But like many
other religious leaders on all sides of the argument, Gregory insisted that his version of the Almighty is the one whom the others are unknowingly and incompletely worshiping.
• Karim Aga Khan IV, a descendant of the prophet Muhammad and spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Muslims told a German news website that he would welcome a debate with Pope Benedict XVI and
other religious leaders on faith, reason and violence.
Not exact matches
In addition to testify with
other Christians at congress
on the matter, President Harrison has been a signatory to a number of letters along with
other religious leaders expressing concern about the mandate, most recently a few days ago.
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.
Marty joined 17
other religious leaders and signed a statement pledging «to risk fine or imprisonment to assist young men who resist [ed] the draft
on grounds of conscience» (December 13, 1967).
Jackson and
other religious leaders challenged the city
on the measure saying the matter should be put to District voters in a ballot initiative.
Faced with conflicting interpretations based
on religious premises, national
leaders can readily turn to
other arguments
on which there is greater consensus.
On the
other hand, the presence of
religious leaders and the prevalence of
religious practices at the colleges allow students to discover or rediscover faith in ways that inspire them to practice it.
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.
And though there were preachers and rabbis and
other religious leaders opening and closing each day of each convention, there wasn't an avowed atheist talking up unbelief
on either convention's speaking list.
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??
Sergei Ryakhovsky, head of the Protestant Churches of Russia, and several
other evangelical
leaders called the law a violation of
religious freedom and personal conscience in a letter to Putin posted
on the Russian site Portal - Credo.
On the whole, one is hard - pressed to find examples of
other leaders,
religious or otherwise, who did a better job of managing access to so much power, especially when it presented itself as the power to do good.
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....
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
On the
other end Vasectomy is fully covered and nobody has any issues including
religious leaders.
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.
and
on that note... I wonder how many pastors and
other religious leaders don't really believe in religion.
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.
(Despite
leaders criticizing certain policies
on immigration and foreign aid, a third of evangelicals, more than any
other religious demographic, «strongly approve» of Trump's job as president, according to the latest Politico / Morning Consult poll.
«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.
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.»
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).
In spite of Beecher's early recognition and that of some
others like him in the church, there has been considerable resistance
on the part of
religious leaders to the sickness conception.
d) Add to that the never ending
religious pandering by various Islamist supporters lurking in our media (Fareed Zakaria, Dean ObeidAllah, Ethan Casey & a bunch of
others on CNN), in our polity (Keith Ellison, Cynthi McKenney Ron Paul etc.), «So - called» Spiritual
leaders (Imam Rauf, Farrah Khan etc.), academicia (Fawaz Gerges, etc.), all in the garb of
religious freedoms, and whose only purpose is the greater Islamization of America.
The sign of Jonah is in One who was rejected as a blasphemer by the
religious leaders of his time and condemned to death as a criminal by the political
leaders, rising up from the dead and sitting at the right hand of God, and being given a name that is above every
other name, so that «at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and
on earth and under the earth» (Phil.
Trump's order to ease limits
on political activity by
religious organizations is being met with enthusiasm and dread from
religious leaders, with some rejoicing in the freedom to preach their views and endorse candidates and
others fearing the change will erode the integrity of houses of worship.
On the other hand, it remains true — in a way, stubbornly true — that religion and religious leaders have an influence on political lif
On the
other hand, it remains true — in a way, stubbornly true — that religion and
religious leaders have an influence
on political lif
on political life.
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.
Speaking during a town hall meeting with representatives of political parties,
religious leaders, youth / women groups and clerics, security agencies and
other stakeholders
on Wednesday in Abaji, the police commissioner said that enough security will be deployed across all polling units
Lundgren says parents and
other family members, teachers,
religious leaders and peers should talk about and reflect
on these norms and consider alternative ways of demonstrating their masculinity and femininity that lead to strong, healthy relationships.
Meanwhile, the proposed curriculum appeared to be causing further upset with a report in the Mail
on Sunday claiming that the Catholic church has instructed its schools to teach Judaism alongside Christianity in GCSE
religious studies, rather than Islam or
other faiths — a move described as «very disappointing» by some Muslim
leaders.
While not all
leaders of
other private
religious institutions have embarked
on lobbying campaigns to get school vouchers enacted into state law, it's worth highlighting another one of those schools that stands to gain from the Opportunity Scholarship Program as an example of the lengths to which taxpayer funds will fund
religious education.
One hundred and five social scientists, climate scientists, business
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