Unfortunately, to echo in advance another regular of this forum, there's a real gravity in taking
on some beliefs like, say, viewing Jesus as the Messiah.
And live and act
on my beliefs like I've never done before.
Not exact matches
Marketers can target based
on all kinds of information,
like a user's location, interests, political
beliefs and more.
Contrary to popular
belief that employees simply don't feel
like getting the machine back online, though, the WSJ's investigation shed some light
on what's really going
on.
With a community of
like - minded colleagues that share your
beliefs, have insight and expertise in your sector and can be there to chew the fat, spit ball ideas and occasionally listen to your anguished cried of pain helps keep you
on track, keeps you smiling, and keeps you focused.
Even as his counterparts
like Atlanta rapper Killer Mike — who has been very vocal about America's racist war
on drugs and his own political
beliefs — used their celebrity for fundraising, meetings with politicians, and self - penned articles; the rapper usually left politics to the side as he expanded his business and rose to the top of the corporate ladder.
Academic research
on correcting misinformation has shown that putting a strong image,
like a red flag, next to an article may actually entrench deeply held
beliefs — the opposite effect to what we intended,»
«Academic research
on correcting misinformation has shown that putting a strong image,
like a red flag, next to an article may actually entrench deeply held
beliefs — the opposite effect to what we intended,» according to Product Manager Tessa Lyons.
The more I fill myself with the affirmations, gratitude and so
on, the more I feel my limiting
beliefs swirling up my soul
like an inner fight.
Like Myth 2, this idea is based
on the
belief that the size of the business matters.
In recent years, oil and gas majors
like Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell have invested billions of dollars into LNG projects in countries
like Australia and Qatar, while further vast sums have been spent
on plants that turn LNG back into gas in consuming countries, all in the
belief the world's need for the fuel would rise rapidly — especially as countries, particularly in Asia, sought to move away from more polluting -LSB-...]
Can't be too intelligent, as you seem to misunderstand that atheism,
like any form of theism, is strictly a
belief, and what a person believes has ZERO BEARING
on how intelligent they can BECOME.
I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many
beliefs out of curiosity but could not
belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all
belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet
on front of him and when was
on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things
like that..
Also, I would expect to see him backtracking
on things
like his
belief that there's more than one way to The Father and his endorsement of Islam as being just as valid as Christianity.
No, he's not a gentleman, and shame
on his parents for instilling a
belief system that treats women
like inferior creatures.
If a person senses they are being a pain at work by expressing opinions that their employer does not
like, and / or the manner in which those
beliefs are delivered, then it is good sense to lower the tone or move
on to another job.
i think if every religion had a massive get together day or something along those lines it would be good... there is not so many different views
on islam, however there is something
like 30,000 different branches of christianity... this could unite the collective and make for a meaningful
belief.
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».
Also, in western religions
like Islam, Christianity are based
on set of
belief system.
So you see, it's people
like who are unwilling to accept the universe for what it is insist of forcing a
belief system down
on everybody's throat.
Like their god reads the «
belief blog»
on cnn.com If their god is all powerful, why do they need to type it at all?
junior, instead of boasting about childish notions
like belief in imaginary beings, secular charities get
on with their business.
if you want to truly educate yourself
on the origins of your
beliefs, research scholars that have studied it their whole careers, not some preacher that can be fired when he saids things you don't
like... trust me i have watched that happen.
well chutty - oh where to start - if you don't beleive in god, fine... then don't... i don't beleive in mermaids, but i don't espouse my non-
belief as «passionate»... nor do i denegrate those who may believe in mermaids with derogatory labels
like zionist or evangelist... if you don't believe in god, then your
belief in your fellow man should be a little stronger than having to slap labels
on them....
Like religion, science is based
on belief.
And you guys whine because you are called out
on your
beliefs or called a name you don't
like?
Apple everybody seems to
like to think their
belief system is based
on empirical data, but we are all in the same boat.
It just makes anyone with no
belief in a god figure look
like a d - bag to anyone «
on the fence».
