Christians who have shat all
over their religion by their actions, now want to ignore what they've done and claim that it's «not a religion but a relationship.»
Not exact matches
Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice
religion just
by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems
by repeating pre-made sentences
over and
over, but there are others different, I don't think
Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them
by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?
see what
religion does... all in the name of some imaginary sky - daddy, who is nothing but just one of the thousands of «gods» invented
by man
over the course of human history.
It was only later in history, that
religion was corrupted
by malicious intentions of authority and control
over people.
At some point and time through - out history, all
religions have been taken
over and control
by men, not God.
I am reminded of what Jesus said about the purest form of
religion being taking care of the most vulnerable of society with widows and orphans and to keep from being polluted
by evil, in this case the love of money
over meeting the needs of the poor.
It is about time women take back control
over their lives instead of bowing down to
religion that are ruled
by men who want women to be second class citizens of the world.
The
religion business and their hucksters have been hit hard
by this recession and are looking for any overlooked cash cows that they can con into forking
over more of their money.
No one has power
over truth absolute, constant GOD, but always under truth absolute, Ellah, Ellohim, Allah, constant GOD, proven
by quantum physics, hindu ignorant posters spew their hinduism, absurdities in following of their hindu filthy desire's with changing winds to run their business of hinduism, denial of truth absolute GOD to attract humanity to hinduism, illegality without any truth,
religion's are nothing but a business for hindu, criminal pastors seeking numbers and dollars
by use of holy name of GOD like a hindu Pundit, criminal crook with his Pandora box, deserving not to have an audience, but to be in jail's for hinduism, criminality under cover of hinduism, corruption of truth absolute
religions.
«Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain
by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it
by temporal punishments, or burthens, or
by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our
religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it
by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it
by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion
over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false
religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.»
Teachings are accepted
by the authorities of your particular
religion and handed down
over time.
Meanwhile the number of people to declare no
religion, including atheists / agnostics, increased
by more than 70 %
over the same five year period.
What is FAR, FAR more remarkable (and perplexing) is that the world population is 20 % Muslim... and yet with 18,453 people killed
by ISLAMIC Terror merely since 9/11, virtually the whole Islamic world goes nuts
over a political cartoon
by an older Danish cartoonist (Westergaard), or a novel
by a World Class MUSLIM AUTHOR (Salman Rushdie), and that years and years later, this so - called «
religion» incites the murder of these people.
By reciprocating with religious fervor, we are engaging the radicals in their religious war making this a war
over religion, not politics.
Over a little more than 2000 years man has developed his own idea of a
religion that he claims pleases the God represented
by the Bible.
The reality is that ALL organized
religion was created
by men to maintain power and control
over the people.
Over the ages,
religion has been twisted and used
by those with an agenda to accomplish other goals, but generally speaking it's the basic «10 commandments» stuff for what was the hopelessly ignorant masses.
To avoid majority religious views from being favored
by the state
over the views of the many minority
religions.
Over at First Things a transcript has appeared of the 2017 Erasmus Lecture given at the end of last year
by Bishop Robert Barron on the subject of «reaching the nones», that is those who self - declare as being of «no
religion».
«
By placing a monument to a particular set of religious beliefs, it appears that the state enforces one particular set of beliefs
over others and
over no
religion,» Rita Sklar, the ACLU's executive director, told NPR.
then go to another
religion and see how many more people were fooled
by some other
religion, and then go and see how another
religion fooled the masses
over time, and on it goes.
The poor that oppressed the poor is like a man trying too gather grain in a driveing rain storm, islam
religion when I see these same country poor opperressing the poor
by breaking up store shops turning
over cars and setting cars on fire of the poor really sad
I get that you see this outside of
religion but my point here, finisher is basically stating that we are wrong
by insulting and indirectly fighting for christianity... you don't win people
over with hate.
The time when people could be told everything
by means of words, whether theological or pious, is
over, and so is the time of inwardness and conscience — and that means the time of
religion in general.
The
religion of India is love of Krishna as was revealed and propounded
by the Krishna Avatar Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
over 500 years ago in Bengal.
