Sentences with phrase «particular religious belief»

For that reason, and because of their history and ubiquity, those practices are not understood as conveying government approval of particular religious beliefs.

«Among those who say it is important for a presidential candidate to have strong religious beliefs, most say that what matters is simply holding strong religious beliefs, rather than holding particular religious beliefs,» the survey said.

Not a religion and not allowing omnipotence to any God in particular (practitioners often practice hoodoo while observing their own particular religious beliefs), hoodoo is rich with spirits, one such being the «dark man» or devil who bares a striking resemblance to Ruby's own «dyboù».

«The problem has become more acute now that we have so many more protected characteristics which may well conflict with one another, in particular religious belief and sexual orientation.»

most say that what matters is simply holding strong religious beliefs, rather than holding particular religious beliefs..»

The Department was quite properly concerned about having any school in this diverse City identified with one particular religious belief or practice.»

I don't care about how school buildings are used unless teachers in those buildings are forced to teach a particular religious belief.

When the power, prestige and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to conform to the prevailing officially approved religion is plain.

«The prevalence of faith schools demonstrates that schools are regarded by many as places where it is legitimate to seek to encourage adherence to a particular religious belief.

Having these feelings is a deep - rooted phenomenon, far more deep - rooted than having particular religious beliefs (and this is important, considering that Ms Ladele would never be allowed to refuse to marry people because they are of the wrong religion).»

As a matter of founding principle, we should not require any particular religious belief of our elected officials.

Every dictator which includes Stalin, Hitler, Lenin, etc.... held no particular religious belief, but instead looked upon religion as the «opiate of the people».

Second, you're mischaracterizing religious doctrine, but that's fine because the validity of a particular religious belief has no bearing on the existence of a god, or on the validity of religion in general.

They didn't want to be forced into a particular religious belief (most notably, the church of England started by Henry the VIII).

«The results suggest that it is more important to the American people to have a president with strong religious convictions — even if those convictions are different than their own — than it is to have a president who shares their particular religious beliefs,» Pew stated.

But Lynn Forest - Hill, education officer for the Tolkien Society of the United Kingdom, says the power of Tolkien's writing isn't based on any particular religious belief.

What kinds of reasons generally count as adequate for justifying a particular religious belief?

Do they already favor religion and perhaps a particular religious belief?

Another advantage of giving birth in the water is that it involves natural pain relief, rather than relying on medication; this is particularly beneficial for women who have particular religious beliefs and those who favour the natural approach to pain relief, rather than taking medication.

In the private school world, you may see schools listed as nonsectarian or non-denominational, which essentially means that the institution does not adhere to a particular religious belief or tradition.

(The Tribunal accepted that it could insist on its morals if it provided service only to members of the particular religious belief, or if its purpose was to give instruction in its religion — the reason why Catholic schools can fire teachers who divorce.)

Furthermore, these employers need not cite any particular religious beliefs, but can simply claim to have moral objections to birth control in order to opt out of including contraception in employee insurance plans.