Atheism is just a
belief position
on gods, and atheist could, theoretically, believe in all manner of supernatural things,
like crystals, libertarian free will, or qi.
Scholasticism Theology moved from the monastery to the university Western theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based
on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate
like lawyers, not
like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent
on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite
beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of the East
Give me 10 minutes to probe your core
beliefs, and I will find multiple «easy» targets for ridicule,
like the ridicule you want to heap
on others.
We can assume that all the Justices sitting
on the Court today,
like other humans, have their own preferences and biases about religion, but the judicial opinions of one of them, Justice John Paul Stevens, raise more than a slight suspicion that some of his actions
on the bench stem from animosity, if not to animal sacrifice, at least to certain less exotic religious
beliefs and practices.
I would
like to point out that those from both sides of the argument
on belief have one similarity... the lack of tolerance.
No problem with Canadians, but with pushy butt in canadians commenting
on issues
like our politics or
beliefs that is none of their f»n business.
The relationship between the war in Afghanistan and diffuse but real security interests once referred to as the «War
on Terror» is unstated, but the tacit
belief seems to be that success in Afghanistan will ameliorate problems in other places, mostly by denying terrorists a safe haven
like Amsterdam or Fort Hood.
Pardon me, but I have no
belief, nor do I shove it
on anyone or try to inject it in my politics
like the GOP and Teabaggers.
In the end all you are doing is just relying
on your own
belief because even though there is no proof that that there actually is no deity who does not want to be made known but would rather have us develop our faith in said deity, since there is thus far no irrefutable proof that there is such a deity, that you then come to a conclusion that there is no such deity, all you are doing is just relying
on belief just
like I'm relying
on belief and that what it really boils down to is just that it is all a matter of
belief.
If anyone started doing something
like this to Mormons, l bet you would never hear the end of complaining, calling it an attack
on their freedom of
belief & freedom of religion.
They put all of their
beliefs on line for all to see, and you go to Google to see what somebody else says they believe... seems to me that you and all that bunch
like you NEed to ask a Mormon, and not some person who has really no idea what they are talking about.
I am for the elimination of hate, fear and control, religion is just the catalyst that people use to hate, fear and control, getting rid of religion won't solve the problem, its
like putting a band aid
on a severe cut, its temporary, and it just hits the surface, instead we need to go deeper than that to the root cause, I know lots of religious people who don't hate, fear or control, there are also many
beliefs such as paganism, Buddism, Taoism, which doesn't use hate fear, and self righteousness to condemn others, I think if maybe more of the most major religions followed there teachings then we wouldn't have as much problems as we do.
I'll tell you what: how about you stop acting
like those atheists (who do not represent all atheists, by the way), and desist in painting an entire body of
belief (or lack thereof) based
on the actions of its most militant and aggressive members?
As much as your point is dead -
on, I'm sorry to say you may as well be shouting in a hurricane: The faithful will never let anything
like facts, logic, evidence or even rationality get in the way of their
beliefs.
Message to all anti-gay believers out there, your views
on homosexuals are rooted in the
belief that it is a behavior or a choice, yet you refuse to be corrected by someone who actually is gay and would know, how Christ
like are you being that you should refuse to listen and discriminate according to your own assumptions?
Sikhism
like all religions are plain stupid and are based
on supersitious
beliefs.
Sounds to me
like he was force - feeding his
beliefs on his co-workers, and when enough people complained of harrassment, they fired him.
The BioLogos position
on origins sits partway between two fundamentalisms:
on the «left» end of the spectrum is the fundamentalism of people
like Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett who are committed to the
belief that the only reliable form of knowledge comes from science, and that alternate ways of knowing must be either rejected entirely or completely subordinated to science.
It's not hard to see how that attitude might lead men
like O'Reilly to think women exist for their sexual pleasure or for Christians to defend them when they act
on that
belief.
Dalahäst So,
like I said, you are actually a product of our modern, more liberal, egalitarian society, but you are insisting
on giving credit for this to «Christianity», as if Christianity has always lined up with your
beliefs.
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.
I do
like him and respect his
beliefs on compassion etc..