights and protections, which it gets, and then turns those rights and protections on other groups as a defense mechanism for when they are accused of discriminating... i.e. «We can choose who we
accept and who we don't because of our beliefs... wait, what... how can you say you will
not accept our religious organization, that's religious discrimination!»
I haven't given up on them entirely: some of them will migrate toward
religion as they
accept some of life's responsibilities and meet some of life's challenges.
There are even studies with pre-verbal children (haven't been socialized to
religion yet) and other but non-human social animals that show that morality, if you
accept that a sense of fairness and preferring «nice» over the opposite are proto - morals, then indeed it is evolution that makes it so.
One thing abt the major
religions is that they make U
accept a ridiculously impossible thing as the center of one's faith like the nailing to a cross a human body &
not having it tear away.
If you can't
accept what humanity is you can make up another story as many
religions have, but it will be just that... a story.
Religion has little to do with ethics... for example... is it right for you to allow someone else to
accept your just punishment... of course
not, we do
not allow that in our legal system, because it is
not ethical... but your
religion is based on that one unethical behavior.
If it weren't for
religion, I bet we'd be a lot less
accepting of people's rights to brain - wash their children.
You can keep on saying everyone has sin to keep your happy and say everyone should
accept religion, because that's your ignorance, just don't push your fabricated sins that comes with
religion to others who value a clean unmuddled mind.
«There is no other name under heaven and earth whereby we must be saved
accept Jesus Christ» and
NOT the CHURCH, nor
religion.
Should we start posting quotes from the bible ordering slaughter and genocide on those who did
not accept their god /
religion?
Then I understood
religion and atheism are alike because religious people when they can't answer something they say it's God's wishes and they followers
accept it.
That doesn't make the theology more believable to discerning people, but it does provide evidence for the innocuousness of the faith which causes the greater society to
accept it as a «mainstream
religion».
But, if you find an answer
not deemed «correct» by your
religion, and
accept it as the truth, then won't you probably find yourself outside of that faith?
If you had been born to atheist parents you would very likely be thinking about
religion and probalby
not accept the bible?
I don't really belong to a
religion that
accepts or promotes blind faith.
A Christian feminist can
not accept all of the assumptions that are at the base of the new feminist
religion.
Furthermore, if the Christian teachings regarding salvation and necessity of
accepting Jesus as your Savior is so critical, why have the vast majority of the worlds
religions not contained that doctrine?
If that is
NOT what you are suggesting, please explain in what ways — how and where — you would
accept the «free practice of
religion» anywhere other than in a religious building or at home.
Isn't a
religion that
accepts Christ, by definition, Christian?
But with David's help, I have learned to love being on the margins, and that it's ok to
not simply
accept everything
religion feeds you.
Nope, I guess you
accept that Dawkins doesn't treat atheism like a
religion since you passed over the point.
(And ideas that — unlike true
religion — could serve their purpose whether or
not they were
accepted freely.)
After 3 months of searching the internet and you tube to decide if I wanted to come back to
religion, I finally found someone who preaches from the heart, the way my Mama and Papa used to hear when they went to church, DR John Collins with the Church of Biblical Christians tells it the way it should be plus he does
not accept donations, He preaches against todays prosperity preachers, My Papa said hes the only guy he has heard of lately
not affraid to tell you what he thinks and use scripture to back him up.
There have been plenty of wars fought over a wide range of reasons,
not all wars are over
religion, when are you athiests going to get off of your high horse and
accept the fact that everyone, religious and non religious cause violence at some time.
Of course that's what you see, because you like many others are under the false impression that this is about getting
religion to «
accept» us — sure, some gay people may wish that, but
not me.
This is
not about trying to force churches to
accept us or to marry us, this is about
religion waging a campaign against the gay community to demonize us in order to get their voting congregation to pass laws that deny us equal rights.
