I don't force my beliefs on Mr. Silverman, he shouldn't try to rally a bunch of
people against my beliefs.
Not exact matches
Rather than pushing
against the other
person's
beliefs, and thus creating resistance, you show the other
person how their
beliefs actually support your viewpoint, rather than the viewpoint that they currently espouse.
Interesting topic... I struggle with this idea because like most
people that I imagine read your blog, I earned the money... creating a legacy of family who does not have to provide for themselves goes
against my core
beliefs.
Using names like Zealot, and degrading
people for their
beliefs only turns more
people against you.
Atheism only defines my lack of
belief in gods, I will stand up
against people pushing their religion in my face or the public square, instead of keeping it in their homes and churches - the only two places it belongs.
You don't have to believe in intelligent design to see how there is harassment and discrimination
against people for their
beliefs.
I read whole books, whole chapters, etc... and I weigh my «
beliefs»
against the good or bad effects they have on the
people around me.
the abundance of purely uneducated Muslim believers, their oppressive existence in their self created repressive regimes, lifestyles, and governments, their radical inturpitations of their fairy tale book, the fact that their culture and
people have contributed less to man kind than any other culture and
people of all the earth, their self ritious
belief system that empowers them to commit atrocious crimes
against humanity, the muslim men prance around in flip flops and linen moo moo's while they lock their woman in their household prisons to be abused slave - wife's, are entirely too ignorant to even build sewer systems and even after thousands of years that other cultures have developed running water toilets, toilet paper, and effective sewerage systems, they still whipe their pood - cracks with one hand (no paper) and eat with the other, and yiddle to the sky just before detonation of their suicide bombs that murder innocent men, woman, children, and babies.
The result is a culture that discriminates
against other animals, has disregard for the environment, created hatred
against people of different
beliefs and cultures, and has created constant sect oral wars from the day of its emergence.
You will notice that you won't see these same level of oppositions
against any other
belief system, where
people who hold the worldly opinion would be so motivated and compelled as to try and convince believers that their faith is wrong.
He can champion equal rights for gay
people, even if it goes
against his personal religious
beliefs.
Just an endless and futile tirade
against other
people and their
beliefs.
When someone calls that Imam one of the most evil
people on the planet, when someone says he wants to build his center to train terrorists, when someone calls for amending the constitution to exclude Islam, when someone says our founding fathers wanted this to be a Christian nation and that they didn't want Muslims included, when Muslims are afraid to go out because they will be attacked, when Christian pastors are preaching
against Muslims (as opposed to the
belief in Islam), THAT is hatred.
But the defensiveness springs from the attempt by believers to defend their
belief against a «progressive» philosophy that is already rejected intellectually by nearly all cultural commentators, and, I suspect, despised intuitively by nearly all young
people in America.
Bruce, throughout history
people have been speaking out
against the
belief in a deity, we are fortunate to live in a time and place when one is not executed for expressing ones disbelief.
It's that
belief system that causes
people to vote and protest
against others that don't believe as they do.
No harm in dreaming... but defense
against foreign invasions might require
people stand firm and well armed to protect their lands and
beliefs..
How can a
person be expected to go
against their
beliefs for a company?
I have explained my position on
belief and you using it to justify your hate and lies is part of why
people speak out
against you.
It is sad and disturbing that in this day and age (in California believe it or not) I have to keep my
beliefs (or lack there of) a secret so, as not to be discriminated
against by the very
people who claim they are accepting of others.
This could be a referance to that
belief and God could be simply saying «I know all and therefore I know that Pharaoh will not let my
people go unless I do these things, but because he is
against me I will (in a sense) harden his heart on my scale and he will not be in my afterlife.
The stuff I've written on topics like getting to know neighbors and being the church in the community doesn't seem to connect with church
people, who usually think church is about sermons, a
belief system, music, political causes to be for or
against and so on.
In short, a
belief that we're better
people because we're (Christian, American, Educated, Atheist,...) leads us to avoid preventative measures
against abuse, and justify abusive behaviours when they do occur.
Hey, blood transfusions are
against some
people's religious
beliefs.
DON: In the old days before the internet, you could just willy - nilly say the Bible said pretty much anything you wanted and
people just didn't have the knowledge, the references or the ability to research the other tribes out there who were speaking
against those ideas to affect our
beliefs.