Nor were animals and the forces of nature to be bowed down to
by man as in pagan
religion; rather man, as a rational being made in the image of God, was to exercise dominion
over them.
II, p. 241) At the stage of development represented
by such an attitude, the value of
religion was measured
by the control given the devotee
over superhuman powers and, so far as prayer was used, its object was to persuade a god to do the bidding of a man.
Over 70 % of North Koreans are unaffiliated, according to a 2012 study on world
religions by the Pew Form on Religion and Public Life.
Over the centuries,
religion has gone hand - in - hand with power — kings rule
by divine decree was the message.
NONE of you have proof of «God's» existance... a made up fairy tale created
by people who lived
over 2,000 years ago as a way to explain the universe and apply a general set of laws... yeah, it was great for the time... i guess... but there is no place for
religion in today's societies.
I find
by reading history and watching the news millions ki - ll millions
over religions
Of course these laws can be grasped only
by intuitive faith — which is why ecology has become a
religion, and why the battle
over mundane issues like dams or highways is at bottom a holy war.
Instead, we have two competing research programs, each with its own fundamental intuitions and program of inquiry to pursue, as in Imre Lakatos's philosophy of science.15 Only «
over the long haul» can we judge which will be more progressive more able to handle the classical challenges raised
by the entire history of metaphysics,
by dialogue with existing
religions (Christian and otherwise), and
by the experience of contemporary religious believers.
Can you still win
over voters
by tying your social platform to
religion?
And who can count the volumes written
over the past 2000 years
by those claiming that, although somewhat hidden, Jesus fits perfectly into their denomination,
religion, cult, ideology, philosophy, politics, or demographic.
Also I'm most of the time very good at judging others to some kind of standard that I expect people to live
by, meaning I want to put them into
religion or at least have some kind of control
over them.
His maths skills have been trained
by sitting counting his money every day, laughing at the gullible and the desperate who KEEP sending him thier money, and giggling
over the fact that, because he hides behind
religion, its unlikely he will ever be charged with fraud.
Well, did you know Mormon's believe there
religion is the ONLY righteous, perfect one that will get you to heaven and that the U.S. and eventually the world will be taken
over by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
I've heard these very things said
by those who are on the other end of the people who use
religion and politics to enrich themselves, give them power and authority
over their fellow human beings and draw attention to themselves rather than to God.
Religious people were one of the main targets... after did Marx not say «
religion is an opiate»... an idea / phrase quoted rather enthusiastically
by atheists the world
over?
Nope 480 killed
by religion is to be expected since well
over 90 % of people historically believed in God.
There is a big difference between government having people in it and policies affected
by beliefs (religious or otherwise) but that is a far cry from a theocracy or an establishment of one
religion over another which is what the Founders were leery of.
Tell us all the objective Reality of what good has been provided
by religion for thousands of years that make people hold on to it in spite of already knowing these wonderous truths you keep reminding us about
over and
over about like a broken record.
Read carefully what the church has been putting out
over the last 50 years and it boils down to world peace will come through a one world
religion and we The Vatican will be there to administer it for the one world government headed
by the United Nations.
Either they will be guided
by the spiritual leader of their church and withdraw support from the Republican «trickle down» economy advocates or they will choose their love of money
over allegiance to their
religion and follow Rush Limbaugh into his world of hatred and bigotry, his own little Hell.
Where was your
religion when your country was taken
over by these bad men?
It is a living
religion which has received and is still receiving its vitality from the people who confess it; it is a great movement which has passed through various stages of development
over its long and complicated history, influencing and being influenced
by the religious and cultural forces in its environment.
As we read this history, the furor
over stem cells was fueled
by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit
religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license
by accepting no protections of unborn human life.
I'm an atheist, too, and I find displays of
religion as a response to an attack motivated
by religion somewhat ironic (though not quite as perverse as stepping
over 2500 dead bodies to find a 90 - degree angle and then hoisting it up and saying «see, god is here!)
The ideal procedure would be to continue the introductory course
by a three - term sequence, the first of which would be given
over to a presentation of so - called primitive
religions, the second and third dedicated to the
religions of the West and of the East, or of the higher and highest (world)
religions respectively.