CNN needs to stay
out of religion as do every other news station out there.
That has how it has been defined by those in and
out of religion as long as I have been alive.
Not exact matches
Some legal experts warn the RFRA bills have tended to expand the narrow instances in which individuals and businesses can use their
religion to opt
out of activities the state might compel them to do, such
as to serve all customers.
Can you see why equality under the law and equal rights for everyone means throwing
out the bias
of religion,
as none
of them agree with the others on anything.
My thought, if there is some sort
of God or being
out there, he certainly isn't like anything any
religion envisions
as God.
Hmm... I think they may be pointing
out some
of the craziness
of religion, and
as to «why» we should keep that «firewall»
of separation
of lunacy and government separate IMHO.
NO, I wasn't there so the only «facts» I know are what is written in this article but
as a rule -
of - thumb discussions regarding political views,
religion, etc are best left
out of the office.
The «working
out dramatically,»
of course, suggests the great poetic potential
of southern
religion,
as we see in THE APOSTLE and TENDER MERCIES, for example.
But until we come to the end
of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even
as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even
as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired
of being sick and tired
of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even
as our flesh wins
out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word
of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even
as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be,
as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even
as Christ wars against the man
of sin within: For
out of the abundance
of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words
of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead
of Christ, one has become a teacher
of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man
of sin: Many who have come
out of religion has done this,
as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right»
of self exaltation (
Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left»
of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down
of all who we are before exalting us to be just
as He, even
as the Christ in us overcomes that man
of sin (Adam) through theses valleys
of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word
of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even
as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria
Maybe not quite similar, because the
religion you accept does depend on some arbitrary factors
out of our control, such
as the country
of our birth.
As we move closer to the spiritual center, the kingdoms
of religion and politics become dull and powerless, replaced by an organic reality that binds us together from the inside
out, not the top down.
OK, I am
out of touch, but I am at a loss to define one monotheistic
religion that describes the creator
as being female.
It is what has lead me to my veiw that Atheism
as a
religion, the passion most Atheist have for their point
of view from the start you may not fall in this category but I'm sure you know someone that does.The same applies to Christians that freak
out on someone and start forcing their view on others, I see that
as wrong also if someone asks or brings the debate to you then by all means debate but why be rude how does it help?
Personally, I will respect all faith, so long
as religion is kept
out of the government, per the First Amendment and the Treaty
of Tripoli.
Most Christianity today is, in my opinion, not a
religion that Jesus preached, but a
religion made up about Jesus by various authorities, and
as the cartoon points
out, some still have a lot
of issues with gender, sexism, sexuality, power and control.
There were
of course some who saved records, but for the most part Christianity tended to condemn anything not like them, blamed them
as heretics and causes
of plagues and poisoners
of wells trying to wipe
out any alternate
religions that remained in Europe through much
of the last two thousand years.
Beliefs should be kept personal, but he goes
out of his publicize his beliefs which are insubstantial
as any
religion.
I thought and examined and became an athiest, but still
out of respect for the doctrine
of free will and tolerance, I constantly expose my kids to
religion as well
as to science and rational thinking.
The source is
religion,... the Bible pointed
out that Jews were the chosen people, and obviously when someone has that sort
of ego, people on the outside are going to despise it,... in this case it was Christianity, Catholicism (same
as Christianity), Islam, etc who felt they were the chosen people and so the hatred began.
The minute to bring
religion in
as your justification for abortion laws (or any laws honestly) the whole argument becomes invalid and should be tossed
out due to a seperation
of church and state.
Among those responding in the letters column is Franky Schaeffer, who points
out that Harries rather thoroughly ignored
religion as a potent factor in the collapse
of Communism.
Besides taking
religion out of politics and look at what each candidate has to offer us
as Americans, ans how they can get us turned around
as a country.
«guessed endings»,,
as compared to your guessed beginnings... the whole
of your
religion is guessed, you have no proof
of the start your
religion it does not appear any where
out side
of the bible..
It truly is a carzy world
out tehyre and it appears to me that
religion is causing so many
of the problems
as it always has throughout history.
As has been pointed
out, we could go back into the past
of nearly ALL
religions (and their derivatives) and find faults in the people that originally founded them.
In a New York Times blog, Ross Douthat notes that Pew created two nonbeliever categories instead
of one: the much publicized atheist / agnostic category (which got 21
out of 32 religious knowledge questions right) and a much larger category
of respondents who described their
religion as «nothing in particular» (which got only 15 right — a bit below the national average
of 16 correct answers).
