Sentences with phrase «questioned by people of faith»

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To put things in context, Bell followed that quote up by expressing his disappointment when communities of faith discourage people from asking questions about religious texts or beliefs.

«Such social doctrine provides directions but, with few exceptions (for instance, the defense of innocent human life), does not provide directives of immediate applicability to policy questions on which people of good faith, guided by reason and conscience, can come to different conclusions.»

Only one theological position has ever resulted in the Romans 6:1 question, and it is the position which says that eternal life is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, and that once a person has received eternal life in this way, it can never be lost.And when we realize the truth of this, it is incredibly liberating.

Although the formulation of the question was not always precise, the everyday experience of black suffering, arising from black people's encounter with the sociopolitical structures controlled by whites, created in my consciousness a radical conflict between the claims of faith on the one hand and the reality of the world on the other.

I consider myself a christian, with religious knowledge and general knowlege, however I do not hold to a set of views dictated by an organized religion, I believe the organized religions are where we have gone wrong, as someone pointed out earlier to most «religious people» to question ones faith or organization is wrong but that is exactly what the bible tells us to do... test ALL things to see what is true.

Here are some questions which should be asked in screening volunteers and in ascertaining who should be recruited for teaching: (a) Does the person have a relatively mature religious faith, uncluttered by the vestigial remains of childhood magic and fears?

I felt contempt toward Jesus, and kept questioning even though I had the feeling it might be blasphemous and had the though «I believe that jesus heals by the holy spirit» but kept debating / questioning, maybe even tried to throw the other person off their faith but didn't outright say that I believed it (and don't) until I realized it may be the blasphemy of the holy spirit and stopped.

I question the author's notion that connecting yourself to a doctrine by blind faith, based on no evidence whatsoever, is a sign of a critcal person willing to question and challenge.

Also, I'm more than pleased to report that most of the questions you posed are actually addressed by various people in our upcoming book A Faith Not Worth Fighting For.

On the other hand, since the nonbeliever is by no means the only person excluded from the social and political order in which the traditional witness of faith is implicated, to think of theology as having to give answer to the questions of the nonperson is more likely to take account of all those to whom theology owes a serious response.

This is a question that needs to be discussed together by religious thinkers and economists — especially economists who are themselves people of faith.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

It makes me very sad that Christians and churches that welcome the perspectives and the gifts offered by other faiths, and by people of no acknowledged faith... and those who recognize, acknowledge and journey through their doubts, questions, etc. are too often pushed (and allow themselves, ourselves) to be pushed to the extreme fringes and accept our voicelessness within a context where faiths and faith groups are often identified by the narrowest, most exclusive vision.

It is, for me, the hardest part of being a writer and blogger, particularly one who focuses on both faith and parenting — two areas where people tend to put all of their faith in the «right» answer and to feel threatened by those who answer important questions differently than they do.

They will not be the only ingredients — especially where public exams are involved, there will be Scriptural and other studies — but they will be what is remembered by young people who had their own deep and eager questions on major issues of faith and found they were not answered.

The Holocaust, in which some eleven million people, more than half of them Jews, were killed by the Nazis, destroyed many people's faith in God and has led other believers to question traditional pictures of God.

that their religion is flawed somehow... and when questioned why they try to push their ideas on everybody else, they get frustrated and say that it's the Religious ones that push their ideas on people... NOT THEM... That's funny because i have about 1000 comments on this thread that state the opposite... Atheist's i see on this post appear to fall into that category of people that need to try and convince others to believe what they do because they're not sure in their own beliefs... They know that believing in the big bang theory or other similar theories takes as much faith as any religion has to offer... and when pinned down to the facts that By the laws of physics... the big bang couldn't happen....

On his frequent trips to Western Europe in the 1970s he was impressed by the freedom with which people talked, which led him to question his «a priori faith in the advantages of socialist over bourgeois democracy».

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new construction.

The second interactive investigates the Abrahamic scriptures by posing a range of questions to a panel of «experts»: faith leaders, educators, young people, theologians and an atheist philosopher.

Based on this, it is natural to question the reason why a large amount of people in the western world consider the «veil» a symbol of oppression when it is worn by Muslim women, but a symbol of religion and faith when it is worn by a nun.

Of course, including religious people and using religious language will not answer all questions, and we do not seek a public policy formed by religious people or a scientific discourse answerable to faith statements.

Co-sponsored by: First Church in JP Unitarian Universalist, Social Justice Action Committee Racial Justice Task Force of Theodore Parker Church Jamaica Plain Forum As persons of faith living in 21st century America, we feel called to question how we might work, take action, do our part, to dismantle white supremacy.