Sentences with phrase «people believe in something»

Another day of religion marring the world for no other reason than that religious people believe in something that just is not there.

Over 2/3 of people believe in something other than the most popular God (Jesus).

Simply because a large number of people believe in something doesn't make is so.

I thought we already talked about numbers game and lots of people believing in something doesn't make that something true?

It was always supposed to be a clash of ideas — people believing in something and fighting for it.»

Not exact matches

I realize that they're a necessary evil, but you need to be very careful that you're not saying things or doing things (even worse) to «prove» something to these people because (a) it's never enough to satisfy them in any case and they won't believe you anyway; and (b) it's a fool's errand to waste your time trying to impress people whose livelihood is much more about finding the warts and shortcomings in your story than in celebrating your successes.

You're selling something you believe in, that you're invested in, and that you know people will like.»

Early on in our history when things weren't really going well — we had hit a tough patch and a lot of people wanted to buy Facebook — I went and I met with Steve Jobs, and he said that to reconnect with what I believed was the mission of the company, I should go visit this temple in India that he had gone to early in the evolution of Apple, when he was thinking about what he wanted his vision of the future to be... That reinforced to me the importance of what we were doing, and that is something I will always remember.

It's easy to feel down when you haven't hit your goals, but the fact there are people who believe in you and are cheering you on, is something to be grateful for.

Something that really hit home for me in the book is you said something like, «Personal finance writers believe that if people would just listen carefully to our advice, everything would be finSomething that really hit home for me in the book is you said something like, «Personal finance writers believe that if people would just listen carefully to our advice, everything would be finsomething like, «Personal finance writers believe that if people would just listen carefully to our advice, everything would be fine.»

In any event, even if one explains the fact that the US dollar has crashed in purchasing power in recent times, over a very condensed period of time, by more than 75 %, because it has been one of the strongest currencies in a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believIn any event, even if one explains the fact that the US dollar has crashed in purchasing power in recent times, over a very condensed period of time, by more than 75 %, because it has been one of the strongest currencies in a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believin purchasing power in recent times, over a very condensed period of time, by more than 75 %, because it has been one of the strongest currencies in a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believin recent times, over a very condensed period of time, by more than 75 %, because it has been one of the strongest currencies in a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believin a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believe.

That is... she realizes in her own self - analysis that she catches herself believing that if a person hopes for something enough or performs the right actions that an unavoidable event can be averted or something good can happen that one wishes for.

I get it, people want to believe in something larger than themselves, they take comfort in something that never actually provides solutions to their problems.

Sally Jansen, Actually not ALL people inherently believe in a creator, though t is a common human belief that the world around them came from something outside of its own understanding.

@ jack3 no you have the right to believe what ever you want, but we might mock you for believing in something that has talking snakes, a story about the world flooding and being able to fit all the animals on the planet on one boat, that believes in magic, that believes a person lived in the belly of a whale, and that people coexisted with dinosaurs all without any actual proof.

I also don't think that abortions should be paid for with tax money because it forces people to pay for something they don't believe in.

I love how ignorant atheists are always trying to dissuade people in believing in something.

For a clear definition of «perfectly fine,» go over to the article about the London Cleric resigning and see haw many perfectly fine people are posting in all caps, touting their personal beliefs as facts, and making fun of us for believing something we believe is factual.

I said it to hotair already, but I will expand it a bit for you: what is evidence for some is not accepted by everyone; just as in a court case, some jurors are convinced with very little evidence while some people can not be convinced of something no matter how much evidence there is... much of this comes from how you were raised and your own personal world view, for many people God does not fit into their world view so whatever evidence there is they close their eyes and say, «No, I don't believe that!»

It's impossible for me to believe that something written in the Bronze Age, by Bronze Age people with their limited views of the world, is the actual and literal factual account of the creation of the world.

So they can't really understand how people can believe in something that refuses to provide concrete proof of it's existence.

