Sentences with phrase «reading about religious»

It's a quote I stumbled on while reading about religious conflict.

«It was, of course, a LIE what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated.

b4bigbang - «It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated.

Whoever has read about religious change almost anywhere in the world has to be impressed how this shift occurred in America with no dead bodies, no (to my knowledge) physical wounds from intergroup squabbles, and fewer psychic scars than one could have expected.

Here is something Einstein wrote about god — «It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated.

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Canadian and Alberta voters need to understand that every time you get annoyed at Justin Trudeau and the way he manages the country all you need to do is listen to the radio and Charles Adler rant about him or read articles by Lorne Gunter and Rick Bell from the Edmonton Sun (who formerly worked at the Alberta Report, and helped Ted Byfield run the Alberta Report into the ditch, or read anything written by Colby Cosh or Ezra Levant and soon you will realize the propaganda and hate these clowns spread about their own political / religious views trying to scare the general population to their side or views.

Every time I get annoyed at Justin Trudeau and the way he manages the country all I do is listen to the radio and Charles Adler rant about him or read articles by Lorne Gunter and Rick Bell from the Edmonton Sun (who formerly worked at the Alberta Report, and helped Ted Byfield run the Alberta Report into the ditch, or read anything written by Colby Cosh or Ezra Levant and soon I realize the propaganda and hate these clowns try and spread about their own political / religious views I revert back to supporting the more liberal viewpoint).

... I look at this person's comments and keep thinking about a study I read recently that stated that «it is impossible to tell religious zelotism from parody in print, since both sound equally absurd».

Funny stuff these religious people... got all the time in the world to study the Bible, but too lazy to read about cosmology or take a science class.

I think you're reading things in her article that aren't there, and using her article to expose your own feelings about «religious» types.

Back during the (George W.) Bush Administration, I spent (or rather wasted) some time reading books and articles written by journalists who were suspicious (I hesitate to say paranoid) about those suspicious and paranoid fringe religious kooks (theonomists and theocrats) who threatened to take over....

If they're religious they're praying they won't die and the LAST thing on their mind is wasting their last moments on earth discussing something they've never personally seen, only read books about or heard lectures upon.

Reading the account of how this professor expressed himself about the author's experience with the dying begs the question in my mind, - How many religious scholars and clergymen are as truly enlightened about life, death and the nature of things as they self - satisfyingly claim to be doctored in religion?

But I hadn't read much about the religious dimension to the Civil War until I came across a recent USA Today column.

If you are a non-US writer who has come up with a new religious doctrine and have insufficient funds to promote your writings, the only chance you have is if someone in the US happens to read about you, is interested in what you wrote and has the potential to mention your writing and / or your name in the US mainstream media.

Reed adamantly declared that this wasn't about religious beliefs, but he began his press conference by reading the city's strict non-discrimination policy.

When we read the bible, we read about Jesus spending most of his time beating religious men, Paul counseling and criticising religious habits.

(The English reports mention nothing about this, and my French - challenged partial - reads of two French - media reports revealed no mention of religious ceremonies or prayers.)

When I read it, I thought of Peter Rollins» parable about the preacher whose «gift» was that anyone he prayed for immediately lost their religious convictions.

When first published, Whitehead's reflections about God were favorably received neither by his colleagues in the sciences nor by the religious thinkers who read his works.

We get to read religious views from people who know nothing of religion and scientific views from people who have no clue about science.

Any way say, Man of God respectable Terry Jones, of Florida's Dove's Church, maybe a day would come that the world and Muslims would thank you for your causing all these discussions to come out today's on this site blogs and many other sites blogs and to it leading to have more people religious discussions leading them read and learn more about Islam and the Quran many who's eyes had opened to reality converted to Islam or at least respect Muslims and their religion.

And they were able to read it in language written so that anyone, even, as Tyndale wrote, «the boy who driveth the plow,» could understand it.1 The Word became, as Ong says, silent.2 That silence has had profound influence on the way we think about religious language, but it is well to remember that when those translations into the vernacular were made, they were not written down in the language of print.

As she continues to read, we hear about Paul's incarceration and persecution, about how Jesus is «the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,» about watching out for all those false teachings that circulated through the trade routes, about how we ought to stop judging each other over differences of opinion regarding religious festivals and food (I blush a little at this point and resolved to make peace with some rather opinionated friends before the next sacred meal), about how we should clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, and love, about how we must forgive one another, about how the things that once separated Jew from Greek and slave from free are broken down at the foot of the cross, about how we should sing more hymns.

Also I said I am not a religious person and that means I do not believe in any of this stuff but I am not going to say it is impossible because I think almost anything is possible so calling me a religious anything is about as empty an insult as anyone can toss my way, read before you insult, oh yes and make sure you retain what you read, that might help you a little.

If you've read Evolving in Monkey Town you know that some of my most serious doubts about Christianity were triggered by questions related to religious pluralism and the destiny of the un-evangelized.

