Sentences with phrase «on ancient beliefs»

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So how do you go from that reasoning to «Since it wasn't accidental then it must have been this ancient male diety named (fill in blank depending on religion) who loves me and knows me and cares for me and wants me to perform rituals that have nothing to do with morality like prayer, not eating certain things, sabaath and many more just because he said so, even though we have no record of him saying anything, just records of humans who wrote things down that they claim he said, but I want to believe it all so badly I will base my beliefs on no other evidence than «it just can't be accident».

There are some who think they must stick to literal beliefs based on ancient text and those who think their religion is as pliable as silly puddy.

You fail to see just how ridiculous it is to hold on so tightly to the bible and the belief in god and the bible and yet your easy dismissal of ancient greek paganism, or roman paganism, or scandinavian.

I myself, having been exposed to the ancient beliefs of Taino Native Americans and Far Easterners transplanted into Latin America as well as Christianity, have a more pragmatic, holistic outlook on divinity and religious teachings which I choose to defer expressing, lest I be branded here in the Christian South as a HERETIC.

And to say that Biblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and apostles.

Now think back on what it took for African Americans and women to get their civil rights, it took good people fighting the prejudice and bigotry of those brainwashed by ancient beliefs.

What cracks me up is the religious attack our science... we have their god pushed all the way back to TBB... they seem to lose track of the fact that their beliefs are based on, at minimum 1350 year old thinking (quaran) and somehow ancient philosophy can trump The Big Bang and the solid science that its based on.

I'm not convinced that just because another ancient group of people believed it was a «hard dome» that necessarily we have to force that belief on the Hebrews.

Bruno, a Dominican friar, held to all sorts of novel, and non - Christian, opinions on faith, giving credence more to exotic ancient - Egyptian beliefs than to orthodox Christology; and while he also followed a number of astronomy hypotheses, such as the existence of a plurality of worlds, yet it was not this that sealed his unfortunate fate.

In general, I don't care what a candidates cult affiliation is unless he seems to be the type of cult member that will want to press his cults ancient (or not so ancient) beliefs on others through the force of law.

If you want to believe in your god, then more power to you, but don't make yourself look stupid by trying to refute scientific fact based on what someone told you or what you've read in an outdated book written to scare and control mankind though fantastical and highly embellished stories meant to inspire fear and obedience to ancient laws and beliefs.

Everyone has beliefs, but not everyone bases their beliefs on imaginary beings or ancient books of mythology.

Its false belief in imaginery beings and based on a book of fables written by ancient goat herders

Ancient Greece was founded on the belief in many gods, the greatest of whom was Zeus.

The resurrections (or more correctly resuscitations) which, according to ancient tradition had been performed by Elijah and Elisha, depended partly upon this belief.10 The same belief supplies us with the reason why the story of the raising of Lazarus lays such emphasis on the fact that he «had already been four days in the tomb».

These ancient belief systems are based on superst.ition and mythology.

Borg has taken some ancient texts written long after the apostolic authorship of the New Testament and created a theology and belief system bent on dscrediting Jesus» Messianic claims and the Messianic claims his followers made of him.

Their beliefs in the natural motions of objects, the stars, etc. was predicated on Aristotelian physics and ancient science.

America was founded on Christian beliefs, and even atheists should honor and respect these beliefs (RE: Ancient Laws (Jefferson)-RRB- even though they do not believe in God... and just as we are told to respect them they should also respect us; sounds like they like being bullies; it should be understood that all can have their own opinion, but we should not condemn each other for different opinions.

I think that will be very clear to everyone that the predominant religions of today is ancient beliefs that might have been reasonable at the time when they were written, but that was more than 1,600 years ago and we have learnt a lot since, even though I sometimes question that when I see what is going on in the world.

Questioning the nonsensical belief in fairy tales based on an ancient tribal myths, and encouraging the «believer» to employ reason and rationally evaluate his or her position, isn't an attack.

You sciency - types do nt abandon your worldview even though the ancient greek scientific philosophy that we base our western scientific tradition on, arose in a society founded on the belief in 12 capricious anthropomorphic gods, an animistic «universe», and an unshakeable belief in the idea of «fate».

After four months of desperate attempts to save my faith, I came to the sad conclusion that my faith was based on an ancient superstition; a superstition not based on lies, but based on the sincere but false beliefs of uneducated, superstitious, first century peasants.

Add to this ancient rites and cultural beliefs and prejudices which must be sorted out when trying to rely on the bible for ways in which to conduct one's life in order to figure out what God wants of us and to gain salvation.

This widespread ancient belief lingered on in Israel, by whom the underworld was known as Sheol.

All Year: The Bible (There are many translations available at biblegateway.com)- Anchor Bible Commentary Series - The Women's Bible Commentary, Edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe - Living Judaism: The Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice by Wayne D. Dosick - Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical books, and the New Testament, Edited by Carol Meyers, Toni Cravien, and Ross Shepard Kraemer - Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem - Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy, Edited by Ronald W. Pierce, Rebecca Merrill Groothuis and Gordon D. Fee - Women in the World of the Earliest Christians: Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life by Lynn Cohick - God's Word to Women by Katharine C. Bushnell - Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned by Kenneth C. Davis - «On The Dignity and Vocation of Women» by Pope John Paul II - The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs

On the other hand, there are quotations from the Book of History found in writings that recognizably go back of the time of the destruction of the books, which give support to the belief that the «Ancient Script» is reliable, or that at least it contains genuine early material.

Chinese and Indian medicine is built on valid ancient beliefs and I'd much rather be doing preventative care than be sliced up like deli meet by a surgeon.

Even though, as physicist Steven Weinberg has emphasized, most people who call themselves religious tend to adhere to only those bits and pieces from scripture that appeal to them, by according undue respect for ancient religious beliefs in general, we nonetheless are suggesting that they are on par with conclusions that have been drawn from centuries of rational empirical investigation.

For those who follow the ancient Maya traditions, the belief in the influence of the cosmos on human lives and the necessity of paying homage to the gods through rituals continues to find expression in a modern hybrid Christian - Maya faith.

Before I explain about yoga for psoriasis, let's get one thing clear; yoga is not a religion nor a belief system, it is an ancient art form is based on harmonising and developing the body, mind and spirit.

What is certain is that the discovery of Saint Peter's ancient tomb was located on the Vatican hill where he had suffered martyrdom and where now stands Culture of Chile - history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family, social Bo - Co

Everyday religious items like this amulet shed light on the beliefs and worship of people in ancient Egypt as well as offering a starting point for looking at Egyptian gods more generally.

The decoration on the coffin illustrates some important elements of ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife, while scientific examination of the mummy has shed light on aspects of health and aging in ancient Egypt.

In School 21's history lesson on Ancient Greece, teachers used the talking point, «Beliefs were not important at all in Ancient Greece,» and had their students talk in trios.

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Homeopathy in humans was based on the beliefs of ancient Greeks and Romans, but was officially founded by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in the late 18th century.

I can not comment on the raw diet as I admit I haven't tried that nor would I ever, I believe it to be an ancient medieval «belief» that dogs need only meat and it raw as our good advanced science tells us the benefits of a well BALANCED but varied diet.

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The sculptor's work often represents things found in nature such as pears, seeds and fruits that embody some ancient Chinese belief based on Taoism.

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