Sentences with phrase «owned by your religion»

marriage is not now and never has been solely owned by any religion.

Always having to claim all those good traits as created and owned by your religion.

Not exact matches

«The Master» stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a disillusioned scientist and writer who decides to create his own religion and help an unstable drifter played by Joaquin Phoenix.

Let's stop letting the extremists control all religious discussions by claiming the whole of the religion as their own.

And for the sake of Jesus Christ, stop making a mockery of your own religion by posting comments like Islam is a mutilater of Christ!!!

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

By no means, but i will tell you what he did say «I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE no one can come to the father except through me «and «I no my own and my own know me» you see, being a true son of the living God is not a matter of choice of religion but a matter of divine destiny.

Therefore, focus on truly understanding your own holy book used by your religion, whatever that is.

Though I personally prefer «faith» bc my spiritual self has been fed by a Love greater than my own... and indeed, faith freed me from religion in a way that spirituality hadn't.

European religion was traditionally fraught with divisions among different churches, each defined by its own distinctive doctrine.

You don't care about reason, only easing your own self - loathing beat into you by your religion.

BTW there's nothing wrong with that, it's the smartest way to live by choosing what works for you in your time and place... unless you're an atheist making their own choices, apparently, then suddenly it's «amoral and devoid of the ONE truth» religion offers.

It's interesting to see how people will find their own truth, dig in their heals and be blind to any other idea... What would Jesus do is an interesting question... I consider my self a Christian and a spiritualist... because I believe it's just not as black and white as one religion or another thinks... there is way more grey area... but a fundamental truths that are a good rule to live life by, wether you are christian or not... treat others the way you want to be treated... do unto others... I am my brothers keeper... all apply.

Adhering to Muslim Law by burying bin Laden at sea had nothing to do with showing a dead terrorist mercy for his body or fulfilling bin Laden's wishes; it had to do with showing the world we are respectful of religion and cultures that may be different than our own; our war on terror has nothing to do with culture or religion.

«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.»

There are millions of Americans who would (and yes, I'd include those looking forward to being abducted by flying saucers in the Mormon religion) who wouldn't think twice about ditching their religion to save their own hides.

Islamist need to focus on peace and co-existence, every human being is given the right by God to make their own choice, God does not give right to any person or any religion to hurt or destroy the life of their fellowman.

Each offshoot of christianity has taken the form of a book they believe to be inspired by a divine figure, and spun the words to fit their own concept of what their religion should be.

I think its a fantastic idea to «create your own religion,» but I know of no intelligent person who would say that «man exists by accident,» so I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.

What if the company is owned by a person who is in one of the religions that doesn't believe in ANY medical procedures, are they to be allowed to provide a policy that only provides for prayer?

Temptations towards people willingly wanting to shun any and all issues of religiosities are quaintly considered conversation pieces by the religiously devoted... God may well love the ungodly more then their godly gardened whose epicenters of rationalisms are their religiously constrained pitfalls for many religions have become divisional and are negatively subjugated thru their own indifferences leaving the heavenly gate wide open...

As Ruether and others have observed, whatever may be said of the goddess worship of antiquity, or medieval witchcraft, contemporary revolutionary feminist religion has, by its own admission, created itself as a new entity.

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.

Never must one of these new religions be laughed at or dismissed easily; rather it must be understood on its own terms and as a serious response to some fundamental issues raised by the women's movement.

My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on their own.»

Second, by your own admission you have not examined the teachings of all religions, or even all of the teachings of the major religions.

By the same token please let me know how the choice of another individual influences your own religion?

But many Mediterranean intellectuals nonetheless feared that Christianity would endanger the aesthetic amenities and social balances that had been assured by Roman religion, and it is as though the entire Christian world collectively decided to meet its adversaries on their own ground.

If we are struck by Francesca's courteous speech, we note that she is also in the habit of blaming others for her own difficulties; if we admire Farinata's magnanimity, we also note that his soul contains no room for God; if we are wrung by Pier delle Vigne's piteous narrative, we also consider that he has totally abandoned his allegiance to God for his belief in the power of his emperor; if we are moved by Brunetto Latini's devotion to his pupil, we become aware that his view of Dante's earthly mission has little of religion in it; if we are swept up in enthusiasm for the noble vigor of Ulysses, we eventually understand that he is maniacally egotistical; if we weep for Ugolino's piteous paternal feelings, we finally understand that he, too, was centrally (and damnably) concerned with himself, even at the expense of his children.