Because he is a voracious reader who goes in for heavy reading about ultimate concerns, his humor can be appreciated especially by those familiar with the pretentiousness of some religious and philosophical literature.

That distinction is a half - truth at best, and it misses two important points: the widespread reading of such books not only tells us something important about the overall religious temper of our times; it may also give us a clue to one possible theological expression of the future.

About knowing about my religion, well considering I was raised in a strong religious family my grandmother would have me sit in the kitchen on the weekends so I could read the bible all day so yeah I can say I have read the whole bible a couple of times, never found it interesting, the only part I liked was RevelatAbout knowing about my religion, well considering I was raised in a strong religious family my grandmother would have me sit in the kitchen on the weekends so I could read the bible all day so yeah I can say I have read the whole bible a couple of times, never found it interesting, the only part I liked was Revelatabout my religion, well considering I was raised in a strong religious family my grandmother would have me sit in the kitchen on the weekends so I could read the bible all day so yeah I can say I have read the whole bible a couple of times, never found it interesting, the only part I liked was Revelations.

Some additional readings and understanding about basic fallacies might also help you to see that your religious beliefs aren't any different from earlier supersti - tions and god stories that humans have invented in their history.

I think I just read about a radio talk show host who is beginning to understand that a religious leader (the Pope) is outside his personal political ideology.

May CNN News read the very urgent warning in http://www.thename.ph especially the Biblical message about Jeremiah 25:29 - 38 on its main page and inform all people, most importantly the religious leaders, priests, and pastors about God's judgement upon them.

I remember in college, many moons ago, thinking that since I was so very opinionated about religion, I really should make sure I was familiar with the Bible... So I read it... cover to cover... I can tell you, I honestly didn't enjoy it... it's NOT a great read... bits are interesting, and of course very familiar... I took me almost the whole year, but I got through it... So imagine my surprise some time later when I found myself at an after conference gathering, that just so happened to have an inexplicably number of overtly religious attendants (inexplicable because it was a hi - tech network security conference) and after listening quietly for a while, jumped in with the statement «well, you've all read the bible cover to cover, as have I»....

Many of the religious conflicts we read about in the newspapers have prehistories and antecedents that need to be traced over a period of several decades or longer, and many represent reactions and counterreactions to other movements both in the same society and in the larger international system.

Jeremy, I'm sure you've read Jonathan Edwards «Religious Affection» that talks principally about signs and whether we can conclude anything from them.

As we read about each day, this unnatural practice continues to cause problems for the religious institutions that advise / employ it.

I read a lot about religion, theology, and philosophy, and I've come to a conclusion on what may be the most serious problem with religious leadership today: Entitlement!

You could then read the whole debate about whether the Cross is really the best way to convey the liberation and love consciousness that many Christians today wish to see as central to their religious beliefs (read the debate — its fascinating).

Well perhaps you don't read The Onion very much and don't get their sense of humor, but I am quite sure this was a joke about religious people.

It sounds like, from reading the article and the comments, that atheists, spiritualists and the religious really all know next to nothing about one another.

Will those Americans read a Ryan T. Anderson essay in defense of religious liberty or some demented rant about how gay marriage is the final «Obamination» (18,000 Facebook shares).

If you are truthful with yourself and want to settle this «thing» about God... read Romans and then I would suggest the Gospel of John... I can truthfully say (and I once thought as you and many others who post on these «religious» blogs)... I am so believing in this Jesus dude that I really can not imagine living my life without Him.

I realized when I read this just how rarely I thought about grace as way of life, and how tragic it is that grace is often reduced to a proposition, a mere religious idea.

I read a lot about religion, theology, and philosophy, and I've come to a conclusion on what may be the most serious problem with religious leadership today:

Also, did you read the newsweek article entitled «Our Mutual Joy» about the religious case for gay marriage?

I grew up religious and read about many religions, even Islam, throughout my life.

A humble herdsman of Tekoa, he appeared one day at the royal shrine of Bethel and, with a religious earnestness that moves us even yet as we read it, began to denounce the spiritual shallowness, the exploitation of the poor by the rich, the bribery, sexual indulgence, and general moral laxity which he saw all about him.

Like many social conservatives, especially Christian ones, I spend a lot of my time reading and writing about religious freedom, especially how it might be affected by the legalization of same - sex marriage and the campaign for «gay rights» more generally.Yet at the same time, I harbor doubts about the position we are staking out.You see, I sometimes think that Justice Scalia's majority opinion in Employment Division v. Smith may have been correct.

Sporting large yellow stickers that read «Background Checks Save Lives,» a number of religious leaders spoke about the need for stricter gun laws.

Man of God respectable Terry Jones, of Florida's Dove's Church, maybe a day would come that the world and Muslims would thank you for your causing all these discussions to come out today's on this site blogs and many other sites blogs and to it leading to have more people religious discussions leading them read and learn more about Islam and the Quran many who's eyes had opened to reality converted to Islam or at least respect Muslims and their religion.