I» am also troubled by the fact that some words from the Greek were probably not translated correctly or other words were inserted by theologins or
other religious leaders for it to to say something they want it to say.
Not exact matches
Meeting with LCs, women's groups,
other NGOs,
religious and local
leaders to get referrals
for CHP candidates.
The Christian
leaders had created the app to promote a document that urges opposition to abortion and gay marriage and support
for religious liberty, among
other positions.
But there will probably come a point when red lines get crossed and Catholic and
other religious leaders declare: Contempt
for immigrants, even illegal immigrants, is not a moral option.
Even the gospels portray Jesus chastising the
religious leaders, not
for portioning their dill and
other spices
for tithing, but
for doing that without showing compassion to the poor.
What Jesus said about the evil shepherds and
other individuals, who were using the flock
for their own selfish gratification, could also be said today of many of our
religious leaders and our political
leaders.
I personally think religion should not be a factor.No one should ask the candidates what their
religious views are and they should never mention them.Their
religious preferences have absolutely no effect on what type of
leader they will be.Unless they are some kind of a
religious fanatic.I think it's time
for an atheist.There was not a Christian president
for over the first 50 years of our nations existence.And, I do not think there has been one since.If you look it up you will find not one of our founding fathers were Christian.Not even Jefferson.I know he wrote the Jefferson bible, but, that's just because he, like the
other founding fathers, did not believe Jesus to be of divine decent.So, he kept his philosophy while removing all the mystical and dogmatic concepts.
Yes, you are correct that the
religious leaders of Christendom gave their blessing to its members to kill
others «in the name of Christ», such as Catholic Dominican inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada (1420 - 98) of Spain, who ruled tyrannically
for 15 years (1483 - 98, with the blessings of Pope Sixtus IV [who praise him
for «directing his zeal to those matters that contribute to the praise of God»] and Innocent VIII) and saw that over 114,000 (of which 10, 220 were burned at the stake) people were put to death.
The
religious leaders have done next to nothing in this regard, except at times to be teach their members to be intolerant of
others, especially those who have no regard
for the Bible, such as atheists or agnostics.
While personal relationships could form across confessional lines» families hired servants from
other communities,
for example» and while some
religious leaders encouraged respect and compassion
for members of
other faiths, the relationship among Christians, Muslims, and Jews was hardly a model of cooperation.
Among
other things,
religious institutions have protections
for their «internal governance» decisions, including choosing
leaders and setting membership standards.
For this reason, some persons who might make good
religious leaders are lost to the profession simply because they made early decisions to take
other paths.
So paying a
religious leader to read Gods word to you, paying the building mortgages, salaries of the
others and the utilities leaves nothing
for the poor!
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.
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.
At a meeting of the National Council of Churches he asked, not
for any legal restriction but a «a voluntary agreement among
religious leaders of all faiths that from now on they would not resort to conversions because the social logic of conversions is not valid now», that the promise of liberation from caste structure has not been fulfilled as proved by the fact that it persists in all
religious communities; and any attempt to organize Hinduism as a
religious community like
others of the prophetic tradition has been a failure.
Religions are what we make out from them to be... if we what them to be religions
for loving and caring we could... or otherwise we can make out of them to be religions
for hating and hitting
others as well we could... So really it depends on what our
religious leaders popes, imams, rabbis call
for... but if those managed to control theirs who will control the non
religious??
In these settings a small corps of priests or
other functionaries, or perhaps a single
religious leader, provides ceremonial proficiency and continuity
for a larger lay populace whose participation, while not casual, tends to be more occasional and informal than the ordered activity of church attendance.
«That said, if the churches do not take the opportunity now to «advocate» and «teach» why same - sex marriage is wrong
for everyone (i.e., harmful to children, to the couple, and undermining of a culture of marriage),
religious people should not expect to find a lot of sympathy
for their right to exercise their
religious freedom to dissent from same - sex marriage,» Esbeck told CT. «In
other words, church
leaders no longer enjoy the luxury of not teaching biblical marriage, as much as large numbers of the laity don't want to hear it.
Similar approaches can be used to revitalize
other people - serving institutions: (1) The consciousness of many
religious leaders (professional and lay) concerning the urgent need in their community
for networks of nurture
for both individuals and families must first
In February 1998, long before the September 11 terrorist attacks on America, Osama bin Laden and four
other leaders of radical Islamist groups in various countries issued a fatwa, or
religious ruling, calling
for jihad against «the crusader «Zionist alliance» in the following....
Whenever
religious leaders and followers encountered difficulty in Germany or
other European nations, they always looked to America
for refuge.
Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded
for there faith isnt that enough reason
for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.
For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many
other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if
other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz
In anticipation of the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family (October 2015), we the undersigned Catholic women — scholars, professors, attorneys, physicians, writers, businesswomen, philanthropists,
leaders of apostolate, members of
religious orders, and
others — wish to express our love
for Pope Francis, our fidelity to and gratitude
for the doctrines of the Catholic Church, and our confidence in the Synod of Bishops as it strives to strengthen the Church's evangelizing mission.
