Sentences with phrase «of religious people of»

Jesus, after all, was fiercely opposed by many (not all) of the religious people of his day.

Unexpectedly and uncomfortably accepting outcasts by breaking social mores, he created a sense of belonging for them, which frequently conflicted with the moral sensibilities of religious people of his day, angering them.

Not exact matches

Although there is a long history stretching back to the 1990s of legislation aimed at protecting religious minorities, a new batch of bills has cropped up in reaction to state movements to grant LGBT people the right to marry.

A wide variety of crimes fall under this umbrella term, from attacks against gay people to vandalism of religious sites.

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

Critics of the religion also dispute Miscavige's claims of the complex's ability to reach «billions» of people, especially considering that, according to the American Religious Identification Survey, only 25,000 Americans consider themselves Scientologists.

«Extending the right to religious freedom, clearly designed for an individual person, to a corporation would have repressive consequences to the American workplace,» says Justin Nelson, president and co-founder of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.

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.

As weddings grew more secular over time, and people weren't limited to dress codes of religious buildings, strapless dresses (for brides, bridesmaids, and guests alike) skyrocketed in popularity.

These are «immoral» thoughts or urges that contradict the deeply held beliefs of people who live with them, like a religious Jew constantly imagining eating a pig.

Graham was the most prominent religious leader of his era, converting 3 million people to dedicate their lives to Christianity.

Supporters of the measure say it will protect people and business owners with strong religious convictions from government intrusion.

But a consideration of medical issues brings up the point that the somewhat - rich MREs could easily overwhelm the digestive system of a person suffering from severe malnutrition, and a consideration of the population's unique characteristics leads to the concern that the MREs may be incompatible with ethnic and religious dietary restrictions.

Indiana's law, for example, allows people and businesses to claim exemption based only on the likelihood that their religious freedom could be infringed, said Katherine Franke, a professor of law and director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality at Columbia University, in New York.

This is true regardless of people's age, education, science knowledge, gender and political and religious orientations.

Despite the demonstrable negative consequences in states that have passed laws that undermine LGBTQ equality, the coming months will indicate whether the ascent of Donald Trump to the White House is emboldening religious conservatives to press for more such bills after a series of gains for gay and transgender people at the federal level under the Obama administration.

«Whether the result of religious upbringing or poor sex ed in our school systems, there are a lot of people with a negative view of sex.

A couple of years ago, Benioff famously went to bat against several state laws that would allow business to refuse service to people based on sexual orientation under the umbrella of religious freedom.

«The idea of getting to hang out with [Wild Turkey's] Jimmy Russell — when you look at people's faces, it's like a religious experience,» Gregory says.

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Since its founding in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has made some impressive achievements: it has doubled its membership from five countries to 10, now comprising a combined population of 625 million people; and, it has reached a level of cohesion and integration that is impressive in light of the economic, religious, cultural, and political diversity among its members.

Walshe also critically flags how — again, at the point of consent — Facebook's review process deploys examples of the social aspects of its platform (such as how it can use people's information to «suggest groups or other features or products») as a tactic for manipulating people to agree to share religious affiliation data, for example.

Rabbi Jonah Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, discussed how people of all faiths need to unify to help others overcome social problems in the United States at an interfaith discussion of clergy leaders in Palm Beach County...

«We have religious concerns about the fate of the holy mosque in Jerusalem and about the rights of the Palestinian people.

There are rare creatures like highly religious congregants who tithe 10 or 20 percent of their incomes to charity regardless of income, but most people earning less than $ 100,000 give away less than 5 percent.

Developers at the time could access virtual anything of any value that a person's friends had posted on the social network: her hometown, current city, events and location check - ins; her interests, groups and all the pages she'd liked; her relationship statuses with romantic partners, friends and family; her birthday, activities, work history and political and religious affiliations; and her photos, notes and videos.

Greed for power, control, influence, adulation, etc. tend to define the failings of every religious person as they sublimate their primate instincts behind a mask of delusion.

For years, I watched in horror as most of the most remarkable, honest, hard working, compassionate, productive, contributing & patriotic; people one could ever hope to know in life & have the privilege of calling friends; die a slow, agonizing, disfiguring & vastly premature death, amidst the muted joy & exaltation of conservative religious groups & individuals.

Such a new ecclesiastical body is designed to allow these pathetic human beings, who are so deeply locked into a world that no longer exists, to form a community in which they can continue to hate gay people, distort gay people with their hopeless rhetoric and to be part of a religious fellowship in which they can continue to feel justified in their homophobic prejudices for the rest of their tortured lives.

Majority of Atheists don't understand the purpose of religion, while on the other side most religious people don't understand their religion.

Lots of colleges have religious people at them and religious people do attend church.

As social scientist Arthur Brooks has documented, religious people give far more to all manner of do - gooding than do secular people.

To think that some bunch of people, from one particular religious sect, can unilaterally decide to say some dead person is «baptised», and to think that such a declaration means anything at all for the spirit (if any) of the deceased, is bizarre.

They managed to deliver tax breaks for the rich and oil companies, that's indisputable, but not on any of the «moral» issues they've used since the early 70s to get votes from religious people.

If religious people just stopped try to force their belief system on to the rest of us and left it up to their gods then you would suddenly find a huge drop in the negative comments.

Religious people engage in self delusion out of fear of the unknown.

The only restriction I believe is appropriate on religious belief is to stop them from hurting other people or ritualistic abuse of animals.

The only people destroying the moral fiber of this country are all the religious people who judge others without knowing them.

People like you are magnificent illustrations of the dangers of religious indoctrination.

Dawkins argues that while there appear to be plenty of individuals that would place themselves as «1» due to the strictness of religious doctrine against doubt, most atheists do not consider themselves «7» because atheism arises from a lack of evidence and evidence can always change a thinking person's mind.

First, people often kill other human beings because they believe that the creator of the universe wants them to do it... Second, far greater numbers of people fall into conflict with one another because they define their moral com.munity on the basis of their religious affiliation...»

They've spent much time and effort courting religious conservatives, knowing full well that what some of these people want is so extreme that it would scare off centrist voters.

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.

The young minority of young people that survive to become an atheist (or something other than religious) now have access to the internet and all that implies.

Good point by Alex, many people who are deeply religious (and orthodox Jews very much are), see times of fear and stress as well as times of happiness and tranquility to be times to pray.

But self - delusion is the hallmark of religious people anyway.

In a study that comes as a surprise to approximately no Christian under the age of 40, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project says technology use among religious people is no different than among anybody else.

The absolute hatred of gays and lesbians by religious people just baffles me to no end.

Mr. Hawking wins easy battles against uneducated (in science) religious persons, but taking his statement on perspective, He is based on assumptions with serious underlying problems, basically everything from mathematics, to the incompatibility of quantum mechanics and relativity, and the lack of proof and evidence for string theories, he is launching a very aggressive statement, probably his last effort on life to counter the anthropomorphic ideas of God, and this is very common in all scientists.

Now we have atheists worrying about the s e x lives of religious ppl.