I don't think it will get any better with consumerism and companies like Amazon on an all time high, but I guess people like us can hold on to the true meaning of Christmas and
pass on our beliefs to future generations, in the hope that some of it sticks!
In Loyola High School v Quebec (Attorney General), Justice Abella held that «an essential ingredient of the vitality of a religious community is the ability of its members to
pass on their beliefs to their children...» She characterized measures that disrupt the vitality of religious communities as profound interferences with religious freedom.
Not exact matches
The Republican - led Mississippi Senate voted 31 - 17 to
pass House Bill 1523, otherwise known as the «religious liberty» bill, states that public employees, businesses, religious organizations and social workers will not face repercussions for denying services to people based
on «sincerely held» religious
beliefs.
I would ask you to consider if you are speaking to Derrik in gentle admonition and Christian love or are you
passing judgment
on him for his
belief?
And to a large degree, this
belief in transcendence can be
passed on genetically.»
However, Buddhist by the masses are the happiest and most peaceful of all practicing
beliefs and are also secure in their
beliefs as not to
pass judgement
on others.
Spin it how you will, religion constantly gets a free
pass in this country and when its ever called out for its discriminatory practices and
beliefs it claims religion has the right to discriminate based
on those
beliefs... but everybody else doesn't have the right to even make the accusation that religion is getting all kinds of special rights allowing them to justify their own discrimination.
Or
pass laws based
on belief.
I was talking with a friend the other day about the whole idea of the importance of being able to question
beliefs, ideas or theologies that are
passed on to us.
Today I read your prose about «being able to question
beliefs, ideas or theologies that are
passed on to us».
Jeshua, if that were the case then religious authorities wouldn't spend so much time trying to control information, trying to
pass off their
beliefs as scientific, or attempting to misinform the public
on genuine scientific explanations that happen to contradict those
beliefs.
Evangelicals NEVER push their
beliefs on anyone else, nor do the ever
pass judgement
on others simply because those others may not think the same and believe in the same things.
@Suzie — What upsets me is when people calling themselves Christians are
passing judgement
on another Christians
beliefs.
Finally, imagine that you noticed many abuses caused by the
belief in witches, such as people giving 10 % of their crops to highly suspect priests to ward off witches,
belief in witches and elves being used to deny the pollution you noticed building up in your village and laws being
passed controlling how a woman must act while pregnant based
on witchcraft.
When we consider his pessimism about Americans» depth of
belief, I am reminded of the words of Herberg's contemporary, Walter Reuther, who admitted that he was frightened to
pass judgment «
on the purity of one another's motives.»
You must not be paying attention to not only how people will be voting, but / and even more importantly the people (especially the hyper - religious) that are running for and getting voted into office are with zealotry... attempting, and in some cases
passing laws that are based
on their «religious
beliefs.»
I wonder then why Mr. Nye is wasting so much oxygen complaining about the great «harm» the teaching of Creationism does to children... though I may not personally agree with the tenets of Creationism, I do believe in the right of parents to
pass their personal religious
beliefs on to their children - whether those
beliefs are Christian, Hindu, Muslim, etc....
First, it's more than
passing silly to come
on Belief Blog and rant about your lack of b
Belief Blog and rant about your lack of
beliefbelief.
As told by Helen Thomas Those group were able to
pass on their agenda and propaganda by enforcing the
belief that their nation is the only victemized nation
on this planet earth and all through history old and new, and she added that they like it this way acting as victimized as it makes it easier for them to cross the boarders, blackmailing all those nations.
People refusing medical treatment because they think they can pray disease away, The demoralizing way religion makes you feel about yourself (I am a wretch, a sinner, a bad person by nature), the religious wars that have been fought for millenia, the self righteous
passing laws based
on THEIR
beliefs (change to the pledge of allegience which now excludes anyone who does not believe in a fairy godfather, the change to the national motto that turned it into the lie «in god we trust», the bigotry that «my religion is the right one and you are wrong so I'll pray for you» kind of crap... don't you realize that it is insulting to me when someone says they will pray for me... its the same as saying I'm going to do something for you but there won't be any effect, so it is just a waste of time.
The statistical reality, so far as I can tell, is that Judaism in the contemporary world is far more threatened by a simple lack of interest by Jews in Judaism, and hence an inability to
pass on (as a religious faith)
beliefs that are not broadly held.
No... According to LDS
belief, if you have
passed on and refused to accept the baptism in your behalf... it is null and void.
- John R. can come back and respond, however, I'm willing to bet that one of the things that he would suggest is which you seemed to have totally missed given your posting is... to friggin «think» about your unquestioned
beliefs and assumptions that you have regarding your religious
beliefs that have been
passed on to you from other people.