Yeah, instead
for a healthier time send them to
religious camp so they can be sodomized by a priest or
other religious leader who is a closet gay but refuses to understand it because in his deluded mind it is eveil to be gay but righteous to sodomize a little boy.
In describing and accounting
for the lives of the
Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church a
Religious Right, which we define simply as
religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church a
religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and
other prominent political
leaders; the resistance of evangelical and
other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the
Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church a
Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid
for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.
Rauf would sometimes invite
leaders from
other religious traditions into his Tribeca mosque and would open the place up
for the city's interfaith events.
I know religions are all bad
for people because
religious leaders are always trying to get
other people to believe in what they believe.
«Just as Catholics
for a Free Choice and
other such groups suggest to the general public that not all Catholics agree with positions adopted by their bishops on birth control, abortion and in - vitro fertilization, so will the
Religious Right serve to suggest that not all Catholics accept the positions of church
leaders in social justice matters,» writes Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference.
At the same time interfaith organizations, often initially viewed with suspicion by
religious leaders, have encouraged people of different religions to meet and get to know each
other, in the hope that they can work together
for peace and to uphold moral values.
It is not accurate to seek to pass off such criticisms simply on the basis that
other religious leaders «feel threatened» or that they express «resentment
for another's success.»
The Christian
leaders created the app to promote a document urging opposition to abortion and gay marriage and support
for religious liberty, among
other positions.
Central to the criticisms has been the conviction shared by many
religious leaders that the exercise of social power should be directed by a concern
for justice on a representative basis rather than a concern to impose one's own particular standards and beliefs on
others.
Some
other news about young people: 57 percent said that the primary reason they helped
others was that it «makes them feel good personally»; 19 percent would not fight
for their country under any circumstances, 24 percent were uncertain and 60 percent would not be willing to volunteer one year to serve their country; 17 percent could think of no famous person or celebrity they admired (only 1 percent admired Mother Teresa, and Donald Trump received a similar vote — indicating that
religious and business
leaders are among the least admired adults); 65 percent would cheat on a major exam in school, while 36 percent would lie to protect a friend who vandalized; 53 percent claimed that growing up
for them is harder than it was
for their parents (minority young people were more likely to say it was easier).
But what is this faith
for which both Martin Luther and Ken Kesey as well as many
other religious leaders call?
The partial concession to calls
for conscience votes comes as
religious leaders are warned not to inflame or distort the debate surrounding the use of hybrid embryos and
other updates to fertility and embryology legislation.
Rev. Emily McNeill of the Labor Religion Coalition and
other religious leaders lobbied at the state Capitol Monday
for extension and expansion of the state's millionaires tax in the budget.
Atiku hailed the role that the G.O. had played as a converging figure
for other religious leaders in Nigeria, as many openly attend his services or consulted with him despite being of different denominations.
Representatives of the Roman Catholic Church, Orthodox rabbis and
other conservative
religious leaders fought the measure, and their GOP allies pressed hard
for stronger legal protections
for religious organizations.
Nana Addo will among
other activities pay a courtesy call on traditional and
religious leaders in the region and thank them
for their support in his victory.
While online dating was originally considered a taboo
for many practicing Christians, the unwarranted stigma has since ceased and most preachers, pastors, and
other religious leaders are now welcoming the use of online dating.
By the 1970s, community
leaders agreed that Coke and
other soft drinks could be substituted
for posh, deemphasizing the use of alcohol during
religious ceremonies.
A copy of a news article about an unprecedented letter to Pope Benedict and
other Christian
leaders from 138 Muslim scholars in which is said finding common ground between the world's biggest faiths was not simply a matter
for polite dialogue between
religious leaders and «the very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake».
American Federation of Teachers union President Randi Weingarten came to support the walkers, and even Pastors
For Oklahoma Kids and
other religious leaders came out to bless the efforts.
School
leaders must carefully consider reasonable requests to accommodate
religious or
other beliefs, but weigh this against the aim of creating a unified school ethos or
for the safety of pupils.
We have worked with yoga teachers and trainers, holistic doctors and healers,
religious leaders, families
for reunions and weddings, not -
for - profit organizations, corporate
leaders for team building, herbalists and botanists, photographers, educators, language instructors, and
others seeking a private rainforest retreat.
Julie Fanselow, a spokesperson
for Interfaith Power and Light, a campaign aimed at helping churches address climate change, said she has heard rumblings that
religious leaders of several faiths are looking into divestiture, including Episcopalians, Methodists and Presbyterians, among
others.
Friends do not usually provide the time and space
for individuals to think about and explore their problems... Instead friends and relatives may jump in with premature advice, and inadvertently, discount their fears... Nonetheless, as noted above, people often solve their problems by talking to friends, relatives, co-workers,
religious leaders, or some
other confidant in their lives.
Child maintenance can be awarded to anyone caring
for the child including but not limited to
other family members,
religious leaders or even doctors caring
for the child more than the
other parent.