He railed
against the church leaders... he urged
people to question their values and their
beliefs... he told them if they didn't rise above the status quo they'd be lost.
It screwy when we deal with
people who do things in the name of their
belief (
against all that is sane) or want to be like the creature they worship.
What about employers who have deeply held
beliefs against other medical treatments: anti-depressants, antibiotics, and don't forget the anti-vaccination
people.
It was the book, taken as a whole, held up
against history, held up
against decency and hope, held up to the
person I desired to be... I had to choose to cling to
belief despite all of that and continue to fail to be a
person of compassion and love or to begin to let go of that
belief and make room in my heart for compassion and love.
The bible is filled with the advocation of violence
against any and all
people who disagree with you based on religious
belief.
You can be personally pro-life because you are a Christian, yet be vehemently
against legislating your
beliefs on other
people who don't share your Christianity.
Conservative xians are squirming and telling «unfair» because the US electorate Is turning
against the imposition of their religious
beliefs through laws affecting
people who do not share those
beliefs.
Wow, I feel sorry for these
people no
belief in Jesus you a bunches ignorants, Ooh, I forget you are monkey or probably came from the space most be alien but is more
belief you came from nasa experiment always go
against nature
I guess that is why there are very few
people I deal with on a regular basis with the kind of
beliefs Nye is speaking
against.
You may believe the Bible tells you gays should be able to marry or maybe even that blacks should not be able to marry whites (another thing
people have used the Bible to protest
against); however, that does not mean that US civil equal rights laws should be based on your personal religious
beliefs.
For the common
people,
beliefs are survival techniques (necessities), and the incredible premise of a prime mover is their trump card
against all the power brokers and social Darwinists of this world who would define them in terms of their own projects and ambitions.
By the way by no means does this mean that I am particularly
against Islam, I am also
against Judaism, Christianity, and any unproven dark age manifestation of a all knowing, creator, If there was a god he sure does «nt need help enforcing his edicts and morals, remember that if there is a god then as many religions state,
people will be judged upon there
beliefs and sins after death and spend eternity in heaven or hell, so why is it so important for
people to butt in and start trying to control each other and force
people to believe in something that many think is absurd and insane.
There is a very simple difference — anti-gay
people think they can control other
people through law by denying them legal rights...pro - gay
people understand that religious
people have their rights to believe and worship freely, but not to discriminate
against others via the law based on religious
beliefs.
Coming onto a «
Belief Blog» and spreading hate - inspired little comments
against people who are helping, is petty.
He is such a caring
person and
against the wrongs being done to all
people and the US that I am so happy in knowing that he is right on the money with his
beliefs Thank God for him
If you approve of planes flying into buildings, dressing women in cloth bags, denying stem cell research, discrimination
against women, gays and anyone with alternate
beliefs, denying contraception to
people who can't afford families, picketing soldiers funerals, etc, etc, then keep your fuzzy mindset about good and evil.
These
people fully believed they were in the right, because they thought God had directed them to commit these crimes
against their fellow human beings, and they were largely unwilling to even begin questioning their long - held
beliefs.
The reason
people fight the
belief is because they are discriminated
against.
Bottom line, it is un-american to go
against a
people based on
belief, when said orginization has not directly harmed anyone.its a
belief that this country was founded on.
Collingwood's definition of the task of the metaphysician in The Elimination of Metaphysics must be understood
against this background: «Metaphysics is primarily at any given time an attempt to discover what the
people of that time believe about the world's general nature; such
beliefs being the presuppositions of all their «physics,» that is, their inquiries into its detail.
I claim that the Islam even worsens
people instead of reforming them (Jihad, cruel slaughtering of animals, hate
against other
beliefs and believers, etc.).
the problem is when those
people who believe decide to force their
beliefs on others by codifying their
beliefs into law, discriminating
against their fellows, and insinuating it in to public school curriculum.
However I would never want
belief legislated
against and do not begrudge
people the right to their
belief.
its 1 thing 2 b gay and hide it its another 2 speak evil about being gay and its another 2 conceal the fact u r gay own up u crook eddie long is a closet gay man that goes
against his
beliefs its a money grab from
people who believe in god and religion
This is not Biblical and in light of their persecution of reformers and truth seekers, their long - waged wars
against muslims and other «heretics,» it is quite obvious that they have tried to will
people into
belief.