It Is true that Christians were intolerant to
other religious traditions.
With that said, I do totally respect the fact that
other religious have some aspects of God more clear then Christians have traditionally had.
Christian sects exhibit attitudes which, if contrasted to those of
other religious organizations, offer striking parallels.
Mike — the actual employees of a church (or
other religious group) areee exempt.
As a Protestant who believes that this process of self - criticism, both personal and corporate, is an expression of faith and that every attempt to absolutize any given form of the tradition is idolatrous, one question I ask of
other religious communities is whether they encourage this questioning and critical spirit.
The Islamic Center should be built there as
any other religious center is allowed to be.
no proof the bible quran or
any other religious text has anything to do with God.
And when Christian missions made converts and created Christian communities they imposed an English law as the personal law of the Indian Christian community and separated them from
other religious communities legally.
They just happen to have a belief structure that is more aligned with religions that are more popular in the US which means they are tolerated more than
the other religious whack - jobs out there.
Christian idiots calling
other religious idiots.
As long as the dominant religious presence on a campus does not undermine
other religious expressions, this situation beats the alternative.
How they understand their daily experiences of struggle, informs how they understand the place and authority of the Scriptures and
other religious traditions.
But it came to be associated not only with religious but also with caste political overtones, and came into conflict with the anti-Brahmin movements of depressed castes who were organizing separately for separate political strength to bring about cultural and social change aimed at elevating their status in the body politic; it also made the conversion into
other religious communities, of the depressed sections of Hinduism as well as of the Tribals partially Hinduised and moving more fully in that direction, to be seen as a weakening of the Hindu community and a strengthening of
other religious communities as political entities.
Seems that Christians need protecting more than
other religious groups these days.
Or must you along with
every other religious person on the planet rely on faith to be believers?
Agnosticism — the view that the truth of certain claims — especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, as well as
other religious and metaphysical claims — are unknowable.
Rational choice is a presupposition of another sociological model embraced by Stark: the «theory of religious economies,» which posits that churches and
other religious groups operate in a market in which they must compete for adherents.
What is to keep pro-abortion states from requiring hospitals» including Catholic and
other religious hospitals that view abortion as the taking of human life» to perform abortions?
It may be that evangelicals and
other religious wackos are becoming a «hated minority.»
If more American's read the bible and then read a few
other religious books, they would see the copious amount of plagiarism that fills the Christian Holy Bible from cover to cover.
It should be emphasized that this position does not at all imply a lack of respect for or even theological interest in
other religious traditions, but it follows the great majority of historic Christian theologies in denying the possibility of salvific revelations anywhere outside the biblical orbit.
There absolutely nothing in your bible, or
other religious texts that tells us things we did not know at the time.
Not if
the other religious texts of Islam are true.
I am not intolerant of
other religious views — I actually belong to a Unitarian church where I am accepted as an atheist.
But those tasks can be classified broadly into two groups: those in which theologians want to regard themselves as doing something special and unique and those in which they wish to affirm community with
other religious traditions.
Gods will is for us humans today to evolved to a level of conciousness that will prepare us for the challenges of our future survival, Scientists now predicts of hardships in the future due to over population and changes to the natural environment.and that is happening now with activists through out the world are reminding us of protecting nature.That is why we need a phsychological revolution to hasten the evolution of consciousness that will address the problems.Ideological and philosophical enlightenment had the past great minds to develop ideas and belief because God sent them to reality in their times.Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and many
other religious leaders to teach humanity the doctrines that God willed to be appropriate and applicable in those periods of their existence, Also great philosophers in another dimension of social involvement were born to interprete and connect philosophically as the second element of our conscience, Kant, Marx and countless of them also were born.To complete the triangular structure or dimension of our conscience is knowledge.
I never said all Christians or
other religious figures are capable of such though.
is a good one where the hotline can provide theories like the out of africa idea, the migration patterns of early humans, contrasting
other religious faiths, rites and ceremonies are others.
In a world shrunk by travel and communications technologies, one which can no longer afford conflict arising from ethnocentric prejudice, the appreciation of
other religious and cultural views is necessary for the survival of the human species.
I don't think he can be considered a Christian just because he agrees with some passages from the bible - they may have well come from
any other religious text.
And if this is not the case, are there not
other religious traditions, each with its own historical concept of the ultimately real, and their claims to truth?
One approach takes «the «salvation» values of
other religious ways» as the central question, and the other appraises «how complex traditions... diversely envision the character of the Whole and fashion praxes consistent with these visions.»
No Christian or
other religious person can argue that evolution happens on a small scale.
Again, what happens in
other religious communities in no way excuses what has happened in the Catholic Church.
While I'm not sure who is being quoted, it sounds like something you might hear from the Moslem Brotherhood, or any of
the other religious extremists in that neck of the woods.
I'm a christian but I feel as if there are so MANY denominations and translations of the Bible AND
other religious text that running a country based on religion would bring that nation to its knees.
Providing food, clothing, shelter, medicine, etc. for the needy would be deductible; but not provisions of Bibles, crosses and
other religious materials.
The blood of so many people have been spilled in the name of God by Christians as well as many
other religious sects.
Of course through such coexistence for long periods, there developed symbiotic interpretations of religions and cultural and social values, creating not one but several composite cultures and syncretic religious trends in different regions of the country in different periods of its history, with one or
other religious value or cultural system having dominant influence.
Muslims feel that too, as do many
other religious followers.
To me more important is the fact that so long as the church remains a religious community in competition with
other religious communities, the church can never say that in Christ it sacramentally represents the destiny of all peoples in the country.
To say that evolution should be the only «theory» discussed in school is just as ignorant as a Christian or
other religious person saying that only creationism should be discussed.
Has a Christian or
other religious person done something to hurt you that you feel requires you to lash out?
The treatment of people outside Christianity was even worse, such as our treatment of «pagans» who refused to convert to Christianity after it became the official religion of the Roman Empire, or the Jews during most of Christian history, or
other religious groups in Germany and Great Britain who were slaughtered and enslaved by invading Christian armies, or the enslavement of Native Americans and Africans by imperialistic Christian settlers of the «New World.»
should be up to the individual Woman, since it's HER freaking body and NOT yours or
any other religious nutbag's
Masons are Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and just about
any other religious tradition, and many Masons are not a part of any organized religion.
Much of the criticism, I expect, is generated by envy of the Legion's success, especially in attracting priestly vocations in a time when vocations to most
other religious orders are in sharp decline.
Wage a war of words using black leaders like Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Jesse Jackson and
other religious personalities who promote Islam as the religion of African - Americans while insisting Christianity is for whites only.
The clearest measure of the value that religious groups place on the profession is the low pay scale for Christian ministers and most
other religious professionals.
Religion is a tool used to shape our world, and the bible and
other religious texts are full of clues because they we're written by those who guard the knowledge.