And be careful the conditions
you place upon belief, Vic.
Not exact matches
Your entire frame of reference is based
upon a set of
beliefs that aren't even supposed to have a
place in our Government.
That's an indoctrinated
belief placed upon a natural human reaction, just as much as the Hindu idea that good deeds only make sense in the context of people trying to improve themselves through reincarnation, isn't it?
While the more educated may smirk about such articles, there is a lot of value in helping people analyze and understand the book
upon which they
place their
beliefs, especially when it becomes legislation and policy that affects people outside the religious bubble.
When the power, prestige and financial support of government is
placed behind a particular religious
belief, the indirect coercive pressure
upon religious minorities to conform to the prevailing officially approved religion is plain.
All I can do here is to suggest that there is a
place today for a general concept of resurrection that sees permanent meaning and value in our lives without depending
upon belief in individual life after death.
Christians had no business being over there in the first
place, but they couldn't resists inflicting their absurd
beliefs upon others - who wanted to stick to their own absurd
beliefs.
Here's a nice excerpt from an early edition of their childhood indoctrination program, The Juvenile Instructor: «We will first inquire into the results of the approbation or displeasure of God
upon a people, starting with the
belief that a black skin is a mark of the curse of Heaven
placed upon some portions of mankind.
Any
place of business is required by law (at least here in GA) to accomodate any religious
belief in so far as it does not impose an «undo hardship»
upon the business.
One is only dependent
upon a
belief if one is located at a distance from the truth in the first
place.
If there is one thing you SHOULD (in my subjective opinion) have learned about me it is that my
beliefs are NOT governed by any labels you or anyone else seek to
place upon me.
And Chadli's brace duly repaid the faith
placed upon him in the 4 - 0 defeat of the Hoops served to reiterate his eye for goal, but the new found self -
belief in his game shows what patience and the right management can achieve.
It did not depend
upon there being a procedure in
place, but only
upon the reasonable
belief in the mind of the employee.
The services provided by Roberta's
Place are based
upon a set of
beliefs and values we hold about the world and the people in it.
Zoe's therapeutic practice is based
upon, a steadfast
belief that problems and worry held in isolation grow like weeds, whereas voicing them aloud in a safe
place and working together with a compassionate and skilled therapist will prune the garden and let the flowers grow.
More so perhaps than in other parts of the nation, Southland sellers have another reason for overpricing at the onset: the magical
belief that a star will happen
upon their
place and be willing to pay any price.