Sentences with phrase «of religious people ask»

I have had a lot of religious people ask me why I care.

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We were asking urgent questions about whether women, people of color, religious minorities, immigrants, would ever be treated with dignity and respect.

To put things in context, Bell followed that quote up by expressing his disappointment when communities of faith discourage people from asking questions about religious texts or beliefs.

And when they ask questions you can not answer because you do not know, just revert to the religious person's favorite default, «It is part of god's plan.

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.

It wasn't the summer that brought an end to my doubt, but it was the summer I encountered a different Jesus, a Jesus who requires more from me than intellectual assent and emotional allegiance; a Jesus who associated with sinners and infuriated the religious; a Jesus who broke the rules and refused to cast the first stone; a Jesus who gravitated toward sick people and crazy people, homeless people and hopeless people; a Jesus who preferred story to exposition and metaphor to syllogism; a Jesus who answered questions with more questions, and demands for proof with demands for faith... a Jesus who healed each person differently and saved each person differently; a Jesus who had no list of beliefs to check off, no doctrinal statements to sign, no surefire way to tell who was «in» and who was «out»; a Jesus who loved after being betrayed, healed after being hurt, and forgave while being nailed to a tree; a Jesus who asked his disciples to do the same...

That's one of the things that make this whole issue so absurd — religious people demand the right to government - led prayer (a prayer that meets with their approval, of course), but the things they'll typically ask for in their prayers can't be by accomplished by their god anyway, so it's a lot of unnecessary trouble over nothing.

For years I struggled with doubts about my faith, and through the emerging church movement, I found people who were asking the very same questions - about religious pluralism, the Problem of Evil, inerrancy, the notion of absolute truth, etc..

A teacher of religion, for example, must foster in the young people the central Christian experience; hence he ought to be able to help them through his own religious practice without asking them to invent anew everything belonging to the Christian life, which leads to nothing anyhow in ninety - five per cent of the cases.

I'll start: When people ask me about my religious affiliation, I say that I am a follower of Jesus Christ.

So, I sincerely and respectfully ask of individuals who back anti-choice campaigns by citing personal moral or religious reasons this question, which I ask out honest curiosity: how can you recognize the consequences, historically, of legally banning a certain choice a person makes, and maintain that your moral code has not been violated, or even argue that your moral or religious code has been upheld, or elevated?

But, since this is a Democratic Party initiative, perhaps you can kindly ask your Democratic representative if there is no place for people of sincere belief to continue the great work that they do, including the benefits of religious exemption that go back decades.

When White House press secretary Jody Powell was asked how well the media handled the religious dimension of Jimmy Carter, he replied: «The American people, as a whole, are probably better equipped to understand that aspect of Jimmy Carter's life than are the people who are trying to explain it to them.

When «asked if their religious beliefs had influenced their choice of a career, most of the people I have interviewed in recent years — Christians and non-Christians alike — said no.

This is also why «Religious Groups» focus thier missions in «poor and uneducated countries» which increases the chances of finding people who will believe without asking questions.

If you ask the average «religious» person if they are in a religion, no matter what «religion» they follow, almost all of them will say, «No, I am not not in a religion, I practice a way of life.»

While I am not religious (I will call myself agnostic), and having an IQ well over genius levels, with scientific and mathematical tendencies, let me ask you a few questions, because what I see here are a bunch of people talking about «no evidence» or «proof» of God's existence, therefore He can't possibly exist, existential arguments, which are not arguments, but fearful, clouded alterations of a truth that can not be seen.

Of course it's possible for Bible - believing people to raise children that don't believe in religious myths, but that's nitpicking his wording if you ask me.

For instance, we can ask: How did the social / philosophical / religious environment in which a person was raised affect the way in which that individual thinks about tyranny in general, and the problem of abortion in particular?

Here are some questions which should be asked in screening volunteers and in ascertaining who should be recruited for teaching: (a) Does the person have a relatively mature religious faith, uncluttered by the vestigial remains of childhood magic and fears?

Azariah who later became Bishop of Dornakal argued that the church in accepting the position of a communal political minority with special protection would become a static community and it would negate its self - understanding as standing for mission and service to the whole national community, that in any case the Indian church is not a single social or cultural community since it consists of people of diverse background, each of whom would have its own political struggle to wage in cooperation with the people of similar background in other religions; and therefore theologically and politically Christians should ask only for religious freedom for its mission and service to all people, not as a minority right, but as a human right (ref.

well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?

