Sentences with phrase «own system of belief»

«Émile Durkheim understood religion not as belief in the supernatural (as the popular conception would have it), but as a system of beliefs and practices relating to sacred things.

In this system of belief, networked computers will rule the future.

Religion (as defined by Merriam - Webster): a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith (presumably referring to the fact that it can not be scientifically proven)

you can't appeal to a system of belief (raising the subject) & then object to the fact that the subject was raised.

one of the definitions of religion: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith» As noted above Atheism is none of these things.

It is difficult to consider a system of belief that is NOT based in faith.

But to my point that Atheism is a religion by definition Religion: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith Faith: belief or trust: belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something, especially without proof Atheism: unbelief in God or deities: disbelief in the existence of God or deities

«Logic», your pathetic attempts to psychoanalyze, pigeon - hole and judge an entire system of beliefs does not do your name justice.

As a very old man, one who has worked at developing some kind of understanding of who we are, what we are, why we are here, and where we are going, I can tell you that no one has definitive answers, but without some underlying system of belief about these questions you will not grow old gracefully.

In another sense, however, conservatism does rest in a system of belief, and is opposed as much to the theory as to the practice of socialist and liberal politics.

religion: 1: a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe 2: a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects 3: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith

Why do muslims feels so threatened by people leaving their system of beliefs that they would seek to kill the one who does so?

or it may be that their hearts have genuinely been changed as a result of their system of beliefs.

I thought religion was an organized system of belief.

I'm glad you didn't help write the Bill of Rights, or it sounds like we would all be stuck following your particular system of beliefs.

Metaphysical realism, understood in a processive way, requires this triple sense of objectivity: novel human doings in need of guidance, long - enduring systems of belief that provide the schemata of interpretation by which that guiding can be done, and opportunistic skill in sculpting act and theory, fact and canon, into a coherent, fruitful basis for intelligent action.

Yet, in my view, a living system of belief requires doubts to birth research, concerns that give way to rethinking, and exploration of our own deep assumptions that let us realize our own humanness and limitations.

Thus, I try to understand everyone's (and your) assumptions, design, and the system of belief that is currently pragmatically «operating» in their mind.

It is our duty as Americans to know and appreciate the systems of belief — the mythic cosmologies, the scientific laws, the common - sense attitudes — that in times past have served to give coherence and purpose to our life together.

Most significantly, Duddington argues against the charge that permitting an increasing role for religion in the legal and political (i.e., public) spheres would necessitate the imposition of one system of belief upon another, by re-emphasising the argument that Christianity does not serve to generate a moral code, but rather provides a vehicle through which it may be discovered.

We see what our systems of belief lead us to see.

And they say the presidency is bringing Obama to a new place in his faith - building on a system of belief and practice that helped bring him to the White House in the first place.

It requires devotion to a system of belief, it has a number of purity tests to which a follower ascribe, there are numerous sects many of which are quite hostile to each other.

Pope Benedict again reminds us: Many people today have a limited idea of the Christian faith because they identify it with a mere system of beliefs and values rather than with the truth of a God who revealed Himself in history, anxious to communicate with human beings in a tête - a-tête, in a relationship of love with them.

But the dominant structures were ordered more to the promotion and implementation of Christianity as an institution and as a system of beliefs and practices.

In an essay on «The Theology of Religion» (I.T.C. Journal, I / 1, 1974), I have argued that a theologian can have his life and thought enriched by this experience precisely because he views the faith of other persons from within his own system of belief and thought.

The atheist hypocrisy is much bigger, since they pretend to be moral and in the same time they support a system of beliefs that has no place for moral.

: the belief in a god or in a group of gods: an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods

Atheism is a system of belief with its own arguments, proof points, etc..

The meaning is the point, sometimes that meaning's target is a feeling of trust, sometime's it's loyalty, sometimes it's a system of belief, sometimes it's all the above.

Religion is and should be a very personal thing, the problem I have with religious people is that many seek to impose their system of belief on everyone around them.

It is not a set or system of beliefs.

However, they did not seem to completely replace one system of belief with another.

how is my «context» any less important than «yours», by your own system of belief?

either something is wrong with you (as an agent in your system of belief) or something is inherently wrong with the system itself.

A careful examination of the history of religion (i.e., comparative religious studies) will show that violence is the inevitable result of polytheistic systems of belief (i.e., idolatry).

Any system of belief that is based on fear of punishment and hope for reward is inherently barbaric and evil as it eliminates intellectual freedom from the equation.

I encourage you to read some of the prominent works, which examine the differences between the effects of those practicing monotheism with those who adhere to polytheistic systems of belief.

People of power have devised a clever system of beliefs (religion) that takes advantage of the a part of the human psyche that is there to protect us from danger to enslave you from free thought.

Most atheists are willing to live and let live, but as soon as anyone expresses disbelief here they are excoriated by believers and their motives questioned as being part of a movement or a system of beliefs.

It was evident that the conversion move was made after deep and continued consideration of the implications related to their pre-existing system of belief.

Their system of belief, sickness and cure were under threat.

Invoke their system of beliefs on everyone to behave and believe a certain way.

His conversion is recent, and he knows that systems of belief are at issue.

This system of belief and social interpretation generally does not reflect the diversity of social reality there is within the society, but is consistent more with the economic or ideological system which has given it birth and its corporate managers who hold power within the system and benefit from it.

The important implication of this is that television in particular and the mass media in general (particularly the commercial media) are presenting a consistent and integrated system of belief and social interpretation as a pattern for social understanding and development.

We want to know whether there's another way that leads to heaven besides our own system of belief.»

Every competitor with Christianity for man's loyalty assumes the form of a system of beliefs, positive and negative.

A religion is a system of beliefs and practices that commands personal and social devotion.

Hodgson concludes: «We thus find that during the critical centuries before the birth of science, the collective mind of Europe was inspired by a system of beliefs that included just those special elements that are necessary for the development of science.