A disciplinary hearing was scheduled on the basis that the name change order violated Tennessee's Code of Judicial Conduct: no laws exist banning the use
of religious names, and judges are required to perform their duties without regard to religious bias.
Jesus is not called the Saviour because someone somewhere thought it would be a good idea to throw in another name in the long list
of religious names out there.
Cristiano is the Italian and Portuguese variation
of the religious name Christian.
Not exact matches
According to a recent article in The Star, both Richmond and Todai have come under fire from
religious groups who are claiming that the
name of their store is «blasphemous.»
And to the guys at Sweet Jesus... don't make jokes or have fun with the
name of a
religious figure.
The practice
of using first
names, surnames, titles, university degrees, or
religious designations varies from country to country, so learn what is appropriate.
Data that could be easily accessed from friends included
names of users, their education and work histories, birthdays, likes, locations, photos, relationship statuses, and
religious and political affiliations.
Facebook's policy, which has since changed, allowed Kogan to also collect data — including
names, home towns,
religious affiliations and likes — on all
of the Facebook «friends»
of those users.
Marion eschews an approach to God by way
of deductive proofs
of the existence and
of the
names of God, and searches in St. Augustine for a way that passes through our most intimate
religious existence.
1: Have no other gods — NOT A LAW = > In God we trust is on our legal currency 2: Make no graven image — NOT A LAW = > intellectual property is a God to many, we have tones
of laws protecting against false copies 3: Don't take the
name in vain — NOT A LAW = > false testimony is a crime as is swearing in some states 4: Honor the Sabbath — NOT A LAW = > employment law in many states prohibits forced labor on
religious days 5: Honor thy father and mother — NOT A LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under 19.
These
religious wars and fighting in the
name of god, Allah, budda, Zeus, Odin and whatever else — is a big load
of @ & $!?.
Your stuff is old, this atheist started years ago with Madalyn O'hair which tryed to pull everything
religious out
of the school in
name of satan and it ended up with school have metal detecters now just to get in.
I think more effort and resources would be more effectively and more critically placed into keeping our government secular, keeping Creationism out
of the science class, and
religious fundamentalism away from interfering with women's reproductive choices — just to
name a few priorities.
A million times more people have been kiIIed by
religious zealots in the
name of their relgion than an atheist in the
name of atheism.
@ Joe: And if your religion tells you that you must bring jihad to the nonbelievers
of the world, and your religion tells you that if you die a martyr fighting and killing the nonbeliever, and so, in the
name of your religion and your
religious beliefs, you hijack 4 planes and kill 3,000 people, that makes you a proper person?
There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf
of atheism, ridicule religion and
religious believers in the
name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor
of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination
of religion, and practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support
of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.
How much hatred is shown on here for people with
religious beliefs, and the hatred is spouted in the
name of tolerance and equality.
Since atheists and agnostics are just as prone to human frailties as the
religious, I don't doubt that there * are * evil people who are athiests... but facts and numbers show that these «evil atheists» are a bunch
of pikers compared to the violence and viciousness
of those who promote hatred and violence in the
name of their God.
Christ, as time has many different
names from many different cultures and the christians forcibly converted people to stop them from celebrating THEIR OWN
religious holidays that fell at the same time
of years millenia ago.
Why would Peter & John say that to the Jewish
religious rulers (all
of whom believed in many
of those OT
names for God)?
In Zechariah 8:19, «truth & peace» go hand - in - hand, which necessarily conflicts with many contemporary concepts
of «Christian truth» that sow heartache, resentment, conflict & oppression in the
name of cultural or
religious warfare.
Additionally, that fact that
religious groups have killed in the
name of their religion does not translate into that religion's doctrine.
This type
of religious zealot dribble and criticizing is what causes war, death and hatred for fellow man / woman... all in the
name of religion.
you sir are practicing a religion one that means so much to you that you use it as your online
name also please show me where I call you a fool or is telling someone not to make a fool
of themself the same as calling them a fool which would mean you are very
religious as far as Colin he said nothing that related to the debate I was in with you... we are talking about Atheism as a
religious view not debating the existence
of God now look over the definitions I have shown you and please explain how Atheism does not fit into the said definitions And you claim that evolution is true so the burden
of proof falls in your lap as it is the base
of your religion.
Yes, awful things have been done by «
religious» people, and in the
name of religion, but a great deal
of good, too.
The latest book by Jamal J. Elias,
religious studies professor at the University
of Pennsylvania, takes its
name from an early Islamic account in which the Prophet Muhammad censured one use
of images but permitted another.
Sure, love can divide, but 95 %
of the time, the
religious divisions in this world occur as a result
of intolerance, ignorance, bigotry, hatred, tribal inheritance, and selfishness — all in the
name of religion and love.