Children taught all major
religions are part of God's progressive revelation to mankind, but that each person should
accept a
religion not because it was the faith of their parents but because he or she independently searched, researched, reflected, studied, thought, meditated, etc, and came to their own spiritual belief.
'' The great trouble with
religion — any
religion — is that a religionist, having
accepted certain propositions by faith, can
not thereafter judge those propositions by evidence.
society needs to stop protecting the rights of gays and lesbians and should focus on our mere extinction if we do
nt repent, and hed to the words of CHRIST, we should
not be spending even a minute talking about gays, bc the main story is how ignorant and stupid society has become, KNOW THIS, IF YOU REMOVE THE WORDS CHRIST FROM CHRISTMAS AND DECIDE THAT IS NO LONGER A STORY ABOUT A BABY FROM BETHLEHEN AND NOW ITS ABOUT SANTA CLAUS, AND PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO
ACCEPT OTHER RELIGIONS MOVING TO NY THEN YOU CAN EXPECT EVIL AND DISOBIENCE TO PROVAIL how can any group of people who blantenly marry in a church before GOD ALMIGHTY and demand that society accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEI
ACCEPT OTHER
RELIGIONS MOVING TO NY THEN YOU CAN EXPECT EVIL AND DISOBIENCE TO PROVAIL how can any group of people who blantenly marry in a church before GOD ALMIGHTY and demand that society
accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEI
accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO IS WITH OUT SIN,
ACCEPT THEI
ACCEPT THEIR SIN.
xx4zu1 - «the point that was made is that
religion is the only thing that is given to you, in most cases, at birth that you can chose
not to
accept.»
Wall off a piece of land and build a room with a thatched roof...» (Malfoozat Vol 2, p. 42) «Jamaat» is a form of jihad (today's word is Terrorism) against all other
religions not following Islam or
accepting Islam as the only true
religion.
Marx's critique of
religion can
not be
accepted or refuted merely on the basis of religious dogmas, for the dogmas themselves are to be evaluated on the basis of the «truth of man» and
not outside it.
We are forever putting conditions and qualifications on the love of God: «If you rid yourself of your racism, if you vote Democratic, if you
accept Jesus as your savior, if...» Such conditional, achievement - oriented, self - made - men
religion certainly doesn't need Jesus dying on the cross and rising from the dead to make itself plausible and reasonable in an achievement - oriented, you - get - what - you - deserve capitalistic culture.
science is
not everything, the problem is when the critical and objective philosophy of science is
accepted as absolute in reality.God is beyond logic at this point of our consciousness, The process of gods will manfistation is evolution which
accepts all variables in the process, the input could be
not what scienctists wants.Thats why faith or
religion is part of reality.
The Big Bang has been an
accepted cosmological model for decades and I haven't recently heard of a mass drove of scientists joining
religion.
Let me guess, all Jewish own business or Investments will
not accepts profits on Saturday, and Muslims also wants Friday off to Pray, Devil worshipers I am sure have a special day, Monday is
not good for me because it's against my
religion, which I observe on Sunday but makes me tired on Monday.
Not only would a demonstration of the inconsistency of divine relativity make Hartshorne's thesis of divine relativity and all that depends on it incoherent and also make Whitehead's famous portrait of God as the fellow sufferer who understands inadmissible, but philosophers of
religion would have to
accept a different picture of the world.
Panthrotheism does
not discriminate or believe the bible is wrong, in analogy no one can claim that our human ancestors are wrong because they were naked or ate raw meats.We have now to
accept that we are evolving.What is important that we survive.and still love each other in general despite conflicts.No one is wrong in believing and practicing any
religion that is pro life.Some people thinks that any contadiction to classical faith is wrong, un aware that humans survive the trials in history was because of change and adaptation, in short evolution.its
not anti religiom
Apart from being a smooth con to support their respective clergy,
religions continue to be nothing more than primitive soporifics for the weak, gullible and stupidest people who can
not accept responsibility for and limits to their own lives.