Sentences with phrase «personal beliefs rather»

Amazing how humans use religion to justify their own personal beliefs rather than providing a stage for examining whether your their thoughts are upheld by their religion on not.

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It only gets complicated when we buy into belief systems about it, rather than our personal experience of it.

Then there are those who are passionate about their beliefs or lack thereof, and at times the banter gets rather heated (these are my personal favorites).

I'm not «bashing» the Mormon religion, but rather explaining my personal criteria when I say I would never vote for a Mormon, because I've visited the Mormon church when I was much younger, and deciding my own religious beliefs.

How many outside a rather limited cult do not see the bible as personal opinion, beliefs and prejudices of the human authors.

Rather, it is true that there is some variation in the personal, individual beliefs or understandings of what is most important among us.

I meditate, because it is a personal experience of God rather than a blind belief doctrine.

I'm not sure if you meant that your personal beliefs are side B, but you want the ministry to be neutral (which I would have great respect for) or that your personal opinion is one of neutrality, but the ministry is a firm side B (which could be rather misleading for people who really do want a safe and unbiased space).

It involves, not belief in the sense of personal opinions, but rather a set of actions (saying certain things, going to services, doing good works, etc.) that can be done in the absence of belief — indeed the nature of a wager makes it such that you fully admit you don't know, which is actually an agnostic atti.tude toward the idea of God's existence.

I must admit I rather hesitate to raise the issue of Shakespeare's religion, because at a fundamental level a concentration on his personal beliefs obscures the essence of his achievement.

They consider «psychological impact», rather, to be a highly subjective, personal factor, and a factor that is incapable of helping us adjudicate disputes between competing belief systems in a nonquestion - begging manner.1

Just doesn't make sense and this is a large reason why I don't go to church and rather instill my belief on my kids through my own personal experience with my god.

«When we took a closer look, we found that patients with stronger spiritual well - being, more benign images of God (such as perceptions of a benevolent rather than an angry or distant God), or stronger beliefs (such as convictions that a personal God can be called upon for assistance) reported better social health,» said lead author Allen Sherman, PhD, of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.

Contrary to current beliefs viewing gang structure as hierarchical and clan recruiting processes as rigorous, Red Gang members described their gang structure as a loose social network into which individuals drifted through friendships with current associates; similarly, gang leadership was said to be the result of personal dexterity — individuals ascended to command status because of their personal traits — rather than the outcome of a selective system imposed from above.

Obviously one can make the argument that top athletes must be able to execute skills under fatigue, though my personal belief is that this type of activity teaches athletes to F up less, rather than become better.

The issue is compounded further by preservice teachers» beliefs about how mathematics is learned and should be taught, which for many are based upon their personal experiences at school and experiences at practicum schools rather than exposure to relevant research.

I no longer follow any authors; I'd rather stick with their work and not know about their personal beliefs and attitudes.

Mind that to develop a thesis statement does not mean to restate a well known fact but rather to express your personal opinion about something, to tell what your personal belief about a certain problem is.

A majority of the story and plot development is played through rather than told to you, and a good chunk of it is left entirely up to interpretation and your own personal judgement and beliefs.

The «individualist» and «socialist» designations are rather vague, but I think they have to do with beliefs about the relative performance properties of different kinds of institutions rather than personal value orientations about the allocation of goods.

I suspect that the higher level of belief among ocean sciences and particularly geophysics represents second order belief (i.e. support for a perceived consensus) rather than personal research on AGW detection / attribution or a careful survey of the literature.

Confirmation bias, rather, leads people to seek out evidence — however small or poorly supported — that supports their existing personal beliefs.

These extreme beliefs are usually the product of a uniquely personal experience rather than a hard and fast rule of modern online marketing.

These extreme beliefs are usually the product of a unique personal experience rather than a hard and fast rule of modern online marketing.

The more the headscarf becomes personal, cultural, political, and assertive, the harder it is to claim that banning it violates religious beliefs, rather than simply violating personal preference.

The adjectives do not speak to any personal belief or emotion personal to the lawyer, but rather qualify the extent of the actions of the lawyer — the representation of the client.

Rather than imposing limits on individual autonomy, republicanism accepts that within democratic theory the manifestation of personal beliefs will at times need to yield to general norms.