They say they are committed to religious pluralism, yet in interviews all three expressed reservations about allowing Mormons, Hari Krishnas, and missionaries of
other alien faiths to enter Ukraine.
Not exact matches
Which things being without number in our mind itself, (the nature of which mind is incapable of being seen,) not to mention
others, the very
faith whereby we believe, or the thought whereby we know that we either believe any thing, or believe not, being as it is altogether
alien from the sight of those eyes; what so naked, so clear, what so certain is there to the inner eyes of our minds?
But the defence of
faith and lifestyle which is Russian Orthodoxy tolerates
other faiths except «where an
alien faith and
alien standards of life have been imposed on our people by force or by proselytism» (p. 4).
Faith is a delusion and those operating under it are not immune to criticism any more than those who claim to have visited
other planets and travel on
alien space ships.
One takes a look at the modern world, finds it
alien and hostile to one's beliefs, and retrenches into one's own tradition, claiming on authority that it is the one true
faith and all
other beliefs misguided and perverted.
Faith goes back home after the arrest and
Alien's lifestyle kills her desire to stick around, but the
other three stay behind and join
Alien as his partners in crime.