Sentences with phrase «questions about their faith do»

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I know that after 9/11 it brought a lot of fear and questions about the Muslum faith; but the Oklahoma City bomber was a terorist and it had nothing to do with the Muslum faith.

Thomas thinks that it is the discipline of metaphysics that asks questions about the ultimate cause of existence of things, and, as he says, «not only does faith hold that there is creation, reason also demonstrates it» (In II Sent., dist.

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.

You see, you might not believe that miracles happen but I know I do and with still unanswered scientific questions out there I think most folks feel safe about their Faith.

The truth is you can go on and on about science and logic all you want but it doesn't address the fundamental questions of our existence, which is where faith comes in.

From Agnostic to Islam and I have seen examples in the past... so my humble request to you is not to stop... keep learning or studying the new stuffs... an advice to you when you decide to study or learn about Islam — do not point to the people who does wrong things as wrong doing people are there in everywhere regardless of faith, but look into the scripture and go to someone who has knowledge if you have any question that bothers you but make sure that person is well educated to his community... i ask The Almighty God to open your heart...

Either this criminal is mentally stronger than most you as just by mere one sentence that God made him do so he has turned you guys into questioning and arguing about the existence of God, Religion and Faith... For a change, what about discussing the nature of his crime and a just punishment for him???... you bunch of Sherlock Holmes

As David Kinnaman explains in his enlightening book, You Lost Me, one of the top six responses among young adults is that they left the church because they didn't feel like their pastors, mentors, and friends took their questions about faith seriously.

What tenets of your faith do you have questions about?

Shane did a fantastic job responding to your questions, and I enjoyed talking with him about faith, community, marriage, and non-violence.

What I will note is that despite the lack of ritualized outward observations, on the whole Quakers don't seem to have a problem remembering that we have an embodied, enacted faith, nor a problem recognizing that all life is sacred — hence the question above about our notable counter-cultural activities.

When the trip ended, he asked the Moravian leader about his serenity, and the Moravian responded with a question: Did he, Wesley, have faith in Christ?

Jesus» question is about faith in Him when you don't like what you experience and trusting Him when it's hard.

I wonder what books on Theology and Christian core belief he has read to shape his Christian faith, a question any interviewer could have asked but have avoided, unlike what Katie Couric had done with Palin about her reading materials.

I don't necessarily defend a lack of knowledge about other religions (I scored 15 out of 15 on Pew's sample quiz on their site), but neither do I see it as relevant to compare the (implied) question «Do you identify with A religion (or faith in God)» with «what is your general knowledge about ALL religions», and presume this is going to generate a meaningful resuldo I see it as relevant to compare the (implied) question «Do you identify with A religion (or faith in God)» with «what is your general knowledge about ALL religions», and presume this is going to generate a meaningful resulDo you identify with A religion (or faith in God)» with «what is your general knowledge about ALL religions», and presume this is going to generate a meaningful result.

Back to the main point of your post, which I think if I understand you right your question is, «Why do atheist come to the * faith * based blog to chat about religion, or in your words, bash religion?

And this one really does nothing to respond to the heart of my question which is not about faith in general but rather what makes one declare THEIR particular faith is the «truth» and / or the «reality» where all other beliefs are illusion or denial or whatever else they rationalize them away as.

The bishop told them that they should not worry about this — they did not need these words» (Questions of Faith, page 113).

As I have conversed with my Mormon co-workers about their faith, every time I bring up a question they don't seem to be able to answer, they revert to talking about their experience (vision, dream, inner feeling, etc.) which proved to them the truth of what they believe, and then they tell me that if I really want to know the truth, I should pray for wisdom and ask God to give me a similar experience to reveal the truth to me.

