Criticism of the Church by its members is not always a sign
of lack of faith on the part of discontented Christians.
At one point we thought it was because
of lack of faith on our part.
Not exact matches
It's like praying for someone to be healed and then, when they're not healed, blaming it
on their
lack of faith.
Religion and
faith are a personal choice and journey as is the
lack of either; I raised my son and daughter much in the same ways I was raised and I am proud
of their understanding and acceptance
of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, that they do not look down
on or speak ill
of others who believe differently than they.
This distinction points to what is perhaps the major flaw in Dreher's otherwise winsome effort: the
lack of emphasis
on creation as a normative order to which everyone, irrespective
of faith, is subject.
Members
of the major religions base their activities (or
lack thereof)
on their particular
faith.
How does the
lack of evidence with Noah's Ark, the birth
of Christ, the creation story and so forth actually prove that there is no God who wants us to rely
on faith instead
of assured knowledge.
It is true, that the theologies or
lack there
of puts us in a place
of trusting the leadership to rightly impart the truth, even as each
of us
on our
faith walk seek the self same for ourselves... that is trusting Holy Spirit, who was given the job to draw or bring us to the truth and lead us to Jesus and the Father.
Add to that the variety
of doctrines / Theologies within orthodox Christianity... with Consensus
on a very small Core
of Truths: God Is, We are not God, Jesus Christ is the Messiah and Salvation is Through
Faith / Belief in Him... there is much that
lacks Consensus and there are mountains
of arguments and counter-arguments for each doctrinal / Theological position.
The only reason he wants to think
of himself as an atheist is so he can blame all his woes
on his
lack of faith.
However, a good scientific proposal would never be denied
on the grounds
of the
faith (or
lack of faith)
of the applicant.
He will blame his woes during his «pilgrimage»
on his
lack of faith, but clearly his woes are
of his own making.
I now believe it does a tremendous disservice to honorable people who are faithful believers to place
on them the additional burden
of guilt, shame and magnified suffering that comes from the kind
of doctrine that promotes (sells) prayer as a magic talisman which will somehow change God's mind, alter physical circumstance, and fix intractable problems — if only the one praying has enough
faith or asks in the right way or lives a holy enough life or professes Jesus enough or waits patiently or never gives up or any
of a hundred different gotchas that can be called upon to justify the
lack of an affirmative answer.
David Robertson responds to the controversy surrounding the BBC's
lack of reporting
on the
faith of Christian athletes at the Olympics More
In the graciousness
of the book (something often
lacking when people engage Emergent, no names but...), in its passionate for the Scriptures, in its understanding that true
faith shows itself in love, in its acceptance
of the many things postmodernism has going for it without capitulating to todays culture, and especially in the willingness to both take
on and unite both sides, Wittmer has written something here to be commended for, and something that all believers no matter what side they lean toward would do well to read.
But we must also be thoroughly aware that when we, as Christians, hold a discourse
on violence, it is our
lack of faith that speaks.
What I will note is that despite the
lack of ritualized outward observations,
on the whole Quakers don't seem to have a problem remembering that we have an embodied, enacted
faith, nor a problem recognizing that all life is sacred — hence the question above about our notable counter-cultural activities.
The scriptural witness
of the prophecies should be enough as a basis for
faith; Mary did not find the Lord through her quest for his body, but only through answering his personal call to her; she must not cling to his bodily presence, for his life is now
on another plane, with the Father who is the Father
of all those who follow Jesus because he is his Father who has raised him from the dead; Thomas is offered sight and touch, as a gracious concession to his
lack of faith; but he does not believe because
of this, but because the risen Lord addresses him; and the happiness
of those who have
faith without sight is greater.
It's their way or the highway and to compromise is to show a
lack of faith which means you have one side willing to make exceptions for all peoples religions as long as they don't force it
on others, and the religious side that says making exceptions or compromising is against their religion so if they are not a majority in the democracy they instead decide to play obstructionist.
He also could have easily placed the fake bones
on dinosaurs under the ground to test those
lacking in
faith... as well as removed any evidence
of the global flood after the fact because leaving definitive proof
of biblical events is unnecessary when all you should really need is
faith...
Caught off guard focused
on myself I said it was perhaps a
lack of faith on my part.
I don't necessarily defend a
lack of knowledge about other religions (I scored 15 out
of 15
on Pew's sample quiz
on their site), but neither do I see it as relevant to compare the (implied) question «Do you identify with A religion (or
faith in God)» with «what is your general knowledge about ALL religions», and presume this is going to generate a meaningful result.
If,
on the other hand, being Christian continues to mean little more than being predictable middle - class liberals with a tinge
of something called spirituality, then the few exceptional things that congregations occasionally manage to perform ethically will
lack any foundation in repentance and
faith.
My
lack of belief in god is, again, based
on a
lack of proof, not any kind
of faith.
Again, the very frank admissions
of weakness or stupidity or
lack of faith or downright blindness and disloyalty
on the part
of the disciples are sometimes explained as due to Peter's lifelong penitent self - accusation: he could not recall incidents from the life
of his Master without breaking into tears once more, as once he did outside the high priest's house in Jerusalem.
The statistical reality, so far as I can tell, is that Judaism in the contemporary world is far more threatened by a simple
lack of interest by Jews in Judaism, and hence an inability to pass
on (as a religious
faith) beliefs that are not broadly held.
I lwould ike to see you show you aren't so biased and provide either equal time to showing a positive story about the Catholic Church or show the statistics or stories
on other
faiths which are suffering equally or more in
lack of attendance and in people leaving the church.