History will always change things, and your
beliefs (or mine, for that matter), will continue to evolve (whether or not you decide to let them), and so will those you
pass on to others while you
pass through this life.
I could never understand confessing your sins to another human, with the
belief that he
passes on forgiveness from God.
One of the things that does not
pass away is the Something
on High and the
belief in God, too, though the forms may change — a change which is just as necessary as the renewal of the leaves in spring.
The doctrine of the remnant, having
passed through the crucible and reinterpretations of New Testament thought, still persists in the
belief of Jehovah's Witnesses and other Pentecostals that
on the day of the second coming, they alone will be taken to dwell with Jesus in heaven.
Dreihaus, part of a group of Democrats that supported a ban
on taxpayer funding of abortion yet — when this provision failed to
pass — still voted in favor of the final health care reform bill, argued that, given his pro-life
beliefs, the ad amounted to defamation.
No matter what I said, Mark was going to keep going to groups like this one and telling thousands upon thousands of Christians that being gay was caused by faulty parenting, that it only led to misery, and that anyone who wanted to become straight could... And they would
pass those
beliefs on to their children and other Christians, who would act upon that misinformation whenever they encountered gay people.»
If they believe their God is so omnipotent, why do nt they just let him
pass his self - serving, hateful judgement himself instead of going around imposing their own wills
on people who do nt prescribe to their
beliefs.
Christians would almost be pleasant if they would stop worrying about what other people believe and stop trying to
pass laws to have their
beliefs enforced
on all of us.
We call
on President Trump to work with members of Congress to
pass legislation that strengthens the rights of all Americans and allows the organizations they form to operate in ways that are consistent with their
beliefs.»
He can base his own personal
beliefs on whatever he likes but
passing them off as a scientific alternative needs more — a lot more.
I'm not religious, and I often get frustrated when fundamentalist Christians try to
pass laws based
on their
beliefs, but this lawsuit is absurd.
It is a source of strength for billions around the world, and I would never claim that one's
belief is invalid just because those
beliefs are based
on figures and events that have long since
passed.
Evangelicals love to
pass judgement
on anybody who does not agree with their
beliefs and are offended when others openly disagree with them.
We see this as an essential investment in our future and part of our deeply held
belief to make sure that we
pass our precious natural resources
on to the next generation in better condition than when we started» stated Tony Ingle, Angove Chief Winemaker.
And I think that was the larger reason for
passing on an offer there as opposed to not going after him
on the
belief Riley would be ready in a year or two.
There are few greater compliments to give a coach than that he has
passed his
belief on how his team should play onto his players.»
However, he struggled to adapt to life
on Merseyside despite popular
belief he'd excel under Rodgers and as part of Liverpool's quick -
passing, intricate set - up.
Someone does not deserve to be called a bad mother for desiring to
pass on her religious
beliefs in the best way possible to her child.
After use
on 1 - 2 babies and in harsh conditions, they had flattened beyond
belief, held smell despite intense stripping and quite frankly, didn't
pass the sniff test.
The Georgia Senate
passed a bill that would allow organizations to refuse LGBTQ adoptions based
on religious
beliefs.
«These rumours get
passed on from woman to woman, who tell each other that the initial breast milk is unsanitary,» Sharhan said, «but, we are trying to challenge these
beliefs and tell them the milk is not dirty, it is good for the child».
I
pass votes based
on my
belief system.»
«While I could not
pass up the unique opportunity to lead a non-profit organization that does so many wonderful things for our city and aligns so fully with my
beliefs, I will miss working
on behalf of my constituents and with many people I have come to love and respect.»
The British society, just like many other countries with a mixed culture and race in the populace which have entrenched
beliefs and antagonistic attitudes towards the other race especially the coloured from a minority group.The general public and the society are not used to seeing mixed couple a fact that has been in practice for some from uninspiring stories
passed on from their forefathers.
Everyone else — For those that don't really fit into the above categories sufficiently to get a good feel as to whether this movie is for you, it is my
belief that you'd do better to
pass on this one.
Based
on true events, this gripping period piece convincingly recreates a particularly dark
pass in modern history, while evoking the plight of every innocent caught in the crossfire between rampaging armies and dogmatic
beliefs.
It's an absolute disgrace that the pressure
on schools to ensure pupils
pass tests means children as young as three consider themselves «low ability» right at the start of their academic life, a
belief which could impact
on their self - esteem, carry
on throughout their schooling and determine the direction of their adult lives.