-- The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel (Zondervan: 1998)-- Good News About Injustice by Gary Haugen (intervarsity: 1999)-- I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist by Norman Geisler & Frank Turek (Crossway: 2004)-- Living with Questions by Dale Fincher (Zondervan: 2007)-- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (Harper: 2001)-- The Reason for God by Timothy Keller (Dutton Adult: 2008)-- Strong's (the complete library)-- Understanding Intelligent design by William Dembski & Sean McDowell (Harvest House: 2008)-- BeThinking.org — ConversantLife.com — Discovery.org/csc — Probe.org — Reasons.org

And there are also quite a few people who left that place that may not seek therapy but who openly struggle with faith - threatening questions about God and the Christian journey because what was said and what was done there were in such severe contradiction they just don't know what to believe anymore.

Rick Santorum, whom I firmly believe would be the best president out of the current crop of candidates, does not back down when questioned about the influence of faith on his life.

Such a non-utilitarian faith does not undertake to show that in the Christian gospel we can find the solution to all the problems of human existence any more than that we can find in the Scriptures answers to all the questions we raise about the world of nature.

When I didn't question these things yet, I'd already heard about how during the Crusades the question was: accept the faith or die: the Bible or the Sword.

I have been trying to answer my son's questions about my faith for some years now and in trying to do so have had to seriously look at what I believe.

And while it's true that every branch of Christianity has been racked with scandal over the years, films like the Oscar - winning Spotlight and Netflix true crime series The Keepers do a much better job of creating compelling art that raises questions about faith and morality.

Luther's primary doubts about faith didn't necessarily rest on the question of God's existence, but His character.

My favorite thing about the blog is the conversations that follow in the comment section, so let's keep that going by doing what we're already good at — talking together about faith, doubt, politics, insecurity, theology, news, hopes, fears, trends, questions, entertainment, and sock monkeys.

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

The Scriptures, though clear about the most important aspects of our faith, do not always offer easy solutions for life's hardest questions.

(He had many more, and more intelligent, questions about the faith than I did, for one thing.)

It has taken a long time for me to accept the fact that some people have questions about their faith and others don't.

I knew that writing openly about my doubts about Christianity would invite questions about whether I had any business doing so in light of believers whose faith might be upset by them.

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....

I was so angry at one point that I was actually shaking, as I had made a good faith effort to keep my tone civil, asking questions and not insulting or personally attacking (although I did ask several people tweeting about how much they loved eating Nestle chocolate about how they felt knowing that it was made with slave labour).

I do think the counter-claims do often demonstrate that is not very much clarity about what the faith or secularism question is about, still less a settled majority view on how to resolve it.

«But people do not have to share a religious faith or agree with religion on everything to see the benefit of asking the searching questions that you, your Holiness, have posed to us about our society and how we treat ourselves and each other.»

They have a number of questions that ask about your faith (i.e. «How many hours a week do you devote to spiritual activity?»

It asks a few personal questions but it is necessary that one fills it with utmost good faith and does not lie about their interests and hobbies.

When you do decide to start a profile, the site takes you through a range of questions about your faith and beliefs.

Much more than just an exposé, Going Clear penetrates the nature of faith to confront anxious questions about why any of us believe the things we do.

Not only is that extremely unprofessional, it also raises questions about her good faith, and indeed, I was not the only person who saw her responses to my questioning over at the Smart Bitches blog as indicating she either didn't have the answers, or didn't want to give them.

She's great, Lisa, and if you think about it, even her asking the question shows that she loves me and thinks the world of me, because she really does think I've got choices, and someone else is going to have as much faith in me as she does.

Ultimately the Mormon faith does not hold up to the scrutiny of this young boy's mind and this leads to powerful questions about the whole process of forcing fanatical religious beliefs on the mind of a child.

Either — you know what you're talking about, and so can answer your questioner; or — you can't answer, and make up all sorts of pathetic evasive excuses like the question lacks good faith, you don't like rabbit holes, asking the person to go and find the evidence you claim, etc etc.....

It's a subject to which attorney and Sen. Barack Obama, D - Ill., raises an eyebrow in his latest weekly podcast: Once Obama's done raving about the White Sox, he archly questions why the Bush administration sought to place Roberts» Catholic religion in an untouchable category, while the president himself has been vouch safing Miers» faith.

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