The fact that someone can profess to believe in something as insane as an invisible magic man in the sky in the first place tells me their grasp on reality is tenuous to begin with, and probably shouldn't be the sort of person to be trusted with the means to wipe out our species.

What you are saying here is terrible, claiming to be special or a better person because you believe in something is very very ignorant.

I guess the only thing you got on me is more people believe in yours than mine, but we both know that even if 99.99 % of people believe something to be true it doesn't make it true (See the earth being flat) so I guess the numbers game doesn't help.

belief: 1: acceptance by the mind that something is true or real, often underpinned by an emotional or spiritual sense of certainty 2: confidence that somebody or something is good or will be effective 3: something that somebody believes in: a statement, principle, or doctrine that a person or group accepts as true

Many people believe that consciousness pervades matter, or that all is mental in substance or that other organizations of matter larger than humans may have something resembling consciousness.

I think it is absoluety hilarious, that people can believe in something made up.

Be careful in thinking that people's beliefs shouldn't be protected, because one day someone may decide that something YOU believe is stupid and shouldn't be protected.

Most people don't devote so much time with something they don't believe in.

I don't necessarily believe in God but I think it's important for people that aren't well off in this world to have something to believe in and give them faith.

Simply not belonging or believing in something, doesn't make a group of like minded people..

People say the reason why there are virtually no atheists here in Africa is because we are poor, so we have to believe in something, some form of hope.

And that is NOT what we want other people to think... that we are celebrating something we don't believe in.

People are usually afraid of something new that doesn't fit in with what we have been told to be the «truth» and therefore have believed in.

Regardless of what people believe good morale character is found in those who believe in something.

But then I don't worship hope, or pray to it in the hope that it will intervene in something or other, or believe that it inspired people to write down its thoughts and laws in a set of books that encapsulate truth for all eternity, or believe that it sent its son to redeem us from sin.

I realize certain people need something to believe in or they are lost.

I believe that what people call God is something in all of us.

I am proud to say I believe in God, I did have the choice to belive or not to believe just as anyone else does, just because I choose to believe in something doesn't mean I have been brainwashed, I could say the same thing about you, but I won't, people can believe what they want to believe, I don't need anyone telling me what to believe, if I believe is because I have seen what He has done in my life and in other lives too, and that's more than enough for me to believe in Him.

are people so simple they crave the misguided beliefs of others to feel better about themselves or are we triing to understand the lunacy of our citizens to believe something as pathic as a 3000 year old IDEA in order to act properly when voting in those who will run this country for the next 4 years a.k.a. voting in one who using rational thinking and logic to make choices!

Just believing something because you are to naive to know better (i.e. a child believing in Santa) is very different from a person studying their religion, coming to truly understand it, and choosing to believe it.

Truth isn't decided by the number of people who believe in something.

What boggles my mind is that people debate / discuss something (god) that has never been proven to exist except in the one that believes mind... once that person is dead their god ceases to exist since it has nowhere else to exist regardless of what they would like to wish... they will soon be worm food...

How exactly is it fair or just to punish a person for not believing in something they have never heard of?

If a person really believed that God is the one who put sickness on them because He is trying to work something for good in their life, then they should not go to the doctor or take any medicine.

A few people back in the 1890's or something made some dubious statements about race that frequently get thrown in our faces, and it is very hurtful to us because they are not representative of what nearly all Mormons believe — or teach in church.

There is a minor bandwagon fallacy thrown in my post, but I feel the fallacy is a stronger case to highlight why juarez is wrong as opposed to the «just because people believe something doesn't mean it's right», because, as is evidently the case, juarez does not subscribe to keeping in tune with logic.

Let's face it, any of you people who believe in ANY mystical deity - like figure are smoking something.

I love that you seem to think that the larger the number of people that are in a group believe something somehow gives rise to an all powerful creator.

You believe in something more strongly based on the number of people who object?