In an effort to produce more creative writing
on the de-conversion website (and stir the able minds
of our readers to seriously consider their
faith (or
lack thereof (wow, I'm not sure a triple parenthetical is good grammar)-RRB--RRB-, I hereby present to you: the gospel story in its entirety.
For
lack of the necessary historical evidence it is no longer possible to write historical accounts
of either the Mosaic migration upon which the
faith of Israel was founded, or the rise
of the Easter
faith on which Christianity is founded.
Careful, God may judge you
on this
lack of faith.
And guess what, atheism isn't based
on faith because by definition, atheism is LACK OF FAITH in a d
faith because by definition, atheism is
LACK OF FAITH in a d
FAITH in a deity.
you'd think if god was truly the god spoken
of then
faith would be unneeded and belief a thing
of the past — yet — people will believe whatever they wish no matter the proof or
lack there
of and its truly sad to consider that this delusion type mass brainwashing is going
on right now and has been for over 2000 years... please don't let the time in which this sm.ut has been around make you think its worth its wieght in salt — i bid Lot's wife its not — in ALL early man stories from around the globe people have created GRAND stories about the start and end
of times — its that simple.
As for religion... why is it okay for Christians to corner atheists and question their
lack of faith... but if I corner a christian and ask questions like «So... two
of every animal
on a boat, and that's how the world was saved... wow.
not sure i said this before or not, i have been
on cnn.com for over a year — anyway — i have been going to random churches, temples, really place that worships any form
of the
of abraham and others — i have yet to get anywhere but where i started from — which is what i am, what i am meant to be, and what i was... only this has been gained — gained is a gift
of a word for i knew all
of this before i started and so i view my time as wasted only for this the reason
of getting somewhere — i did meet many great people with great views but all required the very real existence
of god which was something
lacking and why they had a constant failure yet what they called «keeping the
faith» att itude type results... something was missing or missunderstood — your take?
The bottom line here is that the Republicans» fascination with an unfettered free market and their
lack of faith in the government's ability to provide any benefits to our common life (except to assist business in making money) is no more consistent with Catholic teaching than the Democrats» emphasis
on individual freedom in social questions and their
faith in human perfectibility through government action.
We did end up having a discussion about different
faiths - expressing nor endorsing opinions
on any in particular but merely educating the students
on the differences (and then they pointed out the
lack of difference between many).
The right to practice a
faith, or
lack of faith, extends only so far as it does not infringe
on the right
of another to practice their
faith.
On the other hand those
of us that have no need to believe should not be berated or called names or have religion shoved down our throats because
of our
lack of faith in a personal deity.
Then the blame falls
on the congregation and their «
lack of faith» or some such scapegoat for the pastor's failed gaze into the crystal ball.
The inner whisperings revealed in the letters cast judgment
on today's community
of faith, its
lack of fervent commitment and sacrificial zeal.
While it is impossible to prove a negative, the complete
lack of empirical evidence to support belief in any God and the self - professed reliance
on belief (
faith) rather than knowledge combined with a rigid and irrational unwillingness to apply basic logic with regards to these particular beliefs strongly suggests that God does not exist.
A
lack of faith in the Christian god is not based
on excuses but REASON and EVIDENCE or the
lack thereof.
Their
lack of attention to Commission
on Faith and Order proves a liability when the authors come to their more systematic discussion
of such questions as Scripture and Tradition, and (crucially) the doctrine
of the Church.
PROVISIONALITY
OF SCIENCE Dear Father Editor In the July / August edition of Faith magazine dealing largely with science and the lack of it in the Church's approach I was struck by Fr Holloway's paragraph on page six captioned «An Unscientific Church» referring to the intolerance of young and virile minds of such a Churc
OF SCIENCE Dear Father Editor In the July / August edition
of Faith magazine dealing largely with science and the lack of it in the Church's approach I was struck by Fr Holloway's paragraph on page six captioned «An Unscientific Church» referring to the intolerance of young and virile minds of such a Churc
of Faith magazine dealing largely with science and the
lack of it in the Church's approach I was struck by Fr Holloway's paragraph on page six captioned «An Unscientific Church» referring to the intolerance of young and virile minds of such a Churc
of it in the Church's approach I was struck by Fr Holloway's paragraph
on page six captioned «An Unscientific Church» referring to the intolerance
of young and virile minds of such a Churc
of young and virile minds
of such a Churc
of such a Church.
Considering the vast array
of geopolitical issues with which a Supreme Pontiff is burdened in his solicitude for the whole
of the universal Church, that Benedict should choose to close his pontificate (or Francis to open his own) with anencyclical
on the theological virtue
of faith indicates a very pointed discernment
of the signs
of the times made by the papacy in our age; namely, that what is most
lacking in the century in which we live — what is most crucial to today's society and what this era
of history most requires, therefore, from the Church — appears to be
faith.
Passing judgment
on people's eternal destination when you alone aren't to judge
on people's fate is a wish just because you don't agree with their
lack of faith in what you believe ~ that is intolerant and hateful.
People are poor for a lot
of reasons, and choice is certainly a factor, but categorically blaming poverty
on lack of faith or
lack of initiative is not only uninformed, it's unbiblical.
This behavior is reinforced by the broadcasters» general
lack of emphasis
on the centrality
of the local church to Christian
faith and their apparent unwillingness to channel persons who contact them toward involvement in a local church or to encourage local church members to establish contact with the respondent.
Oh holy Brother Maynard — your point about «knowing» a pre-concentration camp reality only speaks to the
lack of faith on the believers part.
But now after months
of reading
on them I see the hate as pain in many hearts because
of lack of faith in God.