Sentences with phrase «questions about their beliefs»

But nice try at deflecting attention from your, or any believer's, inability to answer the most basic of questions about your beliefs.

Do you really want me to lose my job just because I have some questions about my beliefs?

When I read those last few words, I felt as though Beck had said what I've been trying to get at for years — that the most important indicator of unhealthy doubt is not having intellectual questions about your beliefs, but failing to obey.

Here's a few questions about belief, actually about what sort of belief satisfies the God of Christians» requirement for belief:

The call to conversion which was placed at the heart of ecumenism by Vatican II and was reiterated by Pope John Paul as an adjunct of the millennial celebrations must be taken into consideration when we respond to Jesus» question about belief which he first put to the man born blind.

While 35 percent of American adults identify themselves as evangelical, just a quarter belong to an evangelical denomination and only 6 percent meet the Barna Group's definition based on nine questions about beliefs, noted NPR in a lengthy report.

The Lib Dem leader has previously said he did not think gay sex was a sin after being dogged with questions about his beliefs.

During the general election campaign, Tim Farron did his utmost to dodge questions about his beliefs before finally telling the BBC's Eleanor Garnier that he did not believe gay sex was a sin.

To test this idea, neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and colleagues scanned the brains of 10 congenitally blind adults as they answered questions about the beliefs of people described to them.

Participants were asked to assess their past evacuation decisions and preparedness activities and were questioned about their beliefs regarding the efficacy of different responses, potential reasons for preparing to evacuate and the importance of various evacuation decision cues, as well as their risk perceptions and risk attitudes.

This is most notable during the signup, as you must answer some questions about your beliefs and how you practice it.

As his obsession grows, the play races toward its terrible climax, grappling with questions about belief in God and madness versus genius.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK, joined by MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, and MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL, concluded that it was a denial of petitioner's First Amendment rights to refuse him admission to the Ohio bar simply because he declined to answer questions about his beliefs and associations.

These judges bring each prospective juror to the side bar where the judge questions them about their beliefs and attitudes related to the issues in the case.

A while back I answered a reader's question about beliefs in soulmates, based on studies of «implicit theories of relationships.»

Not exact matches

There are a range of beliefs about this question.

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.

The two spoke at length about investing and economics, but Dalio also responded to Robbins's questions about his unconventional and occasionally controversial leadership beliefs (including claims that Bridgewater was a «cult,» according to a 2011 report in Institutional Investor).

7th US Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor, was questioned intensely about her Catholic faith as a result of past writings expressing her beliefs on whether Catholic judges should recuse themselves from death - penalty cases if they believed they would be unable to impartially uphold the law, writing that — in limited situations — judges should step back in cases that conflict with their personal conscience.

A well - phrased series of Socratic questions challenges you to think about why you believe your «answer» to be correct, and to supply some sort of evidence to back up your beliefs...

If one has the wisdom to question their beliefs by actually testing them against data, thinking carefully about valuations, and studying the course of market cycles across history, none of these points should be surprising.

Most sales people are tempted to tell their buyers what to believe instead of asking questions that allow the buyers to come up with their own beliefs about the product.

There's room for intelligent discourse around some of the most critical questions about humanity — how we relate to the world we share, how our beliefs inform our lifestyles, how we fit into this vast, cosmic scheme of being.

If Mormons can not respect the deeply held beliefs of a faith that is not their own, then I have serious questions about the integrity of LDS.

Not all Jews believe this, BTW, but in Judaism I have yet to run across someone who believe that G - d would punish anyone for their «beliefs» and not their «deeds» (take a good look at the Tanach... the contract with the Jews (known as the «teachings of G - d», not «the law») is all about behaviour; and while many Christians have been raised to view «the teachings of G - d» (the law) as something to be «freed» from... one has to ask the simple question..

You have no idea what you are talking about if you imagine I haven't questioned my beliefs or considered other viewpoints.

anyway, if you heard an atheist ask you a question about any type of belief and really try to make your answer seem wrong then they are wrong, they can not nor will not ever be able to discuss any type of belief due to what they know.

Reading this blog answered a question / concern I had earlier about the «belief blog» in general; to wit, communication will not be done properly.

As a very old man, one who has worked at developing some kind of understanding of who we are, what we are, why we are here, and where we are going, I can tell you that no one has definitive answers, but without some underlying system of belief about these questions you will not grow old gracefully.

If you have questions about JW as an organization or some of our beliefs I would be happy to answer them in an atmosphere of respect though.

You do comprehend that all Atheist means is without a belief in a god or gods, right??? I'm not the one claiming a god and given that you refuse to answer any questions, it is rather safe to say you're lying about all you claim.

But it is a completely appropriate question for a CHAPLAIN to ask a dying person whether or not they have peace about their beliefs about death, God and the afterlife.

On the other hand I seen a lot of interesting and difficult questions about some Mormon beliefs and behavior and most of the response from the Mormon community has been deflection, spin and recrimination of others instead of straight answers

A friend of mine was interested in Christian beliefs about death and the resurrection, so I added a few questions to the survey about exactly that.

But the question was «Is America ready for a Mormon president»... it wasn't about his political beliefs...

The movie served to give me a different platform to discuss faith from, not to argue that my belief system is right and someone else's is wrong, but instead to point out that the world is hungry for questions about the soul and what we don't see right in front of us.

It asks respondents about a wide variety of human - interest topics, from their participation in religious services and religious beliefs, to questions about their attitudes regarding marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and other family forms, to specifics about sexual behavior and experience of abuse and domestic violence.

Some of these will be in the form of sharp questions about Christian beliefs.

I am looking for authenticity, relevancy, no ovewhelming bands that take away from the experience of worship, clergy who are willing to answer my hard questions, who understand doubt is a stepping stone to deepening my belief, who accept everyone as Jesus did (and we know Jesus was a rebel who accepted and led all sorts of people), who don't feel the need to try to be hip, who speak about things without inserting politics, who are wiling to trash the temple to bring us back to the truth, who will step out of the box of comfort and be real.

The very essence of religion is the fixed belief that all the answers are either already known or the sole and mysterious property of some god who must not be questioned about them.

If you can't form an opinion with regard to this question than you are not an atheist, and really have no place in this discussion about belief in God.

These matters include God, Jesus, the church, creation, salvation, and so forth, but they also include questions about how these beliefs are related to the human and natural sciences.

I was talking with a friend the other day about the whole idea of the importance of being able to question beliefs, ideas or theologies that are passed on to us.

Today I read your prose about «being able to question beliefs, ideas or theologies that are passed on to us».

The question is if it is all about grace and belief in jesus christ whatever, why would you even need to bother with the whole silly old testament nonsense that make the bible so laughable?

The belief in a world beyond, where the souls of the dead go, is an attempt to answer the question about the status of what has been but no longer is.

Specifically, it's far less common to hear about how a student who finds their way to or from Christianity, Islam, or Judaism (or even Atheism for that matter) while attending a university.Taking classes and sharing experiences alongside classmates from varying backgrounds can cause even the most religious or nonreligious person to inspect, analyze, and even question their beliefs.

What I don't see here is hard questions about whether this kid picked up his beliefs at this mosque in the first place?

My disappointment is that the church has been slow to change, reluctant to seek unity, afraid to identify with the poor and hesitant about opening its doors to spiritual explorers who may have questions about traditional beliefs.

This question becomes urgent as cultural elites grow more hostile, and orthodox Christian beliefs (shared by most other traditional faiths and by many with no faith) about sex and marriage are redefined as hatred and bigotry.