He decided to follow the religion of christ but does he know what is teaching of this religion obviousley no it teaches love and care for others and not harm others by burning their book, I don't mind if he burns his own holy book in private if he thinks it's the right thing to do.

It carried to fulfillment a long development of thought, disentangling persons from submergence in the social mass and giving to each one status, meaning, and rights of his own; it concentrated attention on the spiritual value of personality and its possibilities; it created a religion to be entered by free personal choice, regardless of race or nation; it set persons to building a social fellowship for the redemption of souls; and it proclaimed as the ultimate goal of divine creation and human hope the kingdom of God in «new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.»

I guess that in a world where war criminals continue to commit genocide in Sudan, where dictators suppress religion freedom in China, where people suffer from extreme poverty under the corrupt government of Zimbabwe, where sovereign nations are getting invaded by power - hungry Russian leaders, and where our own government exaggerated intelligence in order to occupy Iraq — Barack Obama is God's biggest concern, worthy of a little extra attention.

In fact, the religion «with a human face» does allow itself to be judged by reason, but by reason guided by its own truth and not just any old reason.»

Speaking personally, it means the grievous loss of something about Catholic observance which always used enormously to impress me as a non-Catholic: the spectacle of Catholics keeping their weekday obligations, often at enormous inconvenience to themselves: as an Anglican, for whom any liturgical obligation was essentially a matter of my own whim, this was immensely attractive: there was the sense that Catholics were under obedience, and that their religion was a real force in their lives, one not to be diverted by secular pressures or values.

Phelps is himself the Anti-Christ living among us in our own time, fomenting dissent through the false use of religion, leading his followers to do evil in the name of God, as though Phelps is anointed — he is anointed all right, by the Devil himself, to do evil in a way that only the Devil can do so well.

We must replace the love of God by the love of man as the only true religion... the belief in God by the belief in man... My wish is to transform friends of God into friends of man, believers into thinkers... candidates for the hereafter into students of this world, Christians, who, by their own profession are half - animal, half - angel, into men, into whole men.13

The Center has its own blog, the Center for Law and Religion Forum, which contains regular updates on law and religion cases, news, and scholarship from across the globe, as well as commentary by me, my St. John's colleague, Marc DeGirolami, and frequent guests.

6 — You would be screaming from the rooftops in OPPOSITION if Muslim Koran Sharia Law (or another religion different from your own) was imposed upon everyone and YOU were denied Equal Rights if you did NOT abide by Muslim Law, but you think it is OK to impose Christian Bible Laws on everyone to DENY OTHERS Equal Rights if they do NOT abide by Christian Bible Law.

@Lara — You are simply blinded by your own self rightous beliefs and a religion I am quite certain was force fed to you from birth.

religion was a goodthing that got screwed up by mans own ego and fears..

This fundamental function of general civil religion could be carried out by churches that remained indifferent to the special civil religion embodied in such documents as the Declaration of Independence and bound up with the history of the American nation, but most American religious groups have been able to affirm both general and special civil religion as well as their own doctrinal peculiarities.

I'm just smart enough to realize religion is a tool made by men to justify their own biases.

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.

Im not talking about religion, or being religious, but believing in His word and applying it to your daily life, living it truly not by man's principle, but by God's Word, putting faith in Him just as a mother would to a babysitter who is going to look after her child, or just as you would trust someone with your money, or yet with your own life.

Religions inst.itutionalize childhood brain - washing, creating adults who think it's just to discriminate and appropriate to perpetuate the cycle of ignorance and hatred by brain - washing their own children as well.

Amazing how humans use religion to justify their own personal beliefs rather than providing a stage for examining whether your their thoughts are upheld by their religion on not.

What better way to get rich than by starting your own religion?

Nonetheless, he feels that the polemical stance taken by the Church Fathers against other religions is not strictly necessary «in our own day».

By banding together, religions can achieve results they might not be able to achieve on their own.

The core of religion is that we can somehow pleas or appease God by our own good behavior or beliefs.