And
as someone who was raised in a Catholic household, imo, he is the epitomy
of what is wrong with another mysoginistic,
out -
of - touch
religions.
What if the reality is «
religion» — which unfortunately a large part
of the church has become — died on the cross, and was re-birthed
as the Bride in the resurrection: they just haven't figured it
out yet.
Dude, you are WAY
out of your element, having read the bible, a couple
of times I might add, I can assure you that I know probably about
as much about your
religion as you do and quite a bit more about the many
religions out there apart from christianity.
So many people who advocate or speak publicly for political or personal reasons aren't acknowledged
as much when it comes to
religion when someone is wanting to speak
out about there faith a light bulb goes off and says we don't want to hear, or talk, or, air any thing that has to do with the mentioning
of God but because
of the high profile story and because this is the President
of the United States it's ok hats off to them for not being ashamed to speak about there faith I agree with Richard some people just because they profess there faith doesn't mean there trying to push there beliefs on anyone people
of faith have a right to free speech also.
No, they don't want to have holidays or say the pledge
of allegiance but they have no problem citing 1st Amendment rights in going door to door pushing their
religion down people's throats or getting
out of their responsibilties
as American citizens by showing respect to the flag.
AAthiest — Your rationale for keeping
religion out of science is just
as flawed
as deniers
of evolution.
America has so many people who identify themselves
as religious because A) some
of our initial settlers came to the colonies because their beliefs were
out of line with the government ordained
religion in their country.
If God is not much concerned about
religion as a separate sphere
of private or public life and if he is present where the needy cry
out for help, then
as Christians we can not fail to take most seriously the analysis
of the concrete social situation in which we find ourselves.
Christians are still the dominant
religion, the wall
of separation is still in place and,
as Doc pointed
out below, for countries where gay marriage is already legal, «NONE
of those countries has a church been mandated to perform ceremonies that run counter to their doctrine.»
And one way Jesus showed this was by hanging
out with the people whom
religion rejects
as «unworthy»
of God's attention or forgiveness.
What is being planed for the long run and who could be or made to look
as the only beneficiary
out of such acts separating between God believers and igniting fires for achieving long wars in the name
of Religions and only to prove that
religion is the headache and mother
of all crimes.
I simply pointed
out that MORE people have died under atheist regimes (and I specifically mentioned only Lenin, Stalin and Mao) than
as the result
of religion.
As their view grew with technology they revised and refined their theories and some got thrown completely
out of the window, but did they stubbornly stick to their predetermined conclusions despite the facts to the contrary like
religion does?
So,
as Cbarriel points
out, for the religious, belief (repent / faith) in the
religion comes first, and explanations (or «inspirations») on the validity
of that belief will inevitably follow.
When He found it necessary, He drove those enemies
of the human race
out of the Temple
of God; because then,
as always, they used
religion as a means
of advancing their commercial interests.
Taking a page
out of his Cairo 1.0 speech, he spoke
of the Middle East
as «the birthplace
of three world
religions.»
I don't pull
out the «
religion caused the deaths
of millions» even though it has, except
as a response to your red herring.
Those are spread in every nation and
religion pretending what they are not but work
out towards the same one agenda
of the cused ones
of the Sabbath who consider them selves above all
as being the chosen ones and have rejected all the laws and judgments
of God Allah that came to them and nations after them and went on making their own laws and judgments for a cause
of having all nations reaching the lawest levels
of humanity among them selves...?
There is the conception
of religion as the highest satisfaction
of a man's mind, the truth to which he reaches
out, and which by the help
of the Spirit
of Cod he grasps, and in which he rests.
There is the conception
of religion as access and approach to God, in which a man enters
out of the shadows into the light,
out of the passing things
of time into eternity,
out of the world into the presence
of God.
If you don't believe then that's fine, but pointing to sports believers
as evidence
of the stupidity
of religion just points
out your own narrow mindedness.
I think one thing that has been overlooked by most
of the other comments is why the hell does a cleric
of a
religion that is supposed to not even have a hierarchy have $ 6000, which
as the article pointed
out is more than 6 times what the average Pakistani makes in a year, to throw around...
Many people would say that my dis belief in a god that is described by any organized
religion, and my rejection
of jesus christ
as our savior, and feel he was just another person, those two things alone would be sufficient to keep me
out of heaven.
Whether they did so quietly in the shadows, or publicly standing in the town square, whether they did so
out of religious training or from a deep sense
of justice and compassion without
religion - we must remember the actions
of these people and hold them
as our heroes.