Sentences with phrase «own religious texts»

To put things in context, Bell followed that quote up by expressing his disappointment when communities of faith discourage people from asking questions about religious texts or beliefs.

There are many, many schools which prohibit any and all music with a religious text from their curricula and prohibit teachers from programming such music for concerts no matter how balanced the program may be (that is, it encompasses secular and sacred, accompanied and unaccompanied, difficult and easy, music in a variety of styles and from a variety of musical eras.

I just don't like it when people cherry pick their religious sources or, in the case of this article, outright go against what their religious texts teach to try and appear more politically correct.

If he truly believes his religious text as a Christian or Jew would their own then he is doing the right thing in the eyes of god.

There is no religious text that says that.

«People who find themselves wanting to insert religious texts and religious authority into public life,» he said, «are in fact recognizing something correct: namely, the nonneutrality of secular reason.»

The people who wrote religious texts didn't know what micro and macro physics were.

You are advocating censoring education by prohibiting instructors who ARE musically knowledgeable from giving students a well - rounded and balanced musical experience by pretending that there was no music of value that was composed with a religious text or through the pat ronage of the church.

outside of the bible, or any other religious texts (which, again, are only relevant to those accept the claimed authority) do you see any evidence of heaven, hell, sin, or redemption?

Should students never perform any music with a religious text, even if done in a secular setting and with the purpose of providing a complete education, not for the purpose of worship or of promoting a particular belief?

The interpretation from many Jewish Scholars and religious texts is that it means «Chosen to Serve God» not better than anyone else.

I would say Evans, and many of the commenters, are missing the point that several hundred years of scholarship in the fields of literary and textual criticism enable us to arrive at at - least reasonable interpretations of religious texts driven by context, the literary genre, etc..

You read the Bible (or some other religious text), and I could say the same thing to you when you quote something from it.

The «religiously devout» is important, for Geck puts to death the notion, prominent from the early 1960s through the 1980s, that correct dating of Bach's cantata production proves that his interest in writing liturgical music was a professional obligation only and that Bach had no abiding commitment to the religious texts he was paid to set.

Why do all religious texts promote hate a bigotry?

She may not have been indoctrinated / brainwashed by someone within her household, but she didn't form these beliefs about Christianity in a vacuum where no one around her was attempting to convince her to believe, and she was just studying various religious texts until she happened on the bible and other apologetics.

But by the interpretation of religious text, It would seem most likley that he would indeed be pro-life.

«god» doesn't exist and is make believe, your religious texts were written by human beings without any kind of «divine inspiration» regardless of what you read in them... written by people who thought the Earth was flat... it isn't.

Most religious laws are based off of laws that are much older than the religious texts they appear in.

* Random cherry - picked line from a religious text * * Rambling nonsense that is only slightly related to above line * * Claim moral and personal superiority *

If there is a perfect being that created the universe and believes in interfering with our world (through Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha... whatever you believe), then why are all religious texts so flawed and flimsy?

Consequently, it is possible to have more informed interpretations of texts than others, whether or not you believe some religious text is divinely inspired or not.

If you find the Bible is not reliabile you would be better off making your own religious text.

Look into what the symbolism says it might make religious texts a little easier to understand and less bothersome for you.

That data directly conflicts with religious texts and you think it is an attack on religion?

I also have a copy of Jewish religious texts, Islamic texts and a few other faiths texts and can speak intelligently with the devout of any of them and have done so.

If you loook to the Quran to find parts where you believe they are told to kill non believers, then you have to look at the religious texts of other religions as well.

I actually love reading RIchard Dawkins, but I also love reading passages from religious text as well.

If there is such a passage in any of the religious texts, please enlighten me.

Religious texts can't have versions without falsifying the message.

A religious text that can be used to justify everything from unselfish acts of kindness to the keeping of slaves and the mistreatment of women is worthless.

The idea that religious texts are a kind of «instruction manual» and all you have to do is just read it and the truth becomes plainly obvious used to be well outside the mainstream of religious thought.

You said, «Religious texts should NOT «always be taken with a grain of salt.»

Well, the faithful think the religious texts are derived from god.

They idea that religious truth is revealed through persistent study and devotion to religious texts has been around for centuries.

maxi, Yes atheists lack a reason to believe in your sky - fairy and the creationist pseudo-science that attempts to muddy the water about the real science that disproves the foundation of your religious texts.

Religious text are not proof of anything.

Presuming that religious texts are accurate, how did you determine that the hindu, sikh, etc texts were not accurate but that christian texts were?

Religious texts should NOT «always be taken with a grain of salt.»

But even Jakes, a longtime pastor and film producer, said it's not easy to turn a religious text into a movie.

He wanted to show us that God's role in those violent religious texts is not in the inflicting of pain and suffering of others, but in receiving and suffering that pain along with us.

But they don't leave it there — they want to set laws based upon their religious beliefs, set school curricula based upon their religious beliefs, have their religious prayers in public meetings, put their religious texts on public buildings, etc..

In light of my series this past week about the Bible, in which I said that the Bible is the most violent religious text in the world, someone sent this picture to me.

While I do not consider myself an expert on all the religious writings of all of the main religions in the world, I have read most of the main religious texts for most of the main world religions, and while it is not uncommon to find violent events being described in these other religious books, no other set of religious writings comes even close to describing the violence and bloodshed that one finds within the pages of the Hebrew Scriptures.

The 31 - year - old Democrat said she will take her oath of office on the Hindu religious text Bhagavad Gita in January.

God wants humanity to understand that nothing and nobody is beyond the scope of His redemptive purposes, and so by sending Jesus as the fulfillment of the most violent of religious texts, God not only revealed Himself by way of a stark contrast to that violence, but also showed how to reinterpret and understand those violent events in light of the self - sacrificial God dying on the cross for the sins of the whole world.

Believers claim gods — they should provide some evidence; all they have are the incorrect religious texts which are wrong.

its sad how quick Christians deny parts of their own religious text.

In light of my series on the violence of God in the Bible, in which I said that the Bible is the most violent religious text in the world, someone sent this picture to me.

The creation myths are shown to be incorrect by evolution, big bang, etc. so religious texts are not evidence.