Sentences with phrase «peoples religious practices»

In assessing such a risk, both objective and subjective factors should be taken into account (that is, that even when a certain religious practice is not prescribed by faith or the religious community, the fact that to a particular person a religious practice is an important element of his or her faith should be taken into account).

Not exact matches

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

A better strategy would be to point out how one doesn't need religion to be a moral person, and then demonstrate how some of the people that claim to be a beacon for religious zealots (the GOP) practice an existence devoid of morality.

@Corinth, Is it a standardized action that takes place with perscribed frequency during the practice of people's religious beliefs (yes to all); then it's a ritual.

Ignorant people and their stupid, archaic religious practices.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

The nature of the insults have changed, but insults have been around forever and bad as they are, they sure beat people killing each other over political and religious differences, practices frequent in the past and common around the globe today.

Home Secretary Theresa May said: «Many British people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices, and benefit a great deal from the guidance they offer.

A few people in the town took issue with the practice, and the case has been boiling ever since, with both sides saying their religious rights are on the line.

Christianity, particularly that flagrantly practiced and grossly over-preached by evangelists, is also anti-science and is therefore putting our young people and our future workforce at a disadvantage relative to competing nations that now have better science education without religious bias and without the ancient supersti - tions that block modern understanding and technological and medical progress.

Let people believe what they want to believe in this country and stop ramming their religious beliefs and practices on others.

Those who would limit religious practice to the cathedral and the home are the very same people who would strip the public square of any religious presence.

And especially after the Noachian Flood, did false religion take a leap, with false religious doctrines and practices such as the trinity, immortality of the soul, that God torments people in a «hellfire», the establishment of a clergy class, the teaching of «personal salvation» as more important than the sanctification of God's name of Jehovah (Matt 6:9), the sitting in a church while a religious leader preaches a sermon, but the «flock» is not required to do anything more, except put money when the basket is passed.

You can «try on» or «take off» religious practices, but knowing a person is something entirely different.

It's because of religious people that beneficial; medical practices, such as assisted suicide, can not be legalized.

It will «need religious people who live with moral integrity and show the power of their ideas in practice.»

The Church has authority from Jesus to «bind and loose» disciplines which govern the public religious practice of the God's people on earth — this is not the same as the Divine Law of God's Word and natural moral law.

«I was taken aback and disturbed by the number of people in the world with severe restrictions on their religious practice.

«Purify [the Hadith];... Find a new practice of the concept of interaction between the sexes;... Separate religion from the state;... Give guidelines on Western customs, and eliminate incorrect behaviours;... Invite the people to go to God through gratitude and wisdom, and not with threats;... Recognise the right of Christians to occupy important positions [including] the presidency of the republic;... Separate religious discourse from power, and re-establish its connection with the needs of society.»

For some people religious life and business practice are integrally related in a creative tension.

Our first instinct in the legal battles spawned by the progressive excesses of the last few years is to reach for the free exercise clause, which after all exists to protect religious people's ability to live out their faiths in practice.

That is as realistic as religious sentimentalists who urge that people set aside nationalism and ethnicity in order to practice «the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God.»

Had a religious leader, for example, cornered Jesus about a certain person who was practicing homosexuality, Jesus might have first deferred to the letter of God's law.

Again, the Christian religious practice of going back to the Old Testament to relive the archaic events Yahweh performed on his people, a practice which was commanded by both Yahweh and Christ, is really a call for the people of God to move forward and continue the march toward the Promised Land.

Even you religious people would be shocked at the practices of this church and its «members.»

In other words, they intended the U.S. to be a safe haven for people to practice their faith or lack thereof without government interference — as long as the religious didn't interfere with the secular.

In fact, I see the decision as a victory for religious freedom in the sense that people whose religion supports and encourages same - sex unions will no longer be prohibited from practicing that important religious value simply because some of their neighbors hold a different view.

A teacher of religion, for example, must foster in the young people the central Christian experience; hence he ought to be able to help them through his own religious practice without asking them to invent anew everything belonging to the Christian life, which leads to nothing anyhow in ninety - five per cent of the cases.

In 1996 the NAE addressed religious persecution saying that «If people are to fulfill the obligations of conscience, history teaches the urgent need to foster respect and protection for the right of all persons to practice their faith.»

Participants in this practice, known as scriptural reasoning, are part of a movement that wants to protect religiously plural societies while simultaneously encouraging religious people to enter more deeply into public discourse.

The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination, shall forever hereafter be guaranteed; and no person shall be denied any civil or political right, privilege or capacity, on account of his opinions concerning religion; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be construed to dispense with oaths or affirmations, excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the good order, peace or safety of the state.

And now they have the impression that people are discussing anything and everything, questioning everything, that everything is collapsing, that their own perhaps hard - earned and dearly - bought rigid adherence to the doctrine, and above all the traditional practice, of the Church even to the slightest concrete detail of the style of religious and secular life, is disavowed and almost despised by the Church and its leading representatives.

If one takes the i'm - not - religious stance it's generally way too uncomfortable for most people to bear who practice some theological system.

Although I'm a practicing Catholic, I can appreciate this comment, it's a little frustrating that articles like these make people think that just because you are religious you can't think «outside of the box.»

Factors such as trade routes, the order of military encampment, property divisions, farming practices, building practices, economics and technology, and social stratification» not to mention a vast array of ritual processions and gatherings that might have only a tenuous connection to the type of conscious and coherent cosmology that Msgr. Mannion presupposes to have existed in these cultures» all coexisted with whichever form of religious devotion was particular to a given place and people.

Religious people can still practice their religion in their homes and churches.

If you ask the average «religious» person if they are in a religion, no matter what «religion» they follow, almost all of them will say, «No, I am not not in a religion, I practice a way of life.»

Mental health values in religious practices are realized as by - products of participating as the spontaneous celebration of life and of experiences of depth relating to God, other persons, and self.

The bill, called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), would protect the right of every person to practice his religion, without exception, unless the government can show that it bas a «compelling» reason to interfere (meaning that the reasons for the interference are extraordinarily important and can not reasonably be attained in any other way).

Most people in the world today believe that God expects them to perform a wide variety of religious practices, such as going to church, attending mass, tithing, going to confession, giving up tobacco and alcohol, and a list of other rules that are variously taught in churches and on television.

People of Murphreesboro can not and should not interfere with religious practice, but have a right to be on guard.

It represents the association of persons with common religious or social interests and participation in various customary practices characteristic of their particular group.

As established, culturally supported religious practices and traditional communities have weakened, many people feel the need for some way of dealing with their inner stress and emptiness.

I grew up in country where these religious buildings existed and people were free to practice their religions.In addition, I loved to see on Saturday the Jewish people all dressed up and walking in the street, and every morning I crossed the priest riding on his bike to head to his church.

but fortunately there are psychologists, mental health practitioners and others who do and I have benefitted greatly from their work, personal testimonies and the various articles / publications which they have produced --(for example, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology; The Religious & Spiritual Problems category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM - IV) published by the American Psychiatric Association; The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of consciousness.

School probably shouldn't close on any religious holiday but instead people who practice those religions should be able to take the day off.

@Chad «ok, so you have given up on maintaining that Babylonians Romans, Persians, Ottomans ever had any «common practice of destroying the gods, and killing the religious followers of the conquered indigenous people (don't forget, Christianity arose as a sect of Judaism, in an occupied Roman territory (Judea).

well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?

Can89 and Mirsal — People have been justifying illegal, immoral, or intrusive practices under the disguise of a religious belief for centuries.

This is the attempt to appreciate what a person's religious identity, belief and practice mean to that person.