Among other topics, Volf discusses faith in the public square, and asks what kind of religious conviction will be able to give meaning to human lives and help people seek the common good.

if humans had just fell in line with religious teachings and never asked questions other than «god did it»... then people would still be dying in child birth, the common cold, small poxs etc etc etc. i find that we survived a s a species to become the alpha predator of this planet and the achievements we have made since then to be amazing; attributing everything humans have achieved to a god just cheapens the value of our achievements as a species.

We shall first ask what are the deepest desires of the modern man — of persons in the churches, on their margins, and outside of all religious bodies.

You will be told the religion, church, and whether their children attend religious schools within 5 minutes of meeting many people; and then asked to provide the same knowledge.

In deciding whether or not to use religious resources in a counseling relationship, the minister may ask himself the question of whether such use will contribute to the person's sobriety and to his development of a more mature faith.

Many people think catechesis is only about knowledge, others think it is only about a religious experience: the Church is always richer in her thinking than any one of us, and asks us to participate in this integral, objective and personal handing on.

I find it difficult to believe God / Jesus would approve of tattoos but whatever, the amount of people who are truly christian is very low anyhow, If you ask me the desire to tattoo religious imagery onto yourself is quite shallow / conceited and I'm almost certain these people are just pretending to be something they're not in an effort to fit in or be «cool», like the majority of so - called «Christians» Jesus will turn away from them and will «profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.»

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

For those of you saying that atheism isn't a faith, because it is proved by many scientific facts and evidence, try asking a religious person if their faith is supported by facts and evidence as well.

When we come to the question - and - answer period, a good - looking teen - ager, his brow furrowed, asks a perceptive question which has troubled many people twice his age: «There have been many great religious teachers besides Christ, and millions of good people have followed them.

The scholar should imaginatively enter into the activities and ideas of the religious community and ask about its interest and outlook, the phenomena as they appear to the persons involved.

«So moderate people of faith, those of you who can endure the cognitive dissonance of espousing progressive politics while gleaning support in religious traditions that are thousands of years old — I ask you to please speak up.

Now ask yourself: what do most religious people spend most of their religious time doing?

For those several people who asked, on air, whether the US had the advice of Muslim religious heads: there are Muslim chaplains aboard with all military groups just as there are Protestant and Catholic ministers, Jewish rabbis, etc..

Canaan Banana asked, «Is it possible to achieve total liberation of the whole person, of the whole society without recourse to theological or religious resources?

People of good will — of whatever religious faith — who are prepared to consider seriously the Pope's teaching in Evangelium Vitae can not now avoid asking themselves, soberly and unblinkingly, whether our regime is becoming the democratic «tyrant state» about which he warns.

At the beginning of the Minnesota course, Smith and Bodin ask students to identify religious agencies (synagogues, churches, hospitals, schools), places and persons that they know in their local community.

I understand that many conservatives believe LGBTQs are asking for special treatment, but as one of our gay friends said «Most of us don't really care what religious people think of us....

BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented: «The question courts must ask themselves in cases such as this one is whether the manifestation of one person's religious identity will interfere with the rights of others.

Ezeokafor, who spoke to journalists at the annual meeting with the Religious Council in the diocese at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Awka, said it was normal that people asked questions about the health of their President as he was not a private citizen.

Sarah Teather, the Lib Dem former minister, asks if his amendment would prevent people avoiding deportation under other aspects of the European convention on human rights, such as right to religious freedom.

Every person is forbidden to intentionally tell, suggest or ask for supports in public to interpret the teachings of the religions, which exist in Indonesia or to perform religious practices similar to those religions, which deviate the mainstream teachings and practices of the religions.

«But people do not have to share a religious faith or agree with religion on everything to see the benefit of asking the searching questions that you, your Holiness, have posed to us about our society and how we treat ourselves and each other.»

Osinbajo, who condemned the persecution of Christians in some parts of the country, said that President Muhammadu Buhari had asked him to take up cases where people were prevented from building religious places of worship.

People were asked to choose between an atheist or a religious candidate for a job requiring either a high or low degree of trust.

FANATICISM VS. SKEPTICISM I question the premise of the Ask the Brains query «Is there a difference between the brain of an atheist and the brain of a religious person?»

«I haven't seen a connection but, I'm not in the habit of asking people about their religious beliefs,» she said.

«But when I'd ask people who are religious whether their faith affects how they handle money, they'd say «silly academic, of course.»»