What is significant for Milosz's readers in this kind
of writing is that he
names in himself what is a fundamental
religious question
of our times; namely, getting past Job.
Probably confuses people because «Christian» or «
religious» aren't in the
name of the blog.
To get a sense
of Russian
religious life, consider the story
of the «imiaslavtsy» (
Name - Glorifiers), a group
of monks and theologians who accepted the discovery
of the starets (elder) Ilarion that «in the
Name of God, God Himself is present.»
Even the movement's
name, convergence, «sounds
religious,» he observes, though it also has a meaning in mathematics (namely, the property
of approaching a limit).
As an American non believer in any god, I find it extremely appalling that my country would help another so two
religious people can continue to fight in the
name of their God (I heard they believe in the same god).
In other words with all the things going on in the world this long winded ambiguous rant about the
religious beliefs
of a horror writer whose
name I've barely heard mentioned in the last decade is being presented as the most important information people need to know at this particular time.
According to Barnabas Fund, although the Security Council resolution does not specifically
name any ethnic or
religious group, it has been widely recognised that Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims have been specifically targeted, with US Secretary
of State John Kerry last year specifically referring to this as «genocide.»
Everytime
religious people post something about God or something out
of their belief, there comes the Atheists storming it with their typical (hateful, profane, disrespectful but in - fairness articulate, itellect, scientific and logical) replies and
name callings such as; «2000 years
religious numbnuts», «oxymorons who keep asking
of sky daddy's help», «idiots who was fooled by a magical being in the sky» and so on and so forth.
This is an example where interpretation can be very dangerous and people allow themselves to be brain washed and follow evil in the
name of religious idiology, next people like this will be blaming the woes on our country on the gay / lesbian community, Hitler and Germany come to mind.
Religious: European colonization
of Americas (IN THE NAME OF JEEEEEZUS!!!!): 100 million Crusades: 3 million Total: 103 milli
of Americas (IN THE
NAME OF JEEEEEZUS!!!!): 100 million Crusades: 3 million Total: 103 milli
OF JEEEEEZUS!!!!): 100 million Crusades: 3 million Total: 103 million
Even if she hadn't made clear that this was a
religious decision (which she did) I believe she would have to prove it was at the level
of abuse and that the decision wasn't religiously motivated as shown by the existence
of no worse
names among all those she had previously let pass.
May your warring G - d come and take all
of you awaiting whatever form
of rapture you believe in and let the earth rest from all
of your bloodshed in the
name of your various gods, that the meek (non
religious) may inherit the earth.
Those
of you who blast the
religious cite ignorance and hypocrisy and the abominations committed by individuals in the
name of religion as a basis for denegrating the entire section
of society.
Most
of us are concerned about how his
religious views might or might not affect his policies, but you on the other hand, are worried about his underwear and his
name.
Confession time here: although I don't usually end up at places such as drunken parties, stripper bars and porn shops while hanging out with friends, since those activities and places hold little appeal for me, I know I need to stay away from certain «
religious» people, those who seem to love only themselves and who seem hell - bent on being nasty to people they describe as «sinners», supposedly in the
name of truth - telling.
And especially after the Noachian Flood, did false religion take a leap, with false
religious doctrines and practices such as the trinity, immortality
of the soul, that God torments people in a «hellfire», the establishment
of a clergy class, the teaching
of «personal salvation» as more important than the sanctification
of God's
name of Jehovah (Matt 6:9), the sitting in a church while a
religious leader preaches a sermon, but the «flock» is not required to do anything more, except put money when the basket is passed.
And as I said before, if you ignore the wrongs done in the
name of religious beliefs, you are condoning them.
And the Bible exposes such ones as part
of a false
religious «harlot», and given the
name Babylon the Great (Rev 17:1, 2, 5), as ancient Babylon was the prototype in peddling false religion that has now extended to the ends
of the earth.
Some
of them are
religious sinners and probably suffer from all sorts
of spiritual blindness to their own sin, and how they mistreat others in the
name of God.
Quite frankly any discussion about
religious preferences adds to the eventual righteous act
of violence in that religion's
name.
RICO statutes are about organized crime, much more relevant in going after
religious people who often support criminal organizations operating behind the
name of religion.
My hopes are that
religious freedom will forever be a right in this country, since that was the principle upon which it was founded, but my fears are that in the
name of «equality» those freedoms will gradually erode until all we have left are our prayer closets in our own homes.
The good news is that Jesus has survived the embarrassing things that we Christians have done in His
name, as found in the dark side
of the history
of fundamentalism, the messiness
of the
religious Right, and even more recently, in folks who burn the Koran and hold signs that say «God Hates Fags,» all in